"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original
Portuguese
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title, "Samba de Verão") is a
1964
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bossa nova
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and
jazz standard
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song by
Brazil
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ian composer
Marcos Valle Marcos may refer to:
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, with
English-language
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lyrics by
Norman Gimbel
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; the original Portuguese lyrics are by
Paulo Sérgio Valle
Paulo Sérgio Kostenbader Valle (born August 6, 1940) is a Brazilian composer and lyricist.
Career
Valle started his career as part of the bossa nova trend when, with his brother Marcos Valle, he composed " Samba de Verão", which became one ...
, the composer's brother.
[Marcos Valle](_blank)
on AllBrazilianMusic.com
Walter Wanderley Trio
![Summer Samba by Walter Wanderley US single black label](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Summer_Samba_by_Walter_Wanderley_US_single_black_label.png)
The song was first popularized by the
Walter Wanderley Trio in 1966 — the album ''
Rain Forest
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'' on which it was issued reached
platinum status in 1970
[Walter Wanderley Pictorial Discography](_blank)
(retrieved 15 February 2007)[ Chusid, Irwin]
''Walter Wanderley Samba Swing!'' liner notes
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has said of Wanderley's version, "His recording ... is regarded as perhaps a more definitive bossa tune than "Girl From Ipanema
"Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Po ...
."[Thom Jurek]
''Boss of the Bossa Nova'' (album review)
Allmusic (retrieved 28 March 2007) In 1966, Wanderley's version was the biggest seller in the U.S., reaching #26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #3 on the Easy Listening chart. The composition is still a favourite on Adult Standards radio stations.
Covers
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"Easy Listening" chart, there were versions by Johnny Mathis
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, Vikki Carr
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, and Connie Francis
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known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” ...
during that same year. In fact, at least one source claims that three different versions were on the Billboard charts
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at the same time in 1966.Marcos Valle, 1943
(in German)
*
Andy Williams
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released a version in 1966 on his album, ''
In the Arms of Love''.
The Angels released a version of the song in 1967 entitled "So Nice" as the
B-side
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to their "Merry Go Round". Other notable versions include those by
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".
Biography
Astrud Gilbert ...
and by
Bebel Gilberto
Isabel Buarque de Hollanda Gilberto de Oliveira (born May 12, 1966), known as Bebel Gilberto, is an American-born Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is ...
, both of which have been used in several television programs and in widely broadcast TV advertisements. A slower version was put out by
Brasil '65 with
Wanda de Sah
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and
Sergio Mendes
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. As of 2000, the song had been recorded by more than 180 different artists worldwide.
[Gollner, Ada]
"Two scoops of samba: A pair of Brazilian heavyweights import some tropical heat,"
''Montreal Mirror'', 30 March 2000
*The song was covered by
Emma Bunton
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in 2004 and was released as a b-side on the commercial CD single to her single "
Crickets Sing For Anamaria
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Original version
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" (also written by Marcos Valle), taken from her critically acclaimed second album, ''
Free Me''. This song features the
Hammond B-3
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organ, a staple of the sixties in the recording studio.
*The song appears in the film ''
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' as well as ''
Click''. It also is a major theme in the game ''
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'', largely as an intentional music joke when the player idles for over five minutes, as the video game is set in 1959, five years before the song's release.
*A cover by
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singer Nadia appears in the 2002 film ''
Blissfully Yours
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Plot
Min is an illegal Burmese immigrant living in ...
''.
*It is said that the music from the video game called ''
StreetPass Mii Plaza
is an application which comes pre-loaded on all Nintendo 3DS systems. In the game, players can meet other players' Miis over StreetPass and online through Nintendo Network, and interact with them.
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'' for
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strongly resembles "Summer Samba".
[Nintendo 3DS Music - StreetPass Mii Plaza Theme 1](_blank)
on YouTube.com
*
Eliane Elias
Eliane Elias
BrowseBiography.com, 20 November 2011; retrieved 10 September 2014. is a Brazilian jazz pianist, sin ...
included the song in her 2004 album ''
Dreamer''.
See also
*
List of bossa nova standards
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Notes
External links
Duet of Marcos Valle with Patricia Marx singing "Samba de Verão in the original Portuguese(retrieved 8 May 2008)
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Songs with music by Marcos Valle
Songs with lyrics by Norman Gimbel
1964 songs
1966 singles
1960s jazz standards
Bossa nova songs
English-language Brazilian songs
Connie Francis songs
Andy Williams songs
The Angels (American group) songs