Roberto Arrieta

Roberto Arrieta was a tango singer whose birth date is given as 12 September 1915 ^[3]. According to a biographical sketch, he debuted at sixteen with Juan Maglio's orchestra in 1931 ^[1]. He then worked with Juan Canaro's orchestra, in a vocal quartet and as a radio soloist before making his first recording with Lucio Demare in 1942 ^[1].

His longest documented association was with the orchestra of Miguel Caló. He made his first recordings with that orchestra in 1945 and a farewell session in September 1948 ^[1][2]. He later returned to Caló in 1954, and in 1972 he took part in what the biography describes as the orchestra's last recordings ^[1]. Between these periods he sang with Leopoldo Federico, toured Brazil and Mexico with Juan Canaro, and appeared in a United States show with Astor Piazzolla, Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves ^[1]. He died in Buenos Aires on 17 September 1978 ^[1].

Arrieta was born on 12 September 1915 ^[3]. In 1931 he debuted at the age of sixteen with the orchestra of Juan Maglio ^[1]. In 1933 he sang with Juan Canaro's orchestra ^[1].

In 1934 he joined the quartet Los Magos del Tango, which performed on Radio Ultra ^[1]. In 1939 he began a two-year period as a soloist on LR3 Radio Belgrano ^[1].

Arrieta's first recording was the tango Un tango guapo, made with Lucio Demare on 14 April 1942 ^[1]. A recording catalogue lists an Odeon recording sung by Arrieta on that date . The same catalogue lists a further Odeon recording sung by him dated 10 November 1942 ; the dossier does not state the title or accompanying orchestra of that later recording.

According to the biographical sketch, Arrieta's first recordings with Miguel Caló's orchestra took place on 7 August 1945 and comprised Quedó en venir a las nueve and Cimarrón de ausencia ^[1]. Sources differ on when his recordings of that year began: a recording catalogue lists an Odeon recording sung by Arrieta dated 8 July 1945, earlier than the date the biography gives for his first Caló recordings ^[1]. The catalogue does not name the orchestra for that recording .

The catalogue lists further Odeon recordings sung by Arrieta during this period :

A calendar of tango recordings lists Arrieta as singing with Miguel Caló on 5 January 1948 and on 23 September 1948 ^[2]. The biographical sketch describes the 23 September 1948 session as his farewell session with Caló, at which he recorded Nunca más and Corazón de papel ^[1].

Arrieta returned to Caló's orchestra and on 23 June 1954 recorded Boca Juniors ^[1]. A recording catalogue lists an Odeon recording sung by him on the same date .

In 1955 he sang with Leopoldo Federico's orchestra on Radio Argentina ^[1]. In 1957 he toured Brazil and Mexico with Juan Canaro's orchestra ^[1]. A recording catalogue lists an Odeon recording sung by Arrieta dated 18 June 1957, without naming the orchestra .

In 1959 he appeared in a show in the United States together with Astor Piazzolla and the dancers Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves ^[1]. In 1972 he recorded an LP with Raúl Iriarte for Caló; the biography states that these were the orchestra's last recordings ^[1]. Arrieta died in Buenos Aires on 17 September 1978 ^[1].