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“El Cachafaz” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1953.

“El Cachafaz” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica, 1953.

El Cachafaz & Carmencita Calderon, legends of Argentine Tango.

Ovidio José Benito Bianquet

Dancer (February 14, 1885 – February 7, 1942)

His story is part of the Tango mythology, a legend; today, very few who have witnessed his life or art remain.

His image was captured in the film Tango, which premiered in 1933, where he can be seen with his partner Carmencita Calderón, just a girl under 20 years old.

His nickname remained for our everyday history as his definitive first and last names: El Cachafaz.

Watch El Cachafaz & Carmencita Calderon dancing

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We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

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“Indiferencia” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1938.

“Indiferencia” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1938.

Juan Carlos Thorry, Argentine Tango singer, composer and lyricist.

Juan Carlos Thorry

Singer, actor, composer and lyricist (28 June 1908 – 12 February 2000)

«My first long trousers, the end of my high school studies and the time when I entered the university are very closely linked to my early experiences at dancehalls.

We used to go to dance to the venues called then cabarets.

There we held a contest of twists and turns dancing with the best players of the period.

I came to know the beloved Manos Brujas with whom we became friends.

During a rehearsal he played for me a tune he had just composed and asked me to write the lyrics for it.

There on the piano, I scribbled the first words of “Indiferencia”.»

Read more about Juan Carlos Thorry at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes music

  • Spotify

We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

Ver este artículo en español

More Argentine Tango music selected for you:

We have lots more music and history

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“Así era el tango” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1944.

“Así era el tango” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1944.

Fernando Montoni, Argentine Tango musician and composer.

Fernando Montoni

Bandoneonist and composer (27 June 1903 – n/d)

In his beginnings he attracted the public attention because of his mastery in guitar playing, with a thorough command of its intricate technique.

By 1925 he gave up guitar playing to fully devote himself to study bandoneon.

He was a composer with a large number of pieces, among which “Así era el tango” stands out.

Read more about Fernando Montoni at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes music

  • Spotify

We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

Ver este artículo en español

More Argentine Tango music selected for you:

We have lots more music and history

How to dance to this music?

“Griseta” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1941 (English translation).

“Griseta” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1941 (English translation).

Music: Enrique Delfino. Lyrics: José González Castillo.

English translation:

“Rare mix of Museta and Mimí
with caresses from Rodolfo and Schaunard,
was the flower of Paris
that a novel dream brought to the suburb …

And in the crazy ramble of the cabaret,
to the lullaby of some tango compadrón,
encouraged an illusion:
She dreamed of Des Grieux,
she wanted to be Manon.

Little French lady,
what did you bring, you little bitch,
sentimental and flirty
the poetry of the quartier,
Who would say
that your “griseta” poem
only one stanza would have:
the silent agony
of Margarita Gauthier?

But the cold squalor of the suburb.
enduring the purity of their faith,
without finding her Duval,.
dried her heart the same as a thrush.
And a night of champagne and cocaine,
to the funeral lullaby of a bandoneon,
poor thing, she fell asleep,
the same as Mimí,
the same as Manón.”

More Argentine Tango lyrics

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes music

  • Spotify

We are happy to have a collaboration with the people from tangotunes.com from whom some of you may have heard, they do high-quality transfers from original tango shellacs.

It is the number 1 source for professional Tango DJs all over the world.

  • Now they started a new project that addresses the dancers and the website is https://en.mytango.online
    You will find two compilations at the beginning, one tango and one vals compilation in amazing quality.
    The price is 50€ each (for 32 songs each compilation) and now the good news!

If you enter the promo code 8343 when you register at this site you will get a 20% discount!

Thanks for supporting this project, you will find other useful information on the site, a great initiative.

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Argentine Tango dancing with Miranda at our virtual class

Argentine Tango dancing with Miranda at our virtual class

You are amazing!!!

We want to personally thank all of you from me and Miranda for your presence and support throughout this time.

It has proven without a doubt what Tango means to you, making us feel meaningful and rewarded in our dedication to this passion that brought us together.

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