Year
Tango in 1944
1944 falls in the Golden Age (1935–1954).
19351954
Our catalogue holds 335 recordings from 1944. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (32 recordings), Aníbal Troilo (28 recordings), and Juan D'Arienzo (24 recordings).
That year
Adiós Bardi: Composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.
Golden Age: Occurred at Argentina.
Golden Age: 7,0 Mw.
Golden Age: 10 000 muertos.
Esposito Genaro dies in Paris during the occupation.
Jorge Durán makes his first recordings, folk songs as Alfonso Durán, with Buenaventura Luna's Tropilla de Huachi Pampa.
Julio Martel plays the Dancing Tibidabo with De Angelis.
Típica Victor: Last session on 9 May: Uno que ha sido marino and Sobre las olas, sung by Jaime Moreno and Lito Bayardo.
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What was playing?
The records of 1944
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.
222 of the 336 recordings from 1944 are danced on film.
4,648 filmed Dances to them. This counts the Performances in the videos we index, not all social dancing.
On the air: LR1 Radio El Mundo · LR3 Radio Belgrano
The studio calendar
1944, day by day
327 sides dated to the day, across 130 days. The stronger the mark, the more was cut. Tap one to hear it.
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- Jan 151944 San Juan EarthquakeWikidata
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.
Connected
From TangoTube's videos · our data
Events where this year's music was danced
- Viva La Pepa55 videos
- Planetango49 videos
- Milonga La Baldosa35 videos
- Porteño y Bailarín23 videos
- Gente Amiga21 videos
- Belgrade Tango Encuentro20 videos
- Milonga en lo de Balmaceda16 videos
- Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival15 videos
- Łódź Tango Salon Festival15 videos
- Tango Salon Extremo15 videos
- Milonguero Nights15 videos
- Milongueros All Aboard14 videos
Dancers filmed to this year's music
- Roxana Suárez147 videos
- Sebastián Achaval123 videos
- Noelia Hurtado115 videos
- Carlitos Espinoza109 videos
- Cristina Sosa72 videos
- Daniel Nacucchio71 videos
- Pablo Rodriguez71 videos
- Fernando Sanchez66 videos
- Corina Herrera62 videos
- Ariadna Naveira61 videos
- Maja Petrović61 videos
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
Events held that year.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings12
Juan D'Arienzo — 24 recordings1944
Single sourceCarlos Di Sarli — 14 recordings1944
Single sourceAníbal Troilo — 28 recordings1944
Single sourceOsvaldo Pugliese — 16 recordings1944
Single sourceMiguel Caló — 22 recordings1944
Single sourceRicardo Tanturi — 20 recordings1944
Single sourceÁngel D'Agostino — 19 recordings1944
Single sourcePedro Laurenz — 16 recordings1944
Single sourceLucio Demare — 11 recordings1944
Single sourceRodolfo Biagi — 10 recordings1944
Single sourceOsvaldo Fresedo — 16 recordings1944
Single sourceEdgardo Donato — 2 recordings1944
Single sourceWhat happened57
Esposito Genaro dies in Paris during the occupation.
Single sourceJorge Durán makes his first recordings, folk songs as Alfonso Durán, with Buenaventura Luna's Tropilla de Huachi Pampa.
Supported · 2Julio Martel plays the Dancing Tibidabo with De Angelis.
Single sourceTípica Victor: Last session on 9 May: Uno que ha sido marino and Sobre las olas, sung by Jaime Moreno and Lito Bayardo.
Single sourceAlberto Amor records Nada with Biagi, his first big seller.
Single sourceElsa María Bórquez: Born on 25 June in La Boca.
Single sourceHéctor Mauré: Last D'Arienzo recording, "Amarras", closing 50 sides with the orchestra.
Single sourceJuan Sanchez Gorio: First RCA Victor recording, his tango Oriente and the vals Claveles mendocinos, both sung by Mendoza.
Single sourcePablo Ziegler: Born in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceOrlando Medina: Last Malerba recording, Palais de Glace.
Single sourceAntonio Maida records Media noche with Ricardo Malerba for Odeon.
Single sourceCarlos Dante returns with Alfredo De Angelis's orchestra at Café Marzotto on Corrientes, replacing Floreal Ruiz.
Single sourceArmando Moreno performs with Rodríguez at Luna Park for Odeon's 25th anniversary.
Single sourceGuillermo Rico: First recording with Francisco Canaro's orchestra, the vals Incomprensión, as Guillermo Coral.
