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“Abandono” by Pedro Laurenz y su Orquesta Típica with Héctor Farrel in vocals, 1937.

“Abandono” by Pedro Laurenz y su Orquesta Típica with Héctor Farrel in vocals, 1937.

Héctor Farrel, Argentine Tango singer.

Héctor Farrel

Singer (4 August 1908 – n/d)

He was lucky because walking around the tango milieu he reached Pedro Laurenz who was putting together an orchestra.

After an audition he accepted him and became his first vocalist.

On September 24, 1937 he recorded “Abandono”.

Read more about Héctor Farrel 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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“Largá las penas” by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Maida in vocals, 1935.

“Largá las penas” by Francisco Canaro y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Maida in vocals, 1935.

Alberto Soifer, Argentine Tango musician, leader and composer.

Alberto Soifer

Composer, pianist and director (1 August 1907 – 1 September 1977)

Alberto joined the Francisco Canaro orchestra to replace the pianist Luis Riccardi that was ill. He admired, above all, two qualities of Pirincho: his musical inventiveness and his capacity as manager.

He was the annotator of many tangos composed by Canaro who ignored how to write music. 

One of the hit he made was the milonga “Largá las penas”. 

Read more about Alberto Soifer at www.todotango.com

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“Vivorita” by Agesilao Ferrazzano y su Orquesta Típica, 1927.

“Vivorita” by Agesilao Ferrazzano y su Orquesta Típica, 1927.

Agesilao Ferrazzano, Argentine Tango musician.

Agesilao Ferrazzano

Violinist, leader and composer (31 July 1897 – 18 January 1980)

He was a tango violinist with a very personal style born in Buenos Aires by the end of the nineteenth century.

His first professional engagement was with the Roberto Firpo Orchestra in which he made his debut as second violin, when the lead and only violinist was Tito Roccatagliata. This was back in 1914.

Our chronology places us in 1927. Agesilao formed a new orchestra to perform at the cabaret Florida and signed a recording contract until October. In November he again traveled to Europe from Buenos Aires.

It is known that he heavily worked in Europe as member of different orchestras but he never returned to Buenos Aires. 

Read more about Agesilao Ferrazzano at www.todotango.com

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“Mi verdad” by Enrique Rodriguez y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Flores in vocals, 1938.

“Mi verdad” by Enrique Rodriguez y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Flores in vocals, 1938.

Roberto Flores, Argentine Tango singer.

Roberto Flores

Singer and composer (July 29, 1907 – November 9, 1981)

1937, when he was summoned by the bandoneonist and orchestra leader Enrique Rodríguez.

The team Rodríquez-Flores, during the four years that they stayed together, succeeded in becoming a tremendous boom, either because of the following they drew at their appearances or as well for the commercial success of their recordings. 

During his tenure in the aggregation, between 1937 and 1939, El Chato recorded thirty-five numbers of the thirty-six that the orchestra recorded.

This demonstrates the importance reached by the singer.

Read more about Roberto Flores 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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“Rosarina linda” by Osvaldo Fresedo y su Orquesta Típica with Ricardo Ruiz in vocals, 1940.

“Rosarina linda” by Osvaldo Fresedo y su Orquesta Típica with Ricardo Ruiz in vocals, 1940.

Osvaldo Fresedo & Ricardo Ruiz, Argentine Tango conductor and singer.

Ricardo Ruiz

(July 28, 1914 – April 20, 1976)

His tenor range, his intonation and his delicate way of saying were virtues that maestro Osvaldo Fresedo took into consideration to summon him.

He and Ray became the two vocalists most representative of Fresedo. No other one was capable of displacing them.

This tenure lasted nearly three years and recorded 28 numbers more, among which stand out the beautiful tango  “Rosarina linda”.

Read more about Ricardo Ruiz 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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