rio de janeiro in the 60s and 70s, the mini skirts, the bell bottom pants and the bikinis! ...and the best music in the world ever, and i mean USA, UK and Brazil! what an era...
This is my favorite version of this classic. When it was released, I was a hot young stud who'd just reached puberty and it reminds me of some VERY good times with the girls and all.
I find this the best of Sergio Mendes combo's as far as his many groups . Lani has a great voice that goes so well with his style . My favorite female vocalist at that time though was Asturd Gilberto . If you haven't heard her before , be sure to give a listen .Love that Bossa Nova sound !
Nice beat & tempo! Lani Hall was great, so was the other lady. Lani did well in her solo career. Many hit songs. Well, thanks for this kind of music, Sergio Mendes and the Brazil 66. You gave us lots of good memories...
so she was not loyal to the group gave her chance to be a star.That is true.How could she leave the group that gave her a chance to be a star. Dont get me wrong i love brazil 66 ,but dont you think she should have stayed?
What memories this brings back. I was a child and my dad played these albums all the time. I still love this music. @imissthe70s - I agree...Lani is the most under recognized singer of the day. Does anyone know where she is today?
So sad that the best version of Cole Porter's classic was recorded after his death, so he never heard it. Why did no one until Sergio Mendes figure out that it needed a samba beat to really swing?
This is the definitive version of this song. It's so beautiful, and Lani sings so beautifully. Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 really know how to do a song! I've loved this version since I was a child. Great stuff here! God Bless!
Love this song.... Cole Porter's great and timeless composition ... superb rendition by Sergio Mendez /Brasil 66....latino/jazz beat keeps me going.....Night and Day.
Absolutely timeless as are all the tracks from those first four albums. Still so sophisticated, smooth, and soulful and sexy. The combination of Sergio Mendes' arrangements and playing, and Lani Hall's gorgeous voice are the epitome of joy for me. Great that a new generation are switching on to this wonderful music, and hats off to A&M for reissuing the back catalogue.
And Lani has remained as beautiful as she was nearly forty years ago, in those cute Pucci dresses
love it love it love it love it love it love it . i have loved sergio and his songs since i was a little kid in 66. lani has one of the absolute best voices ever.
The music of Sergio and Brasil '66- and this song in particular- were the background for the best nights of my single life. More romantic than this... impossible. Cole Porter would be very happy with this.
I too adore and appreciate Lani Hall and know of no other female voice I would rather listen too. I would say that Lani, alongside the musical genius of Sergio together were Brasil 66. Lani might be the most under recognized and under appreciated singer of the day.
@Imissthe70s Funny thing happened a few months ago. My boyfriend and I had a slight car accident. While exchanging info, the man told us he was Sergio Mendes' son!!!!! We were blown away! He said, "you may not have ever heard of them..." I said, ARE YOU KIDDING? THEY ARE THE BEST!!!!!
@litenslick1 What a great story!! I was a disc jockey back in the 1970's at an FM radio station. I loved playing Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66. One of my favorites was their song "Pretty World". (I got a big kick out of the lyric "Nothing to make but breakfast and love ...")
@cooplag4927 Yes, it was really neat that we happened to "bump" into him here in Los Angeles. I TOTALLY LOVE Pretty World. Yes, great lyrics! Very clever. And such great instrumentation - I love the flutes, harps and strings. Which radio station were you a DJ? 1970s FM - Ahhhhh. The good ol' days!!!!! :)
@litenslick1 That is just neat as can be...."you may not have heard of them". I would have grinned from ear to ear hearing that as I am sure you did. Thanks for sharing.
@Imissthe70s I could never understand why Lani Hall never became a gigantic star. Very distinctive voice and much prettier than Barbra Streisand for instance!
@joelok48 Agree and, I can't understand why we do not have available Lani's solo albums on CD, both her English and Spanish albums. It's so disappointing. I finally found a used CD for sale from a seller in Japan and its the only one from her solo years I have.
