Vinícius De Moraes was a Brazilian poet, author and playwright who became a
songwriter and then a singer at the start of the Bossa Nova movement. He
recorded many albums and was a prolific songwriter best known for 'The Girl From
Ipanema', which he wrote with Antonio Carlos Jobim. Honoured by the Latin Grammy
Hall of Fame, it was recorded by João Gilberto and Stan Getz and then by Getz
and Astrud Gilberto singing the English lyrics by Norman Gimbel. His 1956
musical play 'Orfeu da Conceição' was adapted into a film by French director
Marcel Camus. Titled 'Black Orpheus' it featur...