Astrud Gilberto, wife of one of the fathers of bossa nova, died Tuesday at the age of 83. She became known worldwide for recording Garota de Ipanema, along with her husband and saxophonist Stan Getz, on the 1964 album Getz/Gilberto.
Song had originally been recorded in 1962, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes and music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, better known as Tom Jobim. Legend has it that they wrote the song while spying on the "sweet rocking" of the hips of a young Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto.