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Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto record The Girl From Ipanema in New York City, USA. Vocalist Gilberto earns the American Musicians' Union scale rate for the recording session - $120.00 - although the song will become an international hit.
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It is said that with the money he earned from the Getz/Gilberto album Stan Getz bought a home in Irvington, New York. For his participation in the record, Joao Gilberto, as co-star, received $23,000. Astrud Gilberto, who sang The Girl From Ipanema in English and was responsible for the record's international success, earned the American Musicians' Union scale rate for the recording session - $120.00.
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