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The Grammy-winning musician, whose hit "Mas Que Nada" helped make him a global ambassador for Brazilian music, died after months battling the effects of long COVID.
Sergio Mendes, Brazilian hitmaker of the 1960s, dies at 83 His popular blend of bossa nova and tropical-flavored pop music has had an enduring appeal.
The Grammy-winning jazz and bossa nova musician, who formed the group Brasil '66, was known for his 1966 hit, "Mas Que Nada." ...
The Grammy-winning musician's composition "Mas Que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in the 1960s.
A pianist, composer and arranger, he rose to fame with the group Brasil ’66 and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades. By Barry Singer Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born ...
Sergio Mendes, the influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary crossover artists, has died.
Sergio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID ...
Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian band leader who helped popularize bossa nova, dies at 83 Brazilian singer Sérgio Mendes died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 83.
Brazilian musician, Sergio Mendes, who popularised bossa nova, has died at the age of 83.
Sergio Mendes, a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger whose group Brasil ’66 offered a tropical-flavored countermelody to the hard edge of rock-and-roll in the late 1960s and who had a late ...
Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit "Mas Que Nada" made him a global superstar and helped launch a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months battling the ...
Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian singer, composer, bandleader, and keyboardist who became an international sensation after moving to the United States in the 1960s, died, in Los Angeles, on September ...