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Tango in 1935

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Videos danced to the music of 1935 on TangoTubeThe records of 1935 on TangoCloud

1935 falls in the Golden Age (1935–1954).

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Key facts
Year
1935

Timeline

  1. 1935

    Juan D'Arienzo: 12 recordingsSingle source

  2. 1935

    Miguel Caló: 7 recordingsSingle source

  3. 1935

    Osvaldo Fresedo: 11 recordingsSingle source

  4. 1935

    Edgardo Donato: 19 recordingsSingle source

  5. 1935

    Francisco Canaro: 43 recordingsSingle source

  6. 1935

    Francisco Lomuto: 18 recordingsSingle source

Related

  • Juan D'ArienzoOrchestra
  • Miguel CalóOrchestra
  • Osvaldo FresedoOrchestra
  • Edgardo DonatoOrchestra
  • Francisco CanaroOrchestra
  • Francisco LomutoOrchestra
  • Típica VictorOrchestra
  • Julio De CaroOrchestra

Our catalogue holds 136 recordings from 1935. The orchestras recorded most that year were Juan D'Arienzo (12 recordings), Miguel Caló (7 recordings), and Osvaldo Fresedo (11 recordings).

That year

Lidio Fasoli: Played in Juan D'Arienzo.

Luis Visca: Played in Juan D'Arienzo.

Rodolfo Biagi: Played in Juan Canaro.

Rodolfo Biagi: Performed at Chantecler.

Guillermo Barbieri sails north with Riverol and Aguilar to join Gardel's tour.

Roberto Maida: First session with Canaro, including "Cambalache" and "Alma de bandoneón".

Roberto Díaz records Retazo with Osvaldo Fresedo on 22 March before leaving for Europe.

Carlos Varela records Cero a cero with Firpo for Odeon.

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What was playing?

The records of 1935

One record per orchestra, in the order tango remembers them, each its most danced take that plays. The bar shows how much dancers still use it in the videos we index.

60 of the 136 recordings from 1935 are danced on film.

694 filmed Dances to them. This counts the Performances in the videos we index, not all social dancing.

On the air: LR1 Radio El Mundo

  1. De pura cepa

    Juan D'Arienzo · Instrumental

    • Label: RCA Victor
    • On the radio: LR1 Radio El Mundo
    79 dances
  2. Si volviera Jesús

    Miguel Caló · Carlos Dante

    • Label: Odeon
    1 dance
  3. Isla de Capri

    Osvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray

    • Label: RCA Victor
    • On the radio: LR1 Radio El Mundo
    46 dances
  4. La caida de la estanteria

    Edgardo Donato · Hugo del Carril

    • Label: RCA Victor
    11 dances
  5. Poema

    Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida

    • Label: Odeon
    • Played at: Teatro Nacional
    153 dances
  6. Por una cabeza

    Francisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar

    • Label: RCA Victor
    3 dances
  7. Santiago del estero

    Típica Victor · Instrumental

    • Label: RCA Victor
    8 dances
  8. Nunca

    Julio De Caro · Pedro Lauga

    Not danced on film yet
  9. Puente viejo

    Roberto Firpo · Carlos Varela

    • Label: Odeon
    1 dance
  10. Dueño y señor

    Juan Canaro · Alejandro Fernández

    Not danced on film yet
  11. Illimani

    Orquesta Victor Popular · Pedro Lauga

    Not danced on film yet
  12. Juro

    Trío Ciriaco Ortiz · Instrumental

    Recorded in 1936, the nearest year with a clip

    2 dances

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Meanwhile

In Argentina, Uruguay and the world

  • The Magnetophon, the first practical tape recorder, is shown in BerlinWikipedia
  • Jun 24Carlos Gardel dies in a plane crash in MedellínWikipedia
  • Nov 29Radio El Mundo (Argentina)Wikidata

Tango By Year, the podcast

Dag Stenvoll plays the year's records and Michael Lavocah talks about them, by permission. Facts from the episodes cite the minute they are said.

