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“Qué importa” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1939 (English translation).

“Qué importa” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1939 (English translation).

Music: Ricardo Tanturi. Lyrics: Juan Carlos Thorry.

A short time ago it was your love
the light that illuminated my existence
and for both of us, it was only yesterday,
there was no word absence.

Ours was the love of twenty years,
love of Margarita and Duval.
But, the usual, a disappointment
in the end she had to push us away.

What does it matters
to be told that you have changed
and that you have placed a jewel
on the site of the heart!

What does it matters
if you left my side,
only I know why it was
I paid for your love
with evil and treason.

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“Mi serenata” by Edgardo Donato y su Orquesta Típica with Lita Morales and Romeo Gavioli in vocals, 1940.

“Mi serenata” by Edgardo Donato y su Orquesta Típica with Lita Morales and Romeo Gavioli in vocals, 1940.

Grandes Valores del Tango

In the history of the Argentine television, this creation TV program was, without a doubt, the most successful show which aired our Buenos Aires music, the one that attained longest permanence in time.

No other program succeeded in lasting nearly forty years on the small screen, despite it was aired largely, during the worst period of the genre.

In the late 1963 Grandes valores del tango (Great Figures of Tango) began on Channel 9.

However, its origin dates back to 1951 when it started on LS10 Radio Argentina and LR9 Radio Antártida.

The program was so successful that a magazine with its same name was published.

Less than a year after its television debut, with Juan Carlos Thorry as emcee, it had become a true hit.

Read more about “Grandes Valores del Tango” at www.todotango.com

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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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“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

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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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“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:

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  • 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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