Singers on the move
Which orchestras tango’s singers sang with, and when, as the records we hold date them: 269 singers, 77 of whom changed orchestra, 176 moves in all. Each ring is a move; tap it to hear the first record with the new orchestra.
Jorge Sobral changed no orchestra in the records we hold: Mario Demarco 1952, Lorenzo Barbero 1953 (a source says so, no record we hold), Mariano Mores 1954 (a source says so, no record we hold), Astor Piazzolla 1955–57 (a source says so, no record we hold).
Every move
- Juan D'Arienzo
- Carlos Di Sarli
- Aníbal Troilo
- Osvaldo Pugliese
- Miguel Caló
- Ricardo Tanturi
- other orchestras: tap a bar for its name
- a source says so, no record we hold
- Armando Laborde
1944–57 Juan D'Arienzo · 84 records
1951–52 Héctor Varela · 3 records · first record: Yuyo brujo 1951
1959–60 Héctor Varela · 7 records
1964–74 Juan D'Arienzo · 53 records · first record: Caña 1964
- Roberto Rufino
1939–43 Carlos Di Sarli · 42 records
1947 Orquesta Francini-Pontier · 1 record · first record: Los despojos 1947
1949 Miguel Caló · 2 records · first record: La casa vacía 1949
1956 Roberto Caló · 2 records · first record: Ladrillo 1956
1957 Enrique Francini · 3 records · first record: Destino de flor 1957
1959 Roberto Rufino · own orchestra · no record we hold; source
1961–62 Armando Pontier · 4 records · first record: Clavel del aire 1961
1963–65 Aníbal Troilo · 10 records · first record: Frente al mar 1963
1966 Miguel Caló · 8 records · first record: Marión 1966
- Jorge Durán
1945–47 Carlos Di Sarli · 24 records
1947 Horacio Salgan · no record we hold; source
1947 Pedro Laurenz · no record we hold; source
1950–53 José Basso · 10 records · first record: Anoche a las dos 1950
1954 Osmar Maderna · no record we hold; source
1955 Francisco Rotundo · 2 records · first record: Poema para mi madre 1955
1956–58 Carlos Di Sarli · 14 records · first record: No me pregunten por qué 1956
1968 Armando Pontier · 4 records · first record: Yo soy el tango 1968
- Francisco Fiorentino
1928 Juan Carlos Cobian · no record we hold; source
1928–29 Francisco Canaro · 5 records
1928–29 Juan D'Arienzo · no record we hold; source
1929 Roberto Firpo · 1 record · first record: Tal vez mi nena 1929
1931 Típica Victor · 1 record · first record: Organito callejero 1931
1934 Roberto Zerrillo · no record we hold; source
1941–44 Aníbal Troilo · 59 records · first record: Mano brava 1941
1945–46 Francisco Fiorentino · own orchestra · 4 records · first record: Nos encontramos al pasar 1945
1949 José Basso · 5 records · first record: El bulin de la calle Ayacucho 1949
1950 Alberto Mancione · 2 records · first record: Tinta roja 1950
- Alberto Marino
1943–46 Aníbal Troilo · 50 records
1947–48 Emilio Balcarce · no record we hold; source
1947–49 Alberto Marino · own orchestra · 7 records · first record: Organito de la tarde 1947
1953–54 Osvaldo Manzi · 2 records · first record: Medallita de la suerte 1953
1967 Miguel Caló · 8 records · first record: Cafetín de Buenos Aires 1967
1968 Armando Pontier · 4 records · first record: Donde quiera que estés 1968
- Roberto Goyeneche
1944 Raúl Kaplun · no record we hold; source
1952–53 Horacio Salgan · 4 records
1957–63 Aníbal Troilo · 18 records · first record: La flor de la canela 1957
1966–69 Armando Pontier · 16 records · first record: La última curda 1966
1968 Roberto Goyeneche · own orchestra · 6 records · first record: Cafetín de Buenos Aires 1968
1968 Orquesta Típica Porteña · no record we hold; source
1968 Baffa-Berlingieri · no record we hold; source
1968–71 Aníbal Troilo · 18 records · first record: Apenas Marielena 1968
1969 Astor Piazzolla · no record we hold; source
1971–72 Atilio Stampone · 4 records · first record: Cada vez que me recuerdes 1971
1979 Armando Pontier · 10 records · first record: Casas viejas 1979
- Roberto Chanel
1943–47 Osvaldo Pugliese · 30 records
1949–52 Florindo Sassone · 14 records · first record: Hoy la espero a la salida 1949
- Alberto Morán
1945–54 Osvaldo Pugliese · 50 records
1954–58 Alberto Morán · own orchestra · 10 records · first record: No te engañes corazón 1954
- Enrique Campos
1943–46 Ricardo Tanturi · 52 records
1951–57 Francisco Rotundo · 9 records · first record: Llorando la carta 1951
1953 Roberto Caló · no record we hold; source
- Alberto Castillo
1941–43 Ricardo Tanturi · 34 records
1943–44 Alberto Castillo · own orchestra · 5 records · first record: Luna de arrabal 1943