  • Tango 1935 · episode 5

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Events where this year's music was danced

  • Sunderland Club7 videos
  • Viva La Pepa7 videos
  • Milonga en lo de Balmaceda6 videos
  • Brussels Tango Festival5 videos
  • Mundial de Baile de Tango4 videos
  • Yira Yira3 videos
  • Planetango3 videos
  • White Tango Festival3 videos
  • Porteño y Bailarín3 videos
  • Dubai Tango Festival3 videos
  • Bratislava Tango Festival3 videos
  • Riga Tango Fiesta3 videos

Dancers filmed to this year's music

  • Carlos Perez20 videos
  • Graziella Pulvirenti19 videos
  • Rino Fraina19 videos
  • Rosa Forte17 videos
  • Mariano Chicho Frúmboli17 videos
  • Horacio Pebete Godoy15 videos
  • Juana Sepulveda12 videos
  • Sebastián Achaval11 videos
  • Jonatan Aguero10 videos
  • Roxana Suárez10 videos
  • El Chino Perico9 videos
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings15

Juan D'Arienzo — 12 recordings1935

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Miguel Caló — 7 recordings1935

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Osvaldo Fresedo — 11 recordings1935

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Edgardo Donato — 19 recordings1935

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Francisco Canaro — 43 recordings1935

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Francisco Lomuto — 18 recordings1935

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Típica Victor — 2 recordings1935

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Julio De Caro — 4 recordings1935

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Roberto Firpo — 14 recordings1935

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Juan Canaro — 4 recordings1935

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Orquesta Victor Popular — 1 recordings1935

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Trío Ciriaco Ortiz — 1 recordings1935

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No hay que hacerse mala sangre (Francisco Canaro) — March 20, 1935

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La bordadora (Roberto Firpo) — March 22, 1935

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La tortuguita (Roberto Firpo) — March 22, 1935

Single source

What happened56

Guillermo Barbieri sails north with Riverol and Aguilar to join Gardel's tour.

Single source

Roberto Maida: First session with Canaro, including "Cambalache" and "Alma de bandoneón".

Single source

Roberto Díaz records Retazo with Osvaldo Fresedo on 22 March before leaving for Europe.

Single source

Carlos Varela records Cero a cero with Firpo for Odeon.

Single source

Alfredo Le Pera dies with Gardel in the air crash at Medellín.

Single source

José María Aguilar survives the Medellín air crash, badly burned; his playing career ends.

Single source

Carlos Gardel dies in an air crash in Medellín, Colombia, during a tour of the Caribbean and Latin America.

Single source

Ángel Domingo Riverol: Injured in the Medellín air crash; dies two days later.

Single source

Principe Azul dies on Trinidad after falling ill on the voyage to the United States.

Single source

Osvaldo Fresedo plays at the inauguration of LR1 Radio El Mundo, adding vibraphone, harp and drums.

Single source

Puppi Castello: Born in Buenos Aires (Todotango gives 1936).

Single source

Víctor Lavallén: Born in Rosario, Santa Fe.

Single source

Rodolfo Biagi: First recording with D'Arienzo, Orillas de plata; with him he also plays on LR1 Radio El Mundo.

Supported · 2

Juan D'Arienzo: Rodolfo Biagi, newly on piano, makes his first recording with the orchestra, Orillas del Plata.

Supported · 2

Agustin Magaldi: The Magaldi-Noda duo splits on 31 December.

Single source

El Negro Lavandina starts dancing in the mid-1930s, in the D'Arienzo years (approximate).

Single source

Alberto Marino makes his singing debut on Radio Mitre.

Single source

Maria de la Fuente joins Eduardo Ferri's female vocal quartet on the new Radio El Mundo.

Single source

José Basso starts playing professionally at sixteen in Alberto Cima's orchestra.

Single source

Edmundo Rivero: Hired as singer by José De Caro's orchestra, his first orchestra job.

Single source

Enrique Alessio starts in a bandoneon trio with Manuel Daponte and Luis Bonnat.

Single source

Joaquin Do Reyes: Around this time forms his first orchestra, for the Chantecler cabaret on Paraná and Corrientes.

Single source

Emilio Balcarce joins Ricardo Ivaldi's group, playing dances and the El Indio resort in Vicente López.

