A Son of the Rock

While I was in the Netherlands in June, Astrud Gilberto died.  She is most famous for being the singer who popularised the song The Girl From Ipanema. It only made no 29 in the UK charts though but has jad a long afterlife. It is said to be the second-most recorded song in history (after Yesterday) but it seems she was paid more or less nothing for it.

Astrud Gilberto: The Girl from Ipanema

Astrud Evangelina Weinert Gilberto: 29/3/1940 – 5/6/2023. So it goes.