hidden gem: sylvia telles — "samba de uma nota só" (1960, amor em hi-fi, odeon).

jobim and newton mendonça wrote it. the joke sits in the title — the melody is mostly one note, the harmony does the work.

sylvia cut it in 1960 alongside joão gilberto's version. four years before getz/gilberto put bossa on the global map. tom wrote "dindi" for her.

car crash on avenida atlântica took her at 32.

stream → as-if-radio.com

cover: amor em hi-fi, odeon 1960

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