during his tenure as a president, kubitschek engaged on an ambitious scheme of successful economic reforms that improved the purchasing power of the general population, making common the ownership of household items such as radios and record players.

and so, the song 'chega de saudade' became a national hit across brazil and went on to be covered by over 100 international artists - the brazilian version of rolling stones magazine listed chega de saudade as one of the top brazilian records of all times.

in 1962 vinícius de moraes and tom jobim released garota de ipanema (girl from ipanema) which established and globalized bossa nova as a musical genre.