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Remember when this was cringy satire & not the platform of a major political party?

For how real this is today with MAGA cult you have to admit Nicole Sullivan has a beautiful voice

Went to high school for one year with Lani Hall - The Bateman School in Chicago. We were both Seniors. I barely remember her and I'm sure she wouldn't remember me from Adam.

Now that you've gotten the white wash version, here's the rest of the story. Herb Alpert, their producer, was interested in Lani (the story is that they were having an affair - his part being extra marital). While the better singer with the bonefides was Janet Hanson (who was a background singer for Andy Williams), she was relegated to backing Lani up. Hanson was the lead singer on their biggest hit, The Look of Love. The whole band revolted against Sergio, who would take a top level hotel room on the road, but put his band up in low level hotels. He went tyrant on them and fired all of them. But Herb talked him into bringing Lani back for his own self interests. Then he thought he and Lani could be stars, so he talked her into jumping ship and going solo. That didn't work out as Herb planned.

I m still mezmerized. My father introduced his children 2 this awesomeness, 2 this culture. I am so grateful 2 that wonderful man n his wisdom...

It’s missing the one where she sings with her mom 😂😂😂

Lani's voice sounds like Herb Alpert's trumpet. No wonder she melted his heart. ♥ She has melted a lot of hearts.

She is divine¡¡

Lani Hall is one of the all-time greats. You can tell who influenced her most: Barbara Streisand. And Sergio was and still is a unique and original artist. I graduated high school in 66 and at the time was sick of Herb Alpert being played non-stop on the radio. Brazil 66 was a welcome relief from that, lol.

I will always Love Brazil 66!! First time I heard them, it was Love. I am now 72 years old and I'm still in Love with Brazil 66, and don't get me started on Loni Hall. ❤

When will ya'll be there again?? We'd love to come see you!

Trump would make her his running mate 😂

This really captures the surface level sweetness and the cold evil heart inside of Trumpers

Women from red states in 2024 be like

The gemstones need her lol

But fr nicole can SING

The ahhhhhhhhh make me death ☠️ of laugh😂😂😂😂😂😂

The cat may look like it is planning to attack, but it’s all just a bluff, looks like a dramatic screaming cat to me!

Hall & Hansen...the best vocal duo I have heard & I am 68yrs young.😅

She is one of my absolute favorite singers! Way underrated.

Well Brazil 77 wasn’t that bad either.

FRIGHTENINGLY accurate.

Lani married Herb Alpert now worth $850,000,000 Sergio introduced her to the love of her life

Sergio has GREAT taste in Women

I couldn't concentrate on what I was playing having such beautiful ladies with such beautiful voices 🥰 I'd just melt

Sergio Mendes and the band .... this sound is a mix of Bossa, Jazz, R&B....so stunning rhytm

Glad to know all this history. Thanks for the posting.

When I first saw Lani I would he swore that she was Brazilian. I was totally surprised to learn she was from Chicago. Either way, she has one of the most intelligent voices I've ever heard. She speaks, you listen

Her voice is iconic if you grew up in the 60s and your parents always had music playing in the house. I credit my deep love for bossa nova music to Sergio Mendez and Lani Hall. His music and her voice are etched into my soul.

For the youngsters out there in 1966 the age of consent and emancipation from ones parents was 21. You couldn't even vote then.

Quite possibly the most beautiful voice ever… Lani Hall

First heard them as a kid in NJ, really knocked out; then got the treat of actually traveling to Brazil in '68, & realized their music really encompassed the culture I found there. Fantastic.

Iconic bossa nova

My dad was a plant supervisor on a little island off the mainland in the Caribbean. I started spending time there as a kid for as long as I can remember. I would take the two hours boat ride to spend many weekends and summer vacations there. In the mid to late 60s, when I was between the ages of, say, six and nine years of age, Sergio Mendes and Brazil 65 & 66 were popular on the radio. His music always takes me back to those times of open ocean, boat rides, beaches, and fun times on a sunny island in the Caribbean. His and all the other popular music of that era definitely helped shape me into who I am today - I am blessed!

I still have my record! I ended up living in Brazil since 1976.

Just an Ol' Chicago guy from her neighborhood, my cousin Marian was Lani's best friend, until she went off to fame & fortune so many years ago...

Great video, very good tale, a lot history of the new wave bossa compress in one small space, l walk with Sergio sinse there. Listen in my little radio battery, till my mother yelled: go to sleep muchacho! Thanks for this memory 🙏🌹

❤you Lani and Herb

Excellent! I have all their albums to this day!

I thought they would have dealt with the situation concerning the blonde woman singer. She had posed for playboy magazine after she left the band and said she hated being in the band.

Didn’t realize that Herb produced Brazil 66.

Those Cheeeks!

Segio Mendes is a HERO! I'm surprised to learn more about his story. 💚💛 A true national Brazilian treasure.😊