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Eras · 1955–1985

Nuevo

Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires, late Pugliese and Troilo, concert tango and the decline of dancing.

Play 1958, the busiest year

Key orchestras

  1. Juan D'Arienzo509
  2. Carlos Di Sarli76
  3. Aníbal Troilo208
  4. Osvaldo Pugliese258
  5. Miguel Caló169
  6. Ricardo Tanturi31
  7. Ángel D'Agostino13
  8. Pedro Laurenz11

Recordings per orchestra: TangoCloud catalogue

What happened

  1. 1955

    Carlos Olmedo: Debuts with Aníbal Troilo, until 30 April 1956. source

  2. 1955

    Rodolfo Lesica: Records the vals Trovador mazorquero with Argentino Ledesma. source

  3. 1955

    Carlos Figari: Debuts his own orchestra on Radio Splendid with singer Enrique Dumas. source

  4. 1955

    Jorge Ledesma: Last Mancione recording, Un cielo para los dos; joins Alfredo Calabró late in the year. source

  5. 1955

    Nina Miranda: Moves to Buenos Aires; signs with Radio Belgrano and Odeon; first records with Graciano Gómez. source

  6. 1955

    Armando Pontier: Debuts his own orchestra, with Julio Sosa and Roberto Florio singing. source

  7. 1955

    Héctor Mauré: Shut out of radio after the fall of Perón. source

  8. 1955

    Francisco Fiorentino: Sings at a benefit dance in Los Árboles, Rivadavia, Mendoza, on the night before his death. source

  9. 1955

    Francisco Fiorentino: Dies when the car carrying him back from the dance overturns on a bridge over the Tunuyán river. source

  10. 1955

    Roberto Florio: With Armando Pontier, beside Julio Sosa, records Lágrimas de sangre. source

  11. 1955

    Mario Pomar: Last Di Sarli recording, a second Nido gaucho, before the orchestra dissolves. source

  12. 1955

    Oscar Serpa: Last Di Sarli recording, Verdemar. source

  13. 1955

    Enrique Mario Francini: Forms his own orchestra; its first recordings for RCA Victor are made on 3 November. source

  14. 1955

    Enrique Francini: Leads his own orchestra with Alberto Podestá; first RCA-Victor records La trilla and Petit Salón. source

  15. 1955

    Nolo López: Dies. source

  16. 1955

    Oscar Ferrari: Latest catalogued Basso recordings, Cuando muere el corazón and Sentimiento gaucho. source

  17. 1955

    Rosa Forte: In the 1950s learns to dance with her older brothers, after Carlos began in 1952. source

  18. 1955

    Cacho Dante: Learns to dance as a teenager in the 1950s with his family at Flores milongas, then dances downtown (approximate). source

  19. 1955

    El Chino Perico: Dances to the big orchestras at Defensores de Florida in the mid-1950s. source

  20. 1955

    José Colangelo: Debuts on Radio Argentina with Alberto Dávila's orchestra. source

  21. 1955

    Nito García: Begins a run of 15 contest wins that lasts until 1965. source

  22. 1955

    Horacio Ferrer: Meets Astor Piazzolla on his return from France. source

  23. 1955

    Juan Carlos Copes: Premieres 'Juan Carlos Copes y su ballet de tango', the first full show of choreographed tango. source

  24. 1955

    Reinaldo Yiso: Writes Bailemos with Pascual and Francisco Mamone. source

  25. 1955

    Gerónimo Bongioni: Ends his run of Columbia recordings, begun in 1953. source

  26. 1955

    Raúl Ledesma: Joins Jorge Caldara's new orchestra with Carlos Montalvo. source

  27. 1955

    Leopoldo Federico: Enters Astor Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires. source

  28. 1955

    Juan Cambareri: Directs a radio station's house orchestra; the biography implies Radio Belgrano without naming it. source

  29. 1955

    Julio Sosa: Joins Armando Pontier's orchestra in June, recording for Victor and then Columbia. source

  30. 1955

    Federico Silva: Joins the weekly Marcha as a music and tango writer, until 1965. source

  31. 1955

    Roberto Pansera: Founding member of Astor Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires. source

