[Albion] Gonçalo Mendes Paciência

[marlowe]

As it was intended.

Well I've done my bit to steer it on its intended course, with regard to which, it would be remiss of me not to give an honourable mention to Bibi Vogel, who was one of the original vocalists in Brasil 66 and the only Brazilian of the four female vocalists mentioned. She appeared on the front cover of "Herb Alpert Presents: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66". Vogel left the group quite early after their incarnation and was replaced by Janis Hansen (later replaced by Karen Philipp).

After leaving the group Vogel pursued a career in acting. Like Karen Philipp (but unlike Janis Hansen and Lani Hall, Vogel also had a brief dalliance in the soft porn industry appearing in a Brazilian Playboy spread in 1975. Vogel later became a feminist and humanitarian activist. In 1980, she founded the Breastfeeding Supporting Mothers Group.

Vogel has the added distinction of not only being the only Brazilian of the four female vocalists mentioned, but also the only one not to reach the age of 74. She died aged 62 in 2004.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Although Karen Philipp did sing with Sergio Mendes in Brasil 66 I think the blonde in that clip is actually Janis Hansen who, carrying on the aged 74 theme, actually died at that age in 2017.

When Mendes dismissed all the members of Brasil 66 in 1967 over pay disputes and replaced all the members, Hansen's place was taken by your Karen Philipp.

Janis Hansen performed the lead vocals on Brasil 66's recording of "The Look of Love". However by the time the single was released in 1968 Hansen had already been replaced by Philipp and it was Philipp who appeared on the record sleeve. As far as I'm aware, unlike Philipp, Hansen didn't feature in any soft porn magazines.

https://youtu.be/HAFYlBg_1u0

I would bow to your superior googling, but for the fact that Mendes introduces the blonde as Karen Philipp in the clip

 

[marlowe]

I would bow to your superior googling, but for the fact that Mendes introduces the blonde as Karen Philipp in the clip

Added to the fact that the heading of the clip states quite clearly the performance as being in 1969 when, as is now common knowledge, Hansen left the group in 1967.

Oh dear, I feel my credentials as NSC's resident Brasil 66 expert have been cruelly exposed.