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Documentary: 'Elis & Tom: It Had to Be You'

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Marc Myers
Sep 18, 2023
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The album Elis & Tom is widely considered to be a masterpiece today. Recorded by Brazilian vocalist Elis Regina and Brazilian singer-songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim for the Philips label in Los Angeles in 1974, the record is perhaps most famously known for the YouTube footage of Regina and Jobim in a vocal booth facing each other as they sing Jobim's Wa…

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