@recovering16 Yes I do!! It is on the one CD I have from her solo career. I can only assume the ongoing failure to release her solo works is because the music is tied up in legal mumbo jumbo, whoever owns the rights doesn't think the effort would be a money maker or the powers in charge don't care or appreciate Lani's global appeal. Or some such nonsense, SIgh.
@billzz99 Agree. I cant think of anyone who covered other songs as well as Sergio did. WHat we ended up with was two very different but equally enjoyable versions of great songs.
@billzz99 As far as I'm concerned, this is the "OFFICIAL RENDITION". I'm so thankful to have been born when I was born, and to have a mother who had the presence of mind to introduce me to every type of music under the sun.
@Oaklandgirlpitlover1 I'm with you on this. Despite who sang it first or even after, it's who had put it on the map and kept it there. When you think of this song -if you even know it exists- it will always be Sergio Mendez and this woman's absolutely beautiful voice.
@jamesmaseobrown I agree. This song is SOOOO beautiful and CLASSY. And this is why I have a VERY HARD TIME seeing Rap as "MUSIC". And for the Rap industry to even get the respect they "DO" get, they have to sample off of the original old-school artists (Sergio Mendes or Stevie Wonder for example). But then, to hear some SNOTT-NOSED youngster (who doesn't know any better), say that "THE RAP ARTIST" is the creator of the original peice, is BEYOND ABSURD. And extremely aggravating. Do you agree?
@jamesmaseobrown You wanna know whats REALLY FUNNY? Is when Chris Rock says "I love Rap music, but I'm tired of defending it". A true art does NOT have to be defended. Just look it up here on youtube. He tells the ugly truth about Rap music. Which is why I cling to this BEAUTIFUL MUSIC for dear life. :).
@Oaklandgirlpitlover1@jamesmasebrown and for some individual artists to open your closed minds....J Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, The Roots, J-Live, De La Soul, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Oddisee, Foreign Exchange, Jazz Liberatorz, Flying Lotus (John & Alice Coltrane's nephew), Gift of Gab, Digable Planets, Brother Ali, Del The Funky Homosapien, etc...and please don't just listen to their most popular songs on YouTube, if you really want the good stuff you have to dig.
@thesoundisgod My brotha'. My mind is as opened as the entire universe. And I actually LIKE some of the names you mention up above. Such as "DIGABLE PLANETS", "ERYKAH BADU" and my man "MOS DEF". Plus, I LOVE Neo Soul. I'm a musician. And I did some studeo work many moons ago with "2 LIVE CREW". And what many Rap artists do is, grab little obscure riffs from oldschool artists. Anything from prince to the beatles. Continued ---------->>>>>>>>>>>>>
@thesoundisgod Continued: They hire people like me to listen to the track carefully, then play what I heard. Then they will tweek it a little. By doing this, they avoid getting sued. Because they didn't use "THE ACTUAL TRACK" from the original artist. Of course SOME rap artists will just do the right thing, and pay the Original artist for the use of any part of their original music. But in fact, most will just hire a Hack like me, and save a bundle.
@jamesmaseobrown@Oaklandgirlpitlover1 You two simply just don't understand hip-hop. REAL hip-hop, nothing that is on the mainstream radio. You must of never heard of (I'll list some record labels first) MelloMusicGroup, Stones Throw, Rhymesayers, Nature Sounds, Definitive Jux, Re-Definition, Triple Threat, etc... because you narrow-mindedly think what is GIVEN to you on the radio is all hip-hop as to offer. Wrong. VERY wrong. The actors you hear on the radio are NOT hip-hop.
Lani Hall: The VOICE of Brasil '66. Such a distictive extarordinary voice. As someone once appropriately said: She could sing smoke rings around 9 of 10 'names' in the lady singer ranks.
LANI!!!
utubehall 1 week ago
A little muzak/cheesy but Lani's voice is unique and she is beautiful. I Guess Herb got it right.
utubehall 1 month ago
I love this . They did such great work
airkooled05 1 month ago
I remember them backstage at DC's Carter Barron Amphitheater in 1967...August, it was. Damn, were they ever powerhouses! My all-time favorites.
