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“Seamos amigos” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1944.

“Seamos amigos” by Juan D’Arienzo y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Echagüe in vocals, 1944.

Domingo Rullo

Bandoneonist. lyricist and composer (July 26, 1920 – November 27, 2001)

When Rullo was five years old, for the first time, he saw a bandoneon in the hands of a «famous» character who had arrived in town.

That well-known player was no less than Juan Maglio Pacho.

From that moment on, that instrument was his life passion.

At age eight, he moved to the city of Rosario to study with another «famous» man of Rosario, Juan Rezzano.

In March 1941, his appearance was no less than at the Chantecler cabaret.

The mâitre was a Cuban guy named Ángel Sánchez Carreño, but he was known as Príncipe Cubano.

The latter wrote the lyrics for his best-known tango: “Seamos amigos”. 

Read more about Domingo Rullo 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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“Cómo se hace un tango” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943.

“Cómo se hace un tango” by Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta Típica with Roberto Rufino in vocals, 1943.

Enrique Dizeo, lyricist of Argentine Tango. Portrait.

Enrique Dizeo

Lyricist (July 26, 1893 – May 6, 1980)

In the literature of Tango, he was the author of the longest career because he wrote until very old age, not as frequently as in the old times, and not achieving the popularity of his gone-by hits.

But that did not matter anymore. His name was definitively recorded in the history of Tango using an abundant work in lyrics, of which a good portion was not seized by oblivion.

His plain, direct verses had the ingredient of a colorful expression, with the touching feelings of the street and the neighborhood.

And those city feelings —at their first stage, especially— were spiced with the talk and the knowledge of one who is not only a witness but also a protagonist.

Read more about Enrique Dizeo 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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“Tu diagnóstico” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

“Tu diagnóstico” by Anibal Troilo y su Orquesta Típica with Francisco Fiorentino in vocals, 1941.

José Betinotti, payador of 1910. Argentine Tango music.

José Betinotti

Guitarist, singer lyricist and composer (25 July 1878 – 21 April 1915)

The classic payador was the one of the rural areas, the one who traveled across the towns of the interior and the country taverns in order to contest with the well-known local peers.

He used to do it for the sake of pleasure and his reward was: food and shelter.

Instead we can call Betinotti –and some other of his time- an urban payador.

The one who, preferably, does not get out of his town, but prowls around the outskirts of town and, from time to time agrees to travel to the interior, not in a wandering way but with an arranged route, after an agreement about the money, or being allowed to organize raffles to raise funds on his own benefit or to sell his photographs.

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“No te apures Carablanca” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Juan Carlos Miranda in vocals, 1942.

“No te apures Carablanca” by Lucio Demare y su Orquesta Típica with Juan Carlos Miranda in vocals, 1942.

Juan Carlos Miranda

Singer (July 23, 1917 – July 8, 1999)

Lucio Demare imposed a delicate and warm style that matched well with that of the singer.

He recorded with this orchestra 14 numbers.

Among them: “No te apures Carablanca”.

These are enough merits for keeping him into account and for paying attention to his sound legacy. 

Read more about Juan Carlos Miranda 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.

Ver este artículo en español

More Argentine Tango music selected for you:

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“Maleza” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Morán in vocals, 1945.

“Maleza” by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta Típica with Alberto Morán in vocals, 1945.

Maleza Pugliese Moran disc Argentine Tango

Enrique Munné

Pianist, leader and composer (22 July 1912 – 6 November 2005)

He was born in the city of Rosario.

From a very young age, he appeared as a soloist on radio stations.

Around 1935 or 1936, he made sporadic trips to Buenos Aires, summoned by Elvino Vardaro to form an orchestra.

In 1938, he settled in Buenos Aires and, like other boys who dreamed of making a living with music, stayed at the Pensión La Alegría, a guesthouse on Salta 321.

As for his work as a musician, he joined many orchestras, such as Manuel Buzón, Antonio Rodio, Pedro Maffia, and Mariano Mores.

As composer, many of his tangos were recorded. Among them: “Maleza”.

Read more about Enrique Munné 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:

We have lots more music and history

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