Single source

Fulvio Salamanca founds the Orquesta Mickey in Las Varillas and tours Córdoba province.

Single source

Enrique Díaz plays double bass with José Pascual and Anselmo Aieta.

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Alberto Arenas: Professional debut.

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Alberto Amor: Florindo Sassone picks him for his new orchestra and names him Alberto Amor; they play the Café El Nacional.

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Astor Piazzolla appears as a newspaper boy in Carlos Gardel's film El día que me quieras, shot in New York.

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Héctor Varela joins Enrique Santos Discépolo's orchestra on Radio Municipal, later Libertad Lamarque's group on Radio Belgrano.

Single source

Roberto Caló: Signed by Jaime Yankelevich for three years: Radio Porteña, Mitre and LR3 Radio Belgrano.

Single source

Alberto Castillo sings with Augusto Berto's orchestra.

Single source

José Canet writes the vals Me besó y se fue.

Single source

José Tinelli leads his orchestra on Radio Stentor in Buenos Aires.

Single source

Victor D'Amario debuts his own orchestra at the Confitería París in La Plata.

Single source

Ricardo Pedevilla: Trio with Samuel Averbuj and Oscar de la Fuente on Radio La Nación, into 1936.

Single source

Jorge Ortiz joins Edgardo Donato; first recordings Dios lo sabe and Rosalinda; records El día que me quieras.

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Ricardo Ruiz sings in Canaro's musical Rascacielos; stands in for Roberto Ray with Fresedo and records Canto Siboney.

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Carlos Pesce writes A pesar de todo with Teófilo and Mario Lespés.

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Hugo Baralis moves with Troilo into Ángel D'Agostino's orchestra, whose singer was Alberto Echagüe.

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Enrique Rodríguez forms a quartet to accompany María Luisa Notar, whom he soon marries.

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Ángel Vargas makes his first records, Brindemos compañero and Ñata linda, with José Luis Padula's orchestra for Odeon.

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Alfredo Malerba: Back in Buenos Aires, forms a trio with Antonio Rodio to accompany Libertad Lamarque.

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Luis Rubistein founds the PAADI school of popular art at the family house on Tejedor street, soon moved to Callao 420.

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Ivo Pelay writes Casas viejas with Francisco Canaro.

Single source

Eduardo Del Piano joins Juan Canaro's orchestra late in the year, later playing the Tabarís cabaret.

Single source

Antonio Maida shares Donato's vocals with Hugo del Carril.

Single source

Alfredo Gobbi: First violin in Pedro Laurenz's orchestra.

Single source

Ernesto Famá appears in the film El alma del bandoneón.

Single source

Manuel Meaños: De puro guapo, with Pedro Laurenz, is introduced at the Club Atlético Independiente carnival dances.

Single source

A. Bardi leaves the company La Cargadora, which he had come to manage.

Single source

Raúl Kaplun publishes his first known work, the vals Recordando a Musmé.

Single source

Jorge Omar wins the audition to replace Fernando Díaz in Francisco Lomuto's orchestra.

Single source

Carlos Viván appears in Noches cariocas, filmed in Rio de Janeiro.

Single source

Manuel Romero debuts as a film director, beginning a long run of Lumiton films.

Single source

Adolfo Avilés hosts the radio cycle Tangos, autores e intérpretes with Pepita Avellaneda.

Single source

Agustin Magaldi: The Magaldi-Noda duo breaks up at the end of the year; he continues as a soloist.

Single source

Played in9

Lidio Fasoli — Played in Juan D'Arienzo.1935

Single source

Luis Visca — Played in Juan D'Arienzo.1935

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Rodolfo Biagi — Played in Juan Canaro.1935

Supported · 2

Alfredo Gobbi — Played in Pedro Laurenz.1935

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Aníbal Troilo — Played in Radio Municipal.1935

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Lucio Demare — Played in Francisco Canaro.1935

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Angel Dominguez — Played in Ángel D'Agostino.1935

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Jorge Argentino Fernández — Played in Ángel D'Agostino.1935

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Aníbal Troilo — Played in Ángel D'Agostino.1935

