Dindi (song)

"Dindi" is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert. It is a world famous bossa nova  standard.

Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles, whose nickname was Dindi. In December 1966, just a short while after Telles had recorded this piece with the guitarist Rosinha de Valença, she was killed in a road accident in Rio de Janeiro.

Notable recordings

 * Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965), Jazz Masters 9 (1993)
 * Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
 * Claudine Longet - Love is Blue (1968)
 * Quarteto em Cy (as the Girls from Bahia) - Revolucion con Brasilia (1968)
 * Wayne Shorter - Super Nova (1969)
 * Flora Purim - Butterfly Dreams (1973)
 * Eric Gale - Forecast (1973)
 * Willie Bobo - Hell of an Act to Follow (1978)
 * Sarah Vaughan - Copacabana (1979)
 * Antonio Carlos Jobim - Terra Brasilis (1980)
 * Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)
 * Karrin Allyson - Sweet Home Cookin' (1994)
 * Lee Ritenour - A Twist of Jobim (1997) and World of Brazil (2005), sang by El DeBarge
 * Jon Lucien "By Request" (1999)
 * Jane Monheit - Never Never Land (2000)
 * Mike Catalano with Ivan Lins - A Manhattan Affair
 * Meja - Mellow (2004)
 * Diane Hubka - I Like it Here - Live in Tokyo (2007)
 * Daniel Matto - I'm Old Fashioned (2010)
 * Mina - Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare (1963), L'allieva (2005)
 * Mike Catalano - A Manhattan Affair (2008), sang by Ivan Lins