Yottabee 1 month ago
Timeless sound...great groove...
SightNSoundBand 1 month ago
Sublime, Heaven is right here on terra firma!
tonygumbrell22 2 months ago
rio de janeiro in the 60s and 70s, the mini skirts, the bell bottom pants and the bikinis! ...and the best music in the world ever, and i mean USA, UK and Brazil! what an era...
kloudzjia 2 months ago
I love Lani Hall's voice
Jmi3579 2 months ago
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geobowl12 3 months ago
we love you lani
la53tj 3 months ago 2
To American fans of Sergio Mendes: actually, the original name of "Pretty Love" is "Sá Marina".
You can find the original lyrics here and try to sing with the music.
letras.terra.com.br/wilson-simonal/49350/
Or you can watch the original one with Wilson Simonal here
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caravaggio31 5 months ago
My Corvette, PCH and my SMB-66 Music!!!!
marexvr 5 months ago 2
@marexvr w/a blunt & a blonde
bagoona 2 months ago
Makes me want to fix a 'Mojito' and sit on the patio with my Segio Mendes CDs cranked up!
imusfan48 6 months ago 2
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casey3234 6 months ago
Hey, this will get any old grouch in a good mood...well, almost any!!!!
Just an excellent, smooth sound from one of the greatest groups of all time.
sgtlzy 7 months ago 3
thanxxx sooo much!!
Ladyluck329 7 months ago
At the very begining it reminds me of Petula Clark's "DownTown"
Opusdei1951 7 months ago
I don't know what Cole Porter would have thought of the arrangement of his classic, but it fits the '60s sound.
7927jackpark 7 months ago
Hello sergio Mendez lover. come to my site. You might like it!!
dandy7989 7 months ago
yes, best version ever of this classic
naturalbluejazz 8 months ago
bossa bravo!
7106798 9 months ago 2
Fabulous period!!!
dandy7989 10 months ago
She sounded like Keely Smith.
profling 11 months ago
This is my favorite version of this Cole Porter classic. Great arrangements and matching vocals by Lani Hall and the guys in Brasil '66.
peeterpoon 1 year ago 2
A really great song, yea, it makes me want 2 go back 2 the tropics like Brasil !!!!!
DJMixmasterDee 1 year ago 2
Cole Porter would have loved this!! Leave it to Brasil 66 to make a unique singing/band interpretation to an immortal standard.
windstorm1000 1 year ago
This song makes me want to pack up my bags and head for the tropics.
tomcamp6023 1 year ago 15
@tomcamp6023 Same here ! :)
Jeneva1 1 month ago
Excellent, thank you for posting !
mrearlygold 1 year ago
Lani Hall has one of the best voices in the history of modern music. Shes deffo underrated.
Stargazer0802 1 year ago 12
@Stargazer0802 I agree . Her voice amazed me then and still does
airkooled05 1 month ago
me llena tanto esta musica ,NADA,NADA lo podria hacer......Nada mas pido,Gracias por la musica....Imelda de Mexico
ime916 1 year ago
Do I have to listen to the entire stupid ad before I drag the video back?
steadfastcoward 1 year ago
This is my favorite version of this classic. When it was released, I was a hot young stud who'd just reached puberty and it reminds me of some VERY good times with the girls and all.
tippymugs 1 year ago
marvelous!
kzm25697 1 year ago
I find this the best of Sergio Mendes combo's as far as his many groups . Lani has a great voice that goes so well with his style . My favorite female vocalist at that time though was Asturd Gilberto . If you haven't heard her before , be sure to give a listen .Love that Bossa Nova sound !
maxpowercardz 1 year ago
Big song in Tokyo Japan in 1967. As I was there on R&R from Vietnam. Ahhh...memories.
darkrt2 1 year ago
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darkrt2 1 year ago
Nice beat & tempo! Lani Hall was great, so was the other lady. Lani did well in her solo career. Many hit songs. Well, thanks for this kind of music, Sergio Mendes and the Brazil 66. You gave us lots of good memories...
