Home Musical artists Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto Musical artist Astrud Gilberto (born March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She is best known for her performance of the Grammy Award-winning song "The Girl from Ipanema". Personal facts Birth dateMarch 29, 1940 HometownBrazilSalvador Bahia facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Musical artist Career started1963 associated musical artistFrank SinatraAntônio Carlos JobimStan GetzJoão GilbertoWalter WanderleyStanley TurrentineVinicius de MoraesJames Last Orchestra BackgroundSolo singer genreLatin jazzBossa novaSamba jazz record labelPolyGramPony CanyonDenon RecordsVerve RecordsCTI RecordsAudio Fidelity RecordsPerception Records Topical connections Ahmad JamalMusical artist Abbey LincolnMusical artist Alexandre PiresMusical artist Adriana CalcanhottoMusical artist Antonio AguilarMusical artist Alejandro SanzMusical artist Abraham MateoMusical artist Alexandra GovereMusical artist 50 CentMusical artist Weird Al YankovicMusical artist Andrea BocelliMusical artist Émilie SimonMusical artist Astrud Gilberto on Wikipedia Astrud Gilberto External resources http://www.astrudgilberto.com http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=2456