Author of famous tangos performed by several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel.

He was also a filmmaker, actor and screenwriter.

He was very versatile in his styling, having the ability to write songs that were ironic and moralistic, romantic, sarcastic, expressionist, passionate and nostalgic.

He was devoted to the arts from an early age and tried acting and theatre writing, with moderate success, before finally dedicating himself to Tango.

His tango songs, as those of many other tango composers, make extensive use of lunfardo.

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José María Suñé was the manager of several orchestras and singers and stood out in this field for years. 

However, at the same time, he was also a poet who knew how to embrace the sensibilities that the city that saw him born daily spreads. 

He came to the world in 1911, in the Balvanera neighborhood, he wrote his first tango lyrics at the age of 18, and he knew how to join composers who would put music to his works.

Among them “Yo quiero cantar un tango” with music by José Nieso and Miguel Nijensohn.

His personality was that of a typical porteño and for that reason, Tango was very deep inside him.

Just like other lyricists, theater immediately attracted him, as well as tango lyrics.

He soon got public acclaim.

Enrique Cadícamo himself tells us in his book “Mis memorias” that one day in 1927 Ratita Rafael Iriarte had come to see him with the news that Visca had a new tango and wanted him to write the lyrics.

He went to the movie theater where the musician was playing and after the show the latter played it for him at the bandstand itself.

The lyricist thought it was suitable for a festive subject and as it was usual for him he wrote the «monster» (a group of nonsense words but which keep the rhythm of the melody and help to remember it when the time to write the definitive stanzas has come).

In this case his inspiration came when he remembered a person that often visited the Café Paulista in the neighborhood of Flores and who was called Purapinta by the café patrons. And so the lines of “Compadrón” were born.