Bonita (Antônio Carlos Jobim song)
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"Bonita" (meaning "Pretty" in English) is a bossa nova song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics in English credited to Gene Lees and Ray Gilbert.
According to Brazilian author Ruy Castro, Jobim composed the song in 1963, after being inspired by "a young woman, Candice Bergen, whom he had the pleasure of meeting at the home of the president of Atlantic Records, Nesuhi Ertegun. The pleasure, by the way, was mutual."[1]
Jobim made the first recording of the song in 1965, for his album,
Recorded versions
- The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1965) and A Certain Mr. Jobim(1967)
- Sérgio Mendes - The Great Arrival (1966)
- Sylvia Telles - Sylvia Telles Sings The Wonderful Songs Of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1966)
- Stanley Turrentine - The Return of the Prodigal Son (rec. 1967, released 2008)
- Roy Ayers - Daddy Bug (1969)
- Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim - Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (rec. 1969, released 2010)
- Nara Leão - Dez Anos Depois (1971)
- Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim - Elis & Tom: 30th Anniversary Edition (1974) - bonus track
- Sarah Vaughan - Copacabana (1979)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)
- Mongo Santamaría - Brazilian Sunset (rec. 1992, released 1996)
- Gal Costa - Gal Costa Canta Tom Jobim Ao Vivo (1999)
- Ivan Lins - Jobiniando (2001)
- Jaques Morelenbaum, Paula Morelenbaum, and Ryuichi Sakamoto - Morelenbaum 2/Sakamoto: Casa (2001)
- Love Stories(2019)
References
- ISBN 9781556524097.
- ISBN 9780313310553.
- ISBN 0195115562.