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Post #194229 by gwenners on Sat, Oct 22, 2005 10:13 AM

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Brazil, of course, is a bit of a standard. Maybe not as popularly known as Caravan or Quiet Village, but way up there. I love the 1961 Tito Contreras version, but there are a lot of good ones out there. The song itself dates back to the end of the 1930s.

Vintage Lounge has a 1946 edition available by Morton Gould. See the first entry on http://vintagelounge.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_vintagelounge_archive.html

It was Carmen Miranda's version that was used in Terry Gilliam's film Brazil.

Cheers,
Gwen Smith


[ Edited by: gwenners 2005-10-22 10:39 ]