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Word: sambas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were promising. Striding into the spotlight with guitar in hand, Iah offered "When the Party's Over," one of her best up-beat songs. Next, her three-piece band joined her for a tastefully-rendered, diverse selection of tunes, including the brooding "From Me to You" and the breezy, samba-tinged "I Would Like to Dance." When Ian again took a solo spot for the plaintive "Jesse," the pacing and atmosphere of her concert couldn't have been better...

Author: By Barry Alfonso, | Title: ON TOUR | 10/16/1980 | See Source »

...diplomatic corps until the country's puritanical military bosses fired him for his "vagabond" ways, which included nine marriages. In his later years he was a fixture at Rio's all-night cafés and clubs, where he sang for his supper the bossa nova and samba tunes he helped to make world-famous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 21, 1980 | 7/21/1980 | See Source »

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