Ricardobuhay 1 year ago
so she was not loyal to the group gave her chance to be a star.That is true.How could she leave the group that gave her a chance to be a star. Dont get me wrong i love brazil 66 ,but dont you think she should have stayed?
rsfasteddie 1 year ago
@rsfasteddie She just left the group to pursue a personal solo career, and she had all the right to do so.
hardbossa 1 year ago 2
she is a good singer true. She the group to be with Herb is that right?
rsfasteddie 1 year ago
What memories this brings back. I was a child and my dad played these albums all the time. I still love this music. @imissthe70s - I agree...Lani is the most under recognized singer of the day. Does anyone know where she is today?
lmbc49 1 year ago
So sad that the best version of Cole Porter's classic was recorded after his death, so he never heard it. Why did no one until Sergio Mendes figure out that it needed a samba beat to really swing?
boinx1234 1 year ago
@boinx1234 Just to clarify--->What year did Cole Porter die?
cjjrtoronto 1 year ago
@cjjrtoronto
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1964
boinx1234 1 year ago
Lani's voice is just stunning here. Easily one of the most beautiful and sexy female voices I've ever heard.
StereoSpace 1 year ago
This is the definitive version of this song. It's so beautiful, and Lani sings so beautifully. Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 really know how to do a song! I've loved this version since I was a child. Great stuff here! God Bless!
Beautifulmusiclistnr 1 year ago
I purchased this album when I was a teenager and this was one of my favorite tracks. Thanks for posting!
mmmbad 1 year ago
Love this song.... Cole Porter's great and timeless composition ... superb rendition by Sergio Mendez /Brasil 66....latino/jazz beat keeps me going.....Night and Day.
ctomasa 1 year ago 2
Absolutely timeless as are all the tracks from those first four albums. Still so sophisticated, smooth, and soulful and sexy. The combination of Sergio Mendes' arrangements and playing, and Lani Hall's gorgeous voice are the epitome of joy for me. Great that a new generation are switching on to this wonderful music, and hats off to A&M for reissuing the back catalogue.
And Lani has remained as beautiful as she was nearly forty years ago, in those cute Pucci dresses
possedawson 1 year ago
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ricmarc 1 year ago
love it love it love it love it love it love it . i have loved sergio and his songs since i was a little kid in 66. lani has one of the absolute best voices ever.
ricmarc 1 year ago
I love this version!!!!
erikbear9 1 year ago
Marvelous!
annpontefran 1 year ago
Excellent rendition of Cole Porter's classic. I grew up with this.
MonaLisaSmileOTJ 1 year ago
To my mind, Lani Hall is just 22 with a sexy miniskirt and a magnificently beautiful voice... she's Locked in time to my mind...
707947 1 year ago
LANI HALL is 65 years old and I bet she still sings BETTER than much of the young "singers" of 2010...
Gracias "tocayo"....Sergio Mendes...my favorite.
thanks
Sergio Gonzalez (Costa Rica)
Star1931 1 year ago
The music of Sergio and Brasil '66- and this song in particular- were the background for the best nights of my single life. More romantic than this... impossible. Cole Porter would be very happy with this.
slownoman 1 year ago
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My parents listened to his songs when I was a kid and now I have my toddler listen to it too. My daughter will thank me in a few years.
marlajj 1 year ago
My parents listened to his songs when I was a kid and now I have my toddler listen to it too. My daughter will thank me in a few years.
marlajj 1 year ago
dfiii
juangrudner 1 year ago
Popular music doesn't get much better tha this. A very classy version of the Cole Porter standard.
peeterpoon 1 year ago 2
Lani Hall is one of the best and truest singers I've heard. Great post!
justmusicandme 1 year ago 2
Qué bonito... Una de las mejores versiones de esta canción.
susacandy 2 years ago 2
A wonderful version. I love Brazil 66, Sergio Mendez and Lani Hall.
leahcimber 2 years ago
What "Grown up," sounded like when I was a kid...
