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2 unusual facts about Gilberto


Getz/Gilberto

It became one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, and turned Astrud Gilberto, who sang on the tracks "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Corcovado", into an internationally celebrated musician.

Astrud Gilberto - vocals (in "The Girl from Ipanema", "Corcovado", "The Girl from Ipanema (45 rpm issue)" and "Corcovado (45 rpm issue)")


2011 Mexican drug gang attack Twitter hoax

On August 25, 2011 Gilberto Martinez Vera and Maria de Jesus Bravo Pagola made a series of fraudulent Twitter tweets alleging that an attack by drug gangs was in progress at an elementary school in Veracruz Mexico.

7459 Gilbertofranco

It is named after Gilberto Franco, an amateur astronomer, medical doctor in San Damiano d'Asti, Italy, and friend of Zappalà.

Amir Sayoud

With Gilberto and Francis Doe, the signature of Benjelloun would put the club over the limit.

Andrea Branzi

He founded with Paolo Deganello, Massimo Morozzi and Gilberto Coretti the Archizoom associates.

Beyond Ipanema

Produced by filmmakers Guto Barra and Béco Dranoff, it features interviews and performances by David Byrne, Devendra Banhart, M.I.A., Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Tom Zé, Seu Jorge, Thievery Corporation, Bebel Gilberto, CSS, Creed Taylor and many others.

Cali Cartel

Later Cali cartel principals included the son of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, Jorge Alberto Rodriguez, as well as Hélmer Herrera, Jairo Ivan Urdinola Grajales, Julio Fabio Urdinola Grajales, Henry Loaiza Ceballos, Victor Patiño-Fomeque, Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, Raul Grajales Lemos, Luis Grajales Posso, Bernardo Saenz, Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar, Javier Marlin Rojas, and James Andrae.

Chiclete com Banana

The song "Chiclete com Banana," that was first recorded in 1959 by Brazilian popstar Jackson do Pandeiro and by dozens of performers, such as Gilberto Gil).

DZBB-AM

Two years later, Channel 7, DZBB and other provincial radio and television stations were eventually sold to the triumvirate of Gilberto Duavit, Sr., Menardo Jimenez and Felipe Gozon.

Gilberto dos Santos

Gilberto dos Santos (born on August 27, 1975 in Gramado, Brazil) is a former naturalized Lebanese football striker.

Gilberto Fortunato

Gilberto Valdenésio Fortunato (born 7 November 1987 in Florianópolis) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a forward for KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga.

Gilberto Hirata

Gilberto Antonio Hirata Chico (born January 17, 1953) in Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California) was state deputy representing the XIV electoral district (corresponding to the urban area of Ensenada, Baja California).

Gilberto Keb Baas

Gilberto Keb Baas (born October 21, 1977 in Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division.

Gilberto Martínez

Gilberto Martínez Vidal (born October 1, 1979 in Golfito, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican footballer.

Gilberto Murgas

Gilberto Alfredo Murgas Fajardo (born January 22, 1981 in El Refugio, El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player who finished his career with FAS in the Salvadoran Premier League.

Gilberto Parlotti

Gilberto Parlotti (17 September 1940 – 9 June 1972) was born in Zero Branco, Treviso, Italy and was an Italian motorcycle racer competing in the FIM World Championship between 1969 and 1972 racing with Benelli, Derbi, Morbidelli and Tomos motorcycles.

Gilberto Righi

Gilberto Righi (1937–1999) was an important earthworm taxonomist from São Paulo, Brazil, who helped define the magnitude of his country's diverse soil fauna.

Gilberto with Turrentine

Gilberto with Turrentine is an album by Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto and American saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring performances recorded in 1971 released on the CTI label.

João Gilberto

1976 saw the release of The Best of Two Worlds, a reunion with Stan Getz, featuring singer Miúcha, (sister of Chico Buarque), who had become Gilberto's second wife in April 1965.

José Gilberto Montoya

José Gilberto Montoya is originally from Cali, Colombia, where he received a medical degree with honors from University of Valle.

Josignacio

Among them were painters such as Roberto Fabelo, René Portocarrero, Amelia Peláez, Felipe Lopez, Mariano Rodriguez "El Gallego Posada" and Gilberto Marino.

Juan Gilberto Núñez

Juan Gilberto Núñez (born 26 March 1986) is a Colombian footballer who plays for América de Cali in the Copa Mustang.

Luiz Bonfá

Jobim, João Donato, Dorival Caymmi, and other contemporaries were also essentially samba-canção musicians until the sudden, massive popularity of the young Gilberto's unique style of guitar playing and expressively muted vocals transformed the music of the day into the music of the future.

Manuel Cavazos Lerma

The cousin of the ex-governor, Gilberto Lerma Plata, was arrested in the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge on 12 April 2012 by federal agents for alleged drug conspiracy.

Mario Amato

Mario Amato (24 November 1937, in Palermo – 23 June 1980, in Rome) was an Italian magistrate, assassinated in 1980 by NAR (Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari) members Gilberto Cavallini and Luigi Ciavardini.

Padanian nationalism

Gilberto Oneto, Giancarlo Pagliarini, 50 buone ragioni per l'Indipendenza, La Padania, Milan 1998

Tim Leiweke

He was integral in the signings of Toronto FC designated players Michael Bradley, Jermaine Defoe, and Gilberto.

Walter Wanderley

Three of those albums, Rainforest, Cheganca and Astrud Gilberto's A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness, were with a trio consisting of Wanderley, Claudio Slon (drums) and Jose Marino (bass) and were produced in the United States by Creed Taylor, who initially brought the trio to the U.S. to record at the persuasion of Tony Bennett.


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