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The Girl from ipanema

November 21, 2007 – 1:29 pm

Artist: Mind Games* (im not sure)
Album: Unknown
Song introduced: Girl from Ipanema
Song originally sung by Pery Ribeiro, 1962
“The Girl from Ipanema” (”Garota de Ipanema”) is a well-known bossa nova song, a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s that won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antonio [...]

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Lisa Ono - Bossa Hula Nova

May 12, 2007 – 9:13 pm

Singer: Lisa Ono 小野丽莎
Album: Bossa Hula Nova 蓝色夏威夷
Published: 2001
Listen to
Track1: Swing time in honolulu

Lyrics
They say it’s swingtime in Honolulu
In Honolulu, it’s always swingtime
Natives are humming, guitars are strumming
It’s always swingtime in Honolulu
Oh, islands that sing through the day
Oh, islands where all lovers play
Oh, islands that swing with a sway
With a wiki whacky hula and [...]

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