His style was deeply rooted and directly based on the classic guitar groups.

In many of his performances, he added string instruments to the guitar trio or quartet: contrabass, violins, and violoncello.

His vocation awakened at age twelve.

He made tours of many countries in Latin America.

In Cuba, his success was terrific, with a lot of journeys and a significant number of recordings.

During one of those tours, Canet composed one of his most famous tangos: “La abandoné y no sabía”, in Chile in 1943.

He was a prolific composer.

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Singer, guitar player, author, and actor, Alfredo Navarrine was born in Buenos Aires (San Cristóbal neighborhood) on December 8, 1894.

He got to work in the best companies, on the best stages and also in cabarets.

With his fame, he entered broadcasting where he participated in relevant programs doing radio soap operas and criollo arts.

He was a good friend of Carlos Gardel.

He composed a large number of songs.

His definitive projection towards the tango he conceived commenced on August 11, 1939, when he reappeared at the café Nacional. 

Pugliese was the leader, pianist, and arranger of a group which this time was working as a cooperative society.

From a café placed in the Villa Crespo neighborhood, they switched to the most important broadcast of the time, Radio El Mundo, so giving origin to an important group of followers made up of fans of his style and adepts of the Communist party.

Of the greatest importance was, when his orchestra finally recorded in 1943, the arrival of Roberto Chanel, tough singer, with nasal sound and compadrito style, who left 31 recordings.

For many years, Osvaldo Pugliese’s orchestra was banned for broadcasting as a means of political censorship but it did not succeed in diminishing his popular acceptance.