“I used to go often to the Chantecler where Juan D’Arienzo, who was a friend of mine, was playing.

His pianist then was Luis Visca. Several times I was invited to replace him because he always was a little bit ill.

When his health was even worse it was normal that I was his substitute and so an important stage in my career began.

As for my style, I always longed to place the piano at a different level to the one used by the typical tango orchestras: mere accompaniment. So when I joined D’Arienzo I succeeded in making it true.

I was with him from December 1935 until June 1938.

In 1938, I put together my own orchestra.

The chief of advertising of the Palmolive firm, Mr. Juan Carlos Bergeroc, called me Manos Brujas (Sorcerer’s Hands).

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Manuel Meaños was a writer of wide and manifold achievements, consecrated either to theater, movies, radio, journalism, and tangos that were widely popular.

He also wrote the lyrics for the vals “Lejos de ti”.

His verses were attached to the songs of many great music composers.

Bonano’s talent amazed audiences and his colleagues.

In 1928 he travel to work in France.

His work got extended more than what was planned, since the orchestra continued with an extensive tour that included Spain, Italy, Rumania, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Germany and Switzerland.

His orchestra was a boom and it was called «The famous orchestra of the kings», because they appeared before the king of Spain in San Sebastian and the queen Maria of Rumania.

Likewise it was in the Villa Saboya, of Italy, where the king gave silver cuff-links to each of them.

Their performance in Turkey, in Constantinople (now Istanbul) was outstanding, where with a crowded theater and with a standing audience, people applauded in excitement and tossed their hats off.

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.