  32. 1955

    Raúl Berón: Leaves Aníbal Troilo's orchestra after recording "Discepolín" and "De vuelta al bulín"; continues as a soloist. source

  33. 1955

    Rodolfo Sciammarella: Goes into exile in Mexico after the fall of Perón. source

  34. 1955

    Atilio Stampone: Records his tango Afiches with Héctor Petray and joins Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires. source

  35. 1955

    Roberto Grela: Records with the Troilo-Grela quartet. source

  36. 1955

    Luis César Amadori: Briefly jailed after the coup, he emigrates to Spain, where he stays until 1970. source

  37. 1955

    Jorge Caldara: Back in Buenos Aires, forms his own orchestra, debuting on Radio Splendid. source

  38. 1955

    Simón Bajour: Returns to Di Sarli after the orchestra's musicians leave to form Los Señores del Tango. source

  39. 1955

    Mauricio Mise: Dismissed from Basso's orchestra over union matters. source

  40. 1955

    Amadeo Mandarino: Settles in Mar del Plata. source

  41. 1955

    Jorge Casal: Begins a solo career; first solo records with Roberto Grela's guitarists. source

  42. 1955

    Rodolfo Galé: Joins Carlos Di Sarli's rebuilt orchestra. source

  43. 1955

    Carlos Acuña: Joins Mariano Mores at the Teatro Nacional with Tita Merello and Tito Lusiardo. source

  44. 1955

    Osvaldo Pugliese: Held at Devoto prison from January to July for his politics; his orchestra is kept off the radio in this period. source

  45. 1955

    Francisco Rotundo: Jorge Durán joins at the end of the year and records two songs in December. source

  46. 1955

    Donato Racciatti: In the 1950s stages musical comedies with Mario Rivero and Juan Casanovas at the Teatro Artigas, Teatro 18 de Julio and Palacio Peñarol, and Barrio, luna y tamboril at the Estadio Centenario. source

  47. 1955

    Nelly Omar: Blacklisted after the coup against Perón; she goes to Montevideo and later spends about a year in Venezuela. source

  48. 1955

    Angel Dominguez: The orchestra takes his name and he signs with RCA Victor, recording Pimienta. source

  49. 1955

    Carlos Viván: Suffers a stroke and recovers. source

  50. 1955

    Astor Piazzolla: Back in Buenos Aires, forms the Octeto Buenos Aires. source

  51. 1955

    Alfredo Attadia: After the coup that ousts Perón he settles in Caracas. source

  52. 1955

    Hugo Baralis: Founding member of Astor Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires. source

  53. 1955

    Roberto Arrieta: Sings with Leopoldo Federico's orchestra on Radio Argentina. source

  54. 1955

    Charlo: Settles in Lisbon, singing at the Casino Estoril. source

  55. 1955

    Alberto Amor: After the September coup, leaves on a long tour; later quits singing. source

  56. 1955

    Elvino Vardaro: Joins Astor Piazzolla's string orchestra, later his first quintet, until 1961. source

  57. 1955

    Roberto Zerrillo: Dies after an incurable illness. source

  58. 1956

    Enrique Francini: Plays with Podestá at Club Ambos Mundos in Junín. source

  59. 1956

    Rodolfo Galé: Records Noche de locura with Di Sarli. source

  60. 1956

    Oscar Serpa: Los Señores del Tango debut on Radio Belgrano; seasons at the confitería Richmond on Suipacha and the Dominó. source

Instrumental or sung

Nuevo: an instrumental Recording has 8.3 filmed Dances on average, a sung one 5.5.

  • Sung
  • Instrumental
  • Not known
  1. 1955–1959933 of 1,451 sung
  2. 1960–1964466 of 754 sung
  3. 1965–1969450 of 813 sung
  4. 1970–1974195 of 476 sung
  5. 1975–197955 of 150 sung
  6. 1980–198461 of 132 sung

Recordings by the year they were made. An empty singer credit stays not known, never instrumental. Counted: 85,524 of 190,231 filmed Dances, those whose song names one Recording with a year; the others are left out.

Data: recordings, facts and sources