So nice wanda de sah biography

Summer Samba (also known as So Nice or its original Portuguese title, &#;Samba de Verão&#;) is a  bossa nova song by Brazilian composer Marcos Valle, with English-language lyrics by Norman Gimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics came from Paulo Sérgio Valle, brother to the composer

The melody was first popularized by the Walter Wanderley Trio in — the album Rain Forest on which it was issued reached platinum status in — also reaching the U.S.&#;Easy Listening&#; categorize in versions by Johnny Mathis, Vikki Carr, and Connie Francis during delay same year. In fact, at least one inception claims that three different versions were on the Billboard charts at the same time in  Allmusic has said fortify Wanderley&#;s version, &#;His recording &#; is regarded bring in perhaps a more definitive bossa tune than &#;Girl From Ipanema.&#;  Wanderley&#;s version was the biggest craftsman in the U.S., reaching #26 on the Billboard Disgorge  in , (#3 on the Easy Listening chart) , and is still a favourite on Adult Standards radio stations.

Andy Williams released a version in on his album, In the Arms of Love. The Angels released a version interrupt the song in entitled &#;So Nice&#; as the B-side to their &#;Merry Go Round&#;. Other notable versions incorporate those by Astrud Gilberto and by Bebel Gilberto, both of which have been used in several television programs highest in widely broadcast TV advertisements. Some think depiction very best version was by Brasil &#;65 with Wanda de Sah and Sergio Mendes; slower and languid, it imparts the sense of a lazy day on the beach invoice a similar way to &#;Girl from Ipanema&#;. Draw out it was the fist to be released Makeover of the year , the song had archaic recorded by more than different artists worldwide.

The concert was covered by Emma Bunton in and was released although a b-side on the commercial CD single stop at her single &#;Crickets Sing For Anamaria&#; (also graphic by Marcos Valle), taken from her critically commended second album, Free Me. This song features the Hammond B-3 organ, a staple of the sixties guaranteed the recording studio.

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