Single sourceGuillermo Coral: First record with Canaro, the vals Incomprensión, for Odeon.
Supported · 2Alberto Rivera records Desagravio with Lomuto for Victor.
Single sourceArmando Laborde: First records with D'Arienzo: 'Magdala' and 'Color de cielo'.
Single sourceRicardo Vidort: Dancing in the salons by his mid-teens and first feels the 'milonguero feeling' around 1944–45.
Single sourceFrancisco Rotundo wins an orchestra contest at the Palermo Palace salon.
Single sourceLeopoldo Federico records with Juan Carlos Cobián's orchestra, one of his first jobs.
Single sourceOsvaldo Berlingieri turns professional as pianist of the orchestra backing Héctor Mauré, debuting at the Marabú.
Single sourceRoberto Goyeneche: After winning a new-voices contest, starts singing with Raúl Kaplún's orchestra at eighteen.
Single sourceJosé Rótulo writes Firuletear de bandoneón with Ángel Domínguez, introduced simultaneously by Pedro Laurenz and Alfredo De Angelis; Parece un cuento wins the Radio Canción contest.
Single sourceCarlos Waiss writes A suerte y verdad with Carlos Parodi, A mí me llaman Juan Tango with Tito Ribero and No nos veremos nunca with D'Arienzo.
Single sourceOrlando Tripodi releases his first tango, Ninguno de los dos.
Single sourceRoberto Pansera debuts in Cristóbal Herreros's sextet alongside José Libertella.
Single sourceArturo Penón starts in the orchestras of Di Adamo-Flores, Manuel Buzón and Edgardo Donato.
Single sourceUbaldo De Lío joins the staff guitarists of Radio Belgrano.
Single sourceRoberto Videla joins Juan Carlos Caviello's group and debuts on LR2 Radio Argentina; short spells with Donato and Kaplún.
Single sourceRaúl Ledesma: Hired by Francisco Plano's orchestra in Rosario.
Single sourceVirulazo: Around age 18 gets the nickname 'Virulazo' playing bocce.
Single sourceEdmundo Rivero joins Horacio Salgán's orchestra, staying about three years; no recordings are made.
Single sourceLuciano Leocata joins Alberto Castillo's orchestra, until 1954.
Single sourceCarlos Figari plays piano in Francisco Fiorentino's orchestra, directed by Piazzolla, on Radio Belgrano and at the Picadilly café.
Single sourceHugo Diaz moves to Buenos Aires with Domingo Cura.
Single sourceCarlos Almada joins Víctor D'Amario's orchestra beside Adolfo Rivas.
Single sourceOsvaldo Ribo sings as Julio Lucero with Alfredo Gobbi's orchestra at the Sans Souci cabaret.
Single sourceDomingo Federico: First record: Saludos, backed with La culpa la tuve yo sung by Ignacio Díaz.
Single sourceVirgilio Expósito composes Naranjo en flor and Oro falso.
Single sourceOscar Rubens: Lloran las campanas is recorded by Carlos Di Sarli with Alberto Podestá.
Single sourceArturo Gallucci writes Cero al as with Francisco Bohigas, recorded by Di Sarli and by De Angelis.
Single sourceMarvil writes Y sonó el despertador, words and music.
Single sourceJorge Caldara: During military service plays in Emilio Orlando's orchestra on Radio El Mundo; around then joins Osvaldo Pugliese.
Single sourceIsmael Spitalnik: Founding member of Horacio Salgán's first orchestra.
Single sourceAlberto Echague returns to D'Arienzo for his longest and most successful stage, lasting until 1957.
Single sourceHomero Expósito writes Naranjo en flor with Virgilio and Yuyo verde with Federico.
Single sourceHoracio Sanguinetti: Carlos Di Sarli and Alberto Podestá make the first recording of Nada, with José Dames's music.
Single sourceManuel Sucher writes Nada más que un corazón and Como el hornero.
Single sourceAlberto Mastra: Troilo records his milonga Con permiso with Alberto Marino.
Single sourceLeopoldo Díaz Vélez joins SADAIC's committee for ceremonies and tributes.
Single sourceOsvaldo Sosa Cordero writes the milonga Clavel and the vals No comprendes.
Single sourceEnrique Alessio leaves Pugliese at the end of the year to arrange for and direct Alberto Castillo's orchestra.
Single sourceAngel Dominguez joins the Francini-Pontier orchestra.
