Walter Wanderley
Brazilian organist Walter Wanderley helped popularize bossa nova music in the
U.S. with songs like "Summer Samba (So Nice)," which became a Top 40 hit in
1966. Born in Recife, Brazil, on May 12, 1932, he collaborated with João
Gilberto, Marcos Valle, and other Brazil-based artists during the early 1960s.
Encouraged by Tony Bennett to move to America, Wanderley landed a deal with the
jazz label Verve Records and released his U.S. debut, Rain Forest, in 1966. The
album's fusion of bossa nova, lounge music, and easy listening was a hit with
American audiences, and "Summer Samba (So ...
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