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

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

Juan D'Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica at Chantecler cabaret

It would end up challenging work trying to mention all the musicians that passed through the ranks of the Juan D’Arienzo orchestra.

His career encompassed over forty-five years of work and success, appearing at hundreds of venues, radio stations, and clubs and traveling throughout our country and Uruguay.

The story begins with Alfredo Améndola, owner of the Electra label and brother-in-law of Juan D’Arienzo’s father, who offered the young musician to cut recordings in his enterprise.

The idea was that by putting together an orchestra, in that way, he would put his life on track.

And so it happened.

Read more about Juan D’Arienzo orchestra at www.todotango.com

Listen and buy:

  • Amazon music

  • iTunes music

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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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“La cosa fue en un boliche” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1943.

“La cosa fue en un boliche” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Raúl Berón in vocals, 1943.

Venancio Clauso

Lyricist and composer (19 May 1896 – 10 March 1956)

In his youth wrote poetry and published it in newspapers.

But, attracted by popular music, it took some time for his first success with the lyrics for a vals: “Clyde” in 1929.

From there, he became more successful.

In his life he registered 120 songs, among them “La cosa fue en un boliche”.

Read more about Venancio Clauso 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.

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“Anselmo Acuña el resero” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943 (English translation).

“Anselmo Acuña el resero” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943 (English translation).

Jilguero Común

“Anselmo Acuña, the herdsman”

Music: Félix Laurenz / Pedro Casella. Lyrics: Luis Caruso.

Anselmo Acuña, the herdsman,
when he feels like a singer
in his humility as a sparrow,
he has the soul of a goldfinch.

Neither sluggish nor lazy
meek and strong as an ox
Anselmo Acuña, the herdsman,
he is a reliable man.

Herds, herds, herds,
don’t cry for her, my heart …

Sibling of the stars
were her eyes,
two black silk braids,
crowned his head,
and her mouth was a breva fig
with a cherry wound.
Why increase sadness …
don’t cry her, my heart.

More Argentine Tango lyrics

Listen and buy:

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  • iTunes music

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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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“Escúchame Manón” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Chanel in vocals, 1947 (English translation).

“Escúchame Manón” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Chanel in vocals, 1947 (English translation).

Listen to me Manón

Music: Francisco Pracánico. Lyrics: Roberto Chanel / Claudio Frollo.

When you know that my love is full of truth
your fear, your indifference will pass.
The love that I gave you nestled in my chest,
Don’t you feel sad you may die of pain?
Round my nights, your wavy hair
and the sweetness of your voice caress me.
While the light that is reflected in your pupils
tells me: my heart is yours.

Listen to me Manón, and let yourself be loved,
remove your stubborn concern, your suffering.
The future is ours, I see it in your eyes,
I see my hopes of loving in you.

My dreams return; you appear in my life
and accuse me of the sadness in your voice.
I feel the torture of jealousy
in my soul, and my heart suffers a lot.

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.

Ver este artículo en español

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“Mentira” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1945.

“Mentira” by Ángel D’Agostino y su Orquesta Típica with Ángel Vargas in vocals, 1945.

Francisco Pracánico

Pianist, composer and leader (May 15, 1898 – December 30, 1971)

Today he is remembered more as a composer than an interpreter, undoubtedly due to the difficulty in finding the recordings of his orchestra. 

All his compositions are memorable pages, often possessing a sorrowful melody of rare and precious nostalgia.

As an orchestra conductor, he kept his style unaltered, with certain similarities to several orchestras of the period, as suitable for dancers as for those who wanted to listen to a fashionable record comfortably at home.

Read more about Francisco Pracánico 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:

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