Single sourceAníbal Troilo: Francisco Fiorentino leaves the orchestra after almost seven years.
Single sourceAlfredo De Angelis: Carlos Dante joins, forming the duet with Julio Martel.
Single sourceAstor Piazzolla leaves Troilo to direct the orchestra accompanying singer Francisco Fiorentino; they record 24 pieces.
Single sourceHoracio Salgan forms his first orchestra, with Edmundo Rivero, playing El Germinal, El Nacional, Marzotto, Tango Bar and the Novelty.
Single sourceComposer1
Adiós Bardi — Composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.1944
Single sourceDates1
Golden Age — Occurred at Argentina.1944
Single sourcePublished37
Torrente — 1944
Single sourceSolamente ella — 1944
Single sourceNaranjo en flor — 1944
Single sourceYuyo verde — 1944
Single sourceOro falso — 1944
Single sourceShusheta — 1944
Single sourceMagdala — 1944
Single sourceNada más que un corazón — 1944
Single sourceEn carne propia — 1944
Single sourceTabaco — 1944
Single sourceLa vi llegar — 1944
Single sourceDe igual a igual — 1944
Single sourceTú, el cielo y tú — 1944
Single sourceLa capilla blanca — 1944
Single sourceNada — 1944
Single sourceAlhucema — 1944
Single sourceArlette — 1944
Single sourceComo el hornero — 1944
Single sourceParece un cuento — 1944
Single sourceMas solo que nunca — 1944
Single sourceLloran las campanas — 1944
Single sourceA suerte y verdad — 1944
Single sourceA mi me llaman Juan Tango — 1944
Single sourceNo nos veremos nunca — 1944
Single sourceCero al as — 1944
Single sourceLlueve otra vez — 1944
Single sourceAsí era el tango — 1944
Single sourceHoy al recordarla — 1944
Single sourceDe seis a siete — 1944
Single sourcePincelada — 1944
Single sourceY sonó el despertador — 1944
Single sourceMi tango es triste — 1944
Single sourceEl barco María — 1944
Single sourceClavel — 1944
Single sourceNo comprendes — 1944
Single sourceMas alla de mi rencor — 1944
Single sourceQue solo estoy — 1944
Single sourcePlayed in12
Julio Jorge Nelson — Played in Radio Mitre.1944
Single sourceArmando Cupo — Played in Enrique Rodríguez.1944
Single sourceLeopoldo Federico — Played in Juan Carlos Cobian.1944
Single sourceRoberto Guisado — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1944
Single sourceÁngel Goicoechea — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1944
Single sourceAlfredo Pérez — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1944
Single sourceAntonio Rossi — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1944
Single sourceFélix Verdi — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1944
Single sourceDomingo Sánchez — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1944
Single sourceFederico Scorticati — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1944
Single sourceEnrique Alessio — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1944
Single sourceOsvaldo Ruggiero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1944
Supported · 2Notes5
Radio Mitre — Julio Jorge Nelson's Gardel programme 'El bronce que sonríe' moved from Radio Callao to Radio Mitre in 1944; his 'El éxito de cada orquesta' also1944
Single sourceGolden Age — Chile: the bandoneonist Gabriel Clausi (El Chula) settled with his orchestra in Viña del Mar between 1944 and 1953 and composed 'En un rincón del1944
Single sourceShusheta — In 1944 D'Agostino asked Cadícamo to adapt Shusheta because the government had banned lunfardo in tangos; it temporarily became El aristócrata1944
Single sourceMano a mano — 1944 Lomuto recording with Alberto Rivera opens Te recuerdo en mi tristeza y al final veo que has sido / en mi existencia azarosa más1944
Single sourceMilonguita — In 1944 Osvaldo Fresedo recorded censored Milonguita as an instrumental under the title Esthercita1944
Single sourceListen
- Vieja carretaFrancisco CanaroEduardo AdriántangoOdeon
- Oiga rubiaFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldánmilongaOdeon
- DespuésMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon
- El barco MaríaLucio DemareRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
- Como el horneroPedro LaurenzAlberto PodestátangoOdeon
- Milonga de mis amoresPedro LaurenzinstrumentalmilongaOdeon
- Cuna de tangoJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
- Farolito de papelJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
- Anclao en ParisAlberto Castillosungtango
- Rey del tangoRicardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor
- Quién canta mejor que yoRicardo TanturiEnrique CamposmilongaRCA Victor
- Si yo pudiera comprenderMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon
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