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Performed at4

Rodolfo Biagi — Performed at Chantecler.1935

Supported · 2

Pedro Laurenz — Performed at Los 36 Billares.1935

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Walter Cabral — Performed at Radio El Mundo.1935

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Carlos Gardel — Performed at New York.Mar 15, 1935

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Orchestras led3

Francisco Canaro — Led Francisco Canaro.1935

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Francisco Lomuto — Led Francisco Lomuto.1935

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Pedro Laurenz — Led Pedro Laurenz.1935

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Dates1

Golden Age — date unknown1935

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Published11

Volver — 1935

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Arrabal amargo — 1935

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Volvió una noche — 1935

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Por una cabeza — 1935

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Casas viejas — 1935

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Pa' lo que te va a durar — 1935

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Yo también soñé — 1935

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A pesar de todo — 1935

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Luna arrabalera — 1935

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Me besó y se fue — 1935

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Si volviera Jesús — 1935

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Notes11

Radio Municipal — In 1935 Enrique Santos Discépolo's ensemble, with Héctor Varela, Lalo Scalise, Américo Caggiano and Aníbal Troilo, played on Radio Municipal and at several downtown venues.1935

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Radio Excelsior — LR5 Radio Excelsior, formerly Radio Brusa, was among the stations that lasted from about 1935; a later user of the Maipú 555 building.1935

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Teatro Colón — Decimotercer Baile de los Aviadores en el Teatro Colón1935

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Golden Age — New York: Gardel's last two Paramount films, El día que me quieras (January 1935) and Tango Bar (February 1935, filmed on Long Island), were directedJan 1935, Feb 20, 1935

Supported · 2

Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera, Medellín — Death of Carlos Gardel: Gardel dies in the aircraft collision at Medellín.1935

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Radio El Mundo, Buenos Aires — Radio El Mundo begins broadcasting.1935

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El Pibe del Abasto — At sixteen, in 1935, he debuted at the ABC salon on calle Boulogne Sur Mer1935

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El Tano Elegancia — Around 1935 he lived with his partner Lina, a jukebox keeper at a Palermo café, in a conventillo on calle Gorriti1935

Single source

Nostalgias — Juan Carlos Cobián premieres Nostalgias in 1935.1935

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Carlos Gardel1935

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Por una cabeza — Carlos Gardel makes the first recording of Por una cabeza for RCA Victor in March 1935.Mar 1935

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Born1

Mario Luna — Born.Jan 29, 1935

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Singers6

La caida de la estanteria (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Hugo del Carril.Feb 5, 1935

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Congoja (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Hugo del Carril.Feb 8, 1935

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Madame Ivonne (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Alberto Gómez.Feb 20, 1935

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Alma de bandoneón (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Mar 20, 1935

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Cambalache (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Mar 20, 1935

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Golondrinas (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Mar 25, 1935

Single source

Listen

  1. Perdoname · Trío Ciriaco Ortiz · instrumental · vals · Jan 23, 1935
  2. La caida de la estanteria · Edgardo Donato · Hugo del Carril · tango · Feb 5, 1935 · RCA Victor
  3. Congoja · Edgardo Donato · Hugo del Carril · tango · Feb 8, 1935 · RCA Victor
  4. Pampero · Osvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray · tango · Feb 15, 1935 · RCA Victor
  5. Isla de Capri · Osvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray · tango · Feb 15, 1935 · RCA Victor
  6. Dejate querer · Edgardo Donato · vals · Feb 20, 1935 · RCA Victor
  7. Madame Ivonne · Edgardo Donato · Alberto Gómez · tango · Feb 20, 1935 · RCA Victor
  8. Santiago del estero · Típica Victor · instrumental · vals · Feb 21, 1935 · RCA Victor
  9. Murió la vecinita · Típica Victor · Alberto Gómez · tango · Feb 21, 1935 · RCA Victor
  10. Alma de bandoneón · Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida · tango · Mar 20, 1935 · Odeon
  11. No hay que hacerse mala sangre · Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida, Francisco Canaro · tango · Mar 20, 1935 · Odeon
  12. Cambalache · Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida · tango · Mar 20, 1935 · Odeon

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