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Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes &amp; Brasil '66
Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 is the first album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011. Concerning the song "Mas Que Nada" Mendes said in 2014: "It was the first time that a song in Portuguese was a hit in America and all over the world".
Track listing.
1. "Mas Que Nada"
2. "One Note Samba
, "Mas Que Nada", by writer Jorge Ben.
The first album on A&M was "Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66", an album that went platinum based largely on the success of the single "Mas Que Nada" (a Jorge Ben cover) and the personal support of Alpert, with whom Mendes toured.
The original lineup of Brasil '66 was Mendes (piano), vocalists Lani Hall (later Herb Alpert's wife) and Bibi Vogel (later replaced by Janis Hansen