Magic.
captainkundalini1 2 years ago 2
I too adore and appreciate Lani Hall and know of no other female voice I would rather listen too. I would say that Lani, alongside the musical genius of Sergio together were Brasil 66. Lani might be the most under recognized and under appreciated singer of the day.
Imissthe70s 2 years ago 31
@Imissthe70s Don't you worry, Herb didn't forget : )
steadfastcoward 1 year ago
@Imissthe70s Amen to that! Didn't even know her name until recently - criminal. Maybe Herb Alpert wanted to keep her to himself, lol.
EwolDJ 9 months ago
@Imissthe70s Funny thing happened a few months ago. My boyfriend and I had a slight car accident. While exchanging info, the man told us he was Sergio Mendes' son!!!!! We were blown away! He said, "you may not have ever heard of them..." I said, ARE YOU KIDDING? THEY ARE THE BEST!!!!!
litenslick1 8 months ago
@litenslick1 What a great story!! I was a disc jockey back in the 1970's at an FM radio station. I loved playing Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66. One of my favorites was their song "Pretty World". (I got a big kick out of the lyric "Nothing to make but breakfast and love ...")
cooplag4927 8 months ago
@cooplag4927 Yes, it was really neat that we happened to "bump" into him here in Los Angeles. I TOTALLY LOVE Pretty World. Yes, great lyrics! Very clever. And such great instrumentation - I love the flutes, harps and strings. Which radio station were you a DJ? 1970s FM - Ahhhhh. The good ol' days!!!!! :)
litenslick1 8 months ago
@litenslick1 That is just neat as can be...."you may not have heard of them". I would have grinned from ear to ear hearing that as I am sure you did. Thanks for sharing.
Imissthe70s 7 months ago
@litenslick1 - Holy crap!! That's amazing...but not surprising that he would be that modest, coming from that family.
Yottabee 1 month ago
@Imissthe70s I could never understand why Lani Hall never became a gigantic star. Very distinctive voice and much prettier than Barbra Streisand for instance!
joelok48 7 months ago
@joelok48 Agree and, I can't understand why we do not have available Lani's solo albums on CD, both her English and Spanish albums. It's so disappointing. I finally found a used CD for sale from a seller in Japan and its the only one from her solo years I have.
Imissthe70s 7 months ago
@Imissthe70s Agree totally. Have you heard her version of Elton John's hit, "Love Song"?
recovering16 7 months ago
@recovering16 Yes I do!! It is on the one CD I have from her solo career. I can only assume the ongoing failure to release her solo works is because the music is tied up in legal mumbo jumbo, whoever owns the rights doesn't think the effort would be a money maker or the powers in charge don't care or appreciate Lani's global appeal. Or some such nonsense, SIgh.
Imissthe70s 7 months ago
PERFECTION
Oh how I miss this kind of music
THANKS FOR POSTING.
A real treat
Brian in Pennsylvania
maskman456 2 years ago
One of my favorit Sergio Mendes & Lani Hall songs! I have it on my 'i-pod' workout playlist.
imusfan48 2 years ago
Great song! Great interpretation and voices are superb!
Thank you for posting
Blanca
NJ, USA
cuteblanca 2 years ago
Hey, I love the fact that Lani is not onlt a talented singer vocally but is also billingual. She has perfect pitch and accent.
TheMidnightBell07 2 years ago
This is by far my most favorite rendition of this timeless song. Love it and Brasil 66!
billzz99 2 years ago 40
@billzz99 I couldn't agree more! I could listen to this ALL day! I love this group and this is one of my favorite love songs of all time....
dragonflySummer09 9 months ago 2
@billzz99 Agree. I cant think of anyone who covered other songs as well as Sergio did. WHat we ended up with was two very different but equally enjoyable versions of great songs.
