Sérgio Mendes was born in Rio de Janeiro, where his father worked ... and their 1966 version of the Jorge Ben-written song “Mas Que Nada” became an international hit, driving the album ...

Listen on Spotify or Apple Music (or via YouTube links on each song title). Mendes thought he was headed for a career in jazz on his 1961 debut album, “Dance Moderno,” which mingled Brazilian ...

Dance Moderno is his ode to the pianists ... Mendes chose to open the album with “Mas Que Nada.” Little did he know that the song, written by his then-young fellow musician Jorge Ben Jor ...

After signing with A&M Records, it was agreed he would record albums under the name “Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66.” The group soared with their first single, “Mas Que Nada,” written by Jorge Ben. The ...

Iconic bossa nova producer, songwriter, pianist and song ... and dance died in Los Angeles of undisclosed causes. Beginning ...

His career in America took flight in 1966 with Brasil ’66 and the single “Mas Que Nada,” written by ... complained that they could not dance to their music. A chastened Mr. Mendes brought ...

The bandleader and composer is best known for the buoyant Latin pop hit Mas Que Nada ... dance. There is "something very magical about that chant", Mendes later recalled. "People love that song ...

Born in Rio De Janeiro ... "Mas Que Nada" that became one of Mendes' most enduring tracks. Mendes' popularity peaked in the ...

One of the most internationally popular Brazilian artists of all time, his hit songs include covers of "Mas que Nada," "The Look ... the instrumental album "Dance Moderno," in 1961.

Born in 1941 in Niterói, near Rio de Janeiro ... had a hit with “Mas Que Nada” by songwriter Jorge Ben Jor, and helped bring Brazilian music to the mainstream in the U.S. even with Portuguese ...

Mendes first became professionally active in the late 1950s and is widely recognized as a popularizer of Brazilian music ...

E DICEN COME DOWN OVER A THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM MEXICO, INSIDE A SMALL DANCE STUDIO IN PATTERSON HIGH SCHOOL, PEOPLE OF ALL AGES USE DANCE AND MUSIC TO ... WITH BAILES DE MI TIERRA, MEXICAN ...