RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after ...

Sérgio Mendes, the pianist who gifted the world with the most famous version of the Brazilian classic “Mas Que Nada,” died on Thursday. Born in 1941, Mendes was a 20-year-old musician when he first ...

Bandleader Sérgio Mendes, the godfather of bossa nova, was Brazil’s most celebrated artist in the Sixties. His most popular recording, “Mas Que Nada,” was originally penned and performed by ...

Mendes, who died on Thursday at age 83, had the kind of career artists dream about. By Paul Grein Former A&M Records executive Derek Taylor captured the sound of Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 in a few ...

Sérgio Mendes, who died in September 2024, was one of the biggest stars of Brazilian music. Although his career spanned some 40 years, he has always been known for his runaway 1966 hit, “Mas Que Nada” ...

Triple-Grammy winning Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes has died aged 83 after battling long COVID. He was known for developing Brazil's bossa nova genre in the 1950s and 60s and bringing it to the ...