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Documental de Roberto Goyeneche - Volver Tango
Documental de Roberto Goyeneche is a Volver Tango documentary episode about the singer Roberto "el Polaco" Goyeneche. It combines narration, interviews with neighbours and fellow musicians, sung excerpts and a closing poem to follow him from his Saavedra childhood to his last recordings.
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Early years and the orchestras
A childhood friend remembers singing Gardel repertoire with Goyeneche in a Saavedra doorway. Neighbours recall the singing contests the barrio set up between him and Miguel Martino. The film says he worked as a bus driver while singing as an amateur. Interviewees describe how he came to Horacio Salgán and how his blond looks earned him the nickname. The narration says he joined Aníbal Troilo's orchestra in 1955 in Jorge Casal's place. It compares him with Edmundo Rivero, who also grew up in Saavedra.
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Solo career and last recordings
According to the narration, Goyeneche went solo in 1964. Interviewees describe him as a teller of lyrics rather than a conventional singer. The film names Armando Pontier, Atilio Stampone and the Baffa–Berlingieri pairing among his arrangers, mentions his recordings with Astor Piazzolla, and dwells on his time at Caño 14 with Néstor Marconi and Juanjo Domínguez. He speaks about playing in Pino Solanas's film Sur. The narration says he recorded Amigos in 1993 and died on 27 August 1994, after recording Viejo ciego with Esteban Morgado and Antonio Agri.
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