A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)

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"A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)"
Single by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
from the album Herb Alpert's Ninth
Released1967
GenreEasy listening
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Chico Buarque

"A Banda (Ah Bahn-da)" (Portuguese for "The Band") is a composition by Chico Buarque that was first performed live by Chico Buarque and Nara Leão, in 1966, during the II Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) Festival in TV Record's theater, São Paulo, when and where the song won the "Viola de Ouro" award for best composition. "A Banda" brought Chico Buarque immediately into the limelight in Brazil. The song was also released in 1966, on the Brazilian RGE label, as the first track of side 1 in Chico Buarque de Hollanda (Vol. 1) LP. The following year Astrud Gilberto brought the song to the US, recording it with English lyrics on the Verve/Copacabana label, crediting Bob Russell for the English lyrics. As an instrumental, the song was performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, who had their third and final number one on the Easy Listening chart in October 1967. It peaked at number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The French singer France Gall was popularized this song in German language titled "Zwei apfelsinen im haar" in german "Two oranges in hair".

The instrumental version by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass was used in Soviet cartoon Well, Just You Wait! in 8th section.[2]

Also in 1999 the German band Captain Jack used riff from A Banda in song Get Up.[3]

See also[]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1967 (U.S.)

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Ну, погоди! (выпуск 8)", Википедия (in Russian), 2021-05-22, retrieved 2021-05-30
  3. ^ "Get Up! by Captain Jack feat. Gipsy Kings on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2021-05-30.



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