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, would become his ticket to the forefront of the ...

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 months battling the ...

His composition "Mas Que Nada" was one of the songs that helped popularize the Brazilian music genre bossa nova worldwide in the 1960s. In 2006, a modern version of the song topped U.S. charts, as ...

Fifty years ago, Sergio Mendes released a cover version of “Mas Que Nada” with his band Brasil ’66. Mendes’ sped-up, more aggressively danceable take on the Jorge Ben Jor track became ...

Sergio Mendes began his career with Brasil '66. (Sergio Mendes Team) The International musician's song "Mas que Nada" helped popularize bossa nova, a Brazilian music genre, worldwide in the 1960s.

The American group had recorded a remix of "Mas Que Nada" in 2006, introducing the song to a new generation. Mendes continued touring as recently as 2023, playing gigs in Paris, London and Barcelona.

Flashback: See Eartha Kitt Introduce Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 Performance of ‘Mas Que Nada’ Godfather of bossa nova was Brazil’s most celebrated artist in the Sixties By Suzy Exposito ...

WHAT HAPPENED? The training session, held on Tuesday afternoon, featured a Samba soundtrack that included the iconic tune Mas Que Nada by Sergio Mendes. The song gained global recognition after ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian Grammy-winning musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died after months of battling the effects of long Covid. He was 83.