Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped ...

Sergio Mendes, the innovative and influential pianist, composer and arranger who was one of Brazil’s earliest contemporary ...

Mendes was a protege of Brazilian bossa nova maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim and, by his late teens, was leading jazz combos in ...

However, Mendes achieved his greatest commercial success with the No. 4 hits "The Look Of Love" from 1968 and the 1983 smash, "Never Gonna Let You Go," sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller.

A pianist, composer and arranger, he rose to fame with the group Brasil ’66 and remained a force in popular music for more ...

Sung as a duet by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller, the tune floated on a sea of synthesizers and sounded nothing like Mr. Mendes’s hits from the ’60s. Still, it hit No. 4 on the pop chart and ...