Imissthe70s 9 months ago
@billzz99 As far as I'm concerned, this is the "OFFICIAL RENDITION". I'm so thankful to have been born when I was born, and to have a mother who had the presence of mind to introduce me to every type of music under the sun.
Oaklandgirlpitlover1 4 months ago
@Oaklandgirlpitlover1 I'm with you on this. Despite who sang it first or even after, it's who had put it on the map and kept it there. When you think of this song -if you even know it exists- it will always be Sergio Mendez and this woman's absolutely beautiful voice.
jamesmaseobrown 3 months ago
@jamesmaseobrown I agree. This song is SOOOO beautiful and CLASSY. And this is why I have a VERY HARD TIME seeing Rap as "MUSIC". And for the Rap industry to even get the respect they "DO" get, they have to sample off of the original old-school artists (Sergio Mendes or Stevie Wonder for example). But then, to hear some SNOTT-NOSED youngster (who doesn't know any better), say that "THE RAP ARTIST" is the creator of the original peice, is BEYOND ABSURD. And extremely aggravating. Do you agree?
Oaklandgirlpitlover1 3 months ago 2
@Oaklandgirlpitlover1 Friend, on this matter you and I agree in absolutely every respect. I don't even consider rap as art.
jamesmaseobrown 3 months ago
@jamesmaseobrown You wanna know whats REALLY FUNNY? Is when Chris Rock says "I love Rap music, but I'm tired of defending it". A true art does NOT have to be defended. Just look it up here on youtube. He tells the ugly truth about Rap music. Which is why I cling to this BEAUTIFUL MUSIC for dear life. :).
Oaklandgirlpitlover1 3 months ago
@Oaklandgirlpitlover1 @jamesmasebrown and for some individual artists to open your closed minds....J Dilla, Madlib, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, The Roots, J-Live, De La Soul, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Oddisee, Foreign Exchange, Jazz Liberatorz, Flying Lotus (John & Alice Coltrane's nephew), Gift of Gab, Digable Planets, Brother Ali, Del The Funky Homosapien, etc...and please don't just listen to their most popular songs on YouTube, if you really want the good stuff you have to dig.
thesoundisgod 3 months ago
@thesoundisgod My brotha'. My mind is as opened as the entire universe. And I actually LIKE some of the names you mention up above. Such as "DIGABLE PLANETS", "ERYKAH BADU" and my man "MOS DEF". Plus, I LOVE Neo Soul. I'm a musician. And I did some studeo work many moons ago with "2 LIVE CREW". And what many Rap artists do is, grab little obscure riffs from oldschool artists. Anything from prince to the beatles. Continued ---------->>>>>>>>>>>>>
Oaklandgirlpitlover1 3 months ago
@thesoundisgod Continued: They hire people like me to listen to the track carefully, then play what I heard. Then they will tweek it a little. By doing this, they avoid getting sued. Because they didn't use "THE ACTUAL TRACK" from the original artist. Of course SOME rap artists will just do the right thing, and pay the Original artist for the use of any part of their original music. But in fact, most will just hire a Hack like me, and save a bundle.
Oaklandgirlpitlover1 3 months ago
@jamesmaseobrown @Oaklandgirlpitlover1 You two simply just don't understand hip-hop. REAL hip-hop, nothing that is on the mainstream radio. You must of never heard of (I'll list some record labels first) MelloMusicGroup, Stones Throw, Rhymesayers, Nature Sounds, Definitive Jux, Re-Definition, Triple Threat, etc... because you narrow-mindedly think what is GIVEN to you on the radio is all hip-hop as to offer. Wrong. VERY wrong. The actors you hear on the radio are NOT hip-hop.
thesoundisgod 3 months ago
Lani Hall: The VOICE of Brasil '66. Such a distictive extarordinary voice. As someone once appropriately said: She could sing smoke rings around 9 of 10 'names' in the lady singer ranks.
hardbossa 2 years ago