1944 Emilio Balcarce · no record we hold; source
1944–48 Enrique Alessio · 25 records · first record: Recuerdo 1944
1949 Eduardo Rovira · no record we hold; source
1949–55 Alberto Castillo · own orchestra · 5 records · first record: Estas chicas se quieren casar 1949
- Ángel Vargas
1938–39 Típica Victor · 3 records
1940–46 Ángel D'Agostino · 81 records · first record: Muchacho 1940
1947–50 Eduardo Del Piano · 8 records · first record: Milonga para Gardel 1947
1959 José Libertella · 2 records · first record: La cieguita 1959
- Alberto Podestá
1941–43 Miguel Caló · 6 records
1942–47 Carlos Di Sarli · 26 records · first record: Entre pitada y pitada 1942
1943–44 Pedro Laurenz · 15 records · first record: 24 de agosto 1943
1945 Edgardo Donato · 1 record · first record: Pregonera 1945
1950 Orquesta Francini-Pontier · 1 record · first record: Che bandoneón 1950
1952 Edgardo Donato · 1 record · first record: Mi serenata 1952
1954 Miguel Caló · 7 records · first record: Oración rante 1954
1955–56 Enrique Francini · 7 records · first record: Petit salón 1955
1963 Miguel Caló · 4 records · first record: El mismo final 1963
1964–66 Armando Pontier · no record we hold; source
- Raúl Berón
1940–55 Aníbal Troilo · no record we hold; source
1942–44 Miguel Caló · 18 records
1943–44 Lucio Demare · 24 records · first record: Carnavalito 1943
1949–50 Miguel Caló · 3 records · first record: Tú 1949
1963 Miguel Caló · 3 records
- Floreal Ruiz
1943–44 Alfredo De Angelis · 8 records
1944–48 Aníbal Troilo · 30 records · first record: Marioneta 1944
1948–55 Francisco Rotundo · 25 records · first record: Sur 1948
1956–61 José Basso · 25 records · first record: Por la vuelta 1956
- Jorge Maciel
1948–54 Alfredo Gobbi · 10 records
1954–66 Osvaldo Pugliese · 37 records · first record: Canzoneta 1954
- Mario Pomar
1939–40 Típica Victor · 5 records
1940 Miguel Caló · no record we hold; source
1943 Antonio Rodio · no record we hold; source
1946 Francisco Rotundo · no record we hold; source
1947–49 Osmar Maderna · 5 records · first record: Ausencia 1947
1951–55 Carlos Di Sarli · 28 records · first record: Nido gaucho 1951
1962 Los Señores Del Tango · 3 records · first record: Tengo un amigo 1962
- Roberto Florio
1951 Lorenzo Barbero · no record we hold; source
1955–56 Armando Pontier · 2 records
1956–58 Carlos Di Sarli · 17 records · first record: Fogón de huella 1956
1958 Alfredo De Angelis · 6 records · first record: Puede ser que no te rías 1958
1962 José Basso · 3 records · first record: Por qué la quise tanto 1962
1967 José Libertella · 1 record · first record: Tanto 1967
- Argentino Ledesma
1952–57 Héctor Varela · 22 records
1956 Carlos Di Sarli · 2 records · first record: De qué podemos hablar 1956
1962 Mario Demarco · no record we hold; source
1968 Carlos García · no record we hold; source
1969 Francisco Canaro · 8 records · first record: Golondrinas 1969
1973 Francisco Canaro · 2 records
1980 Osvaldo Fresedo · 2 records · first record: A media luz 1980
- Tito Reyes
1957–58 Roberto Caló · 3 records
1960 Joaquin Do Reyes · 2 records · first record: Cuatro pasos en las nubes 1960
1964–69 Aníbal Troilo · 20 records · first record: Las carretas 1964
- Nelly Vázquez
1960 Astor Piazzolla · no record we hold; source
1961 Mariano Mores · no record we hold; source
1964–66 Aníbal Troilo · 14 records
1977 Osvaldo Pugliese · 1 record · first record: Mentira 1977
- Amadeo Mandarino
1939 Osvaldo Pugliese · no record we hold; source
1941 Aníbal Troilo · 1 record
1942 Manuel Buzon · 1 record · first record: Fueye 1942
1945 Emilio Balcarce · no record we hold; source
- Miguel Montero
1940 Pedro Maffia · no record we hold; source
1943 Juan Carlos Cobian · no record we hold; source
1949–50 Francisco Lomuto · 5 records
1954–58 Osvaldo Pugliese · 20 records · first record: A la luz del candil 1954
1961 Mariano Mores · 1 record · first record: Por qué la quise tanto 1961
1966 Miguel Caló · 2 records · first record: No fue ninguno de los dos 1966
- Roberto Arrieta
1942 Lucio Demare · 3 records
1945–48 Miguel Caló · 19 records · first record: Cimarrón de ausencia 1945
1954–57 Miguel Caló · 2 records
1972 Miguel Caló · 2 records
- Roberto Mancini
1956–57 Miguel Caló · 3 records
1963–64 Alfredo De Angelis · 4 records · first record: Carta para Renée 1963
- Roberto Videla
1944 Juan Carlos Caviello · no record we hold; source
1945–48 Ricardo Tanturi · 26 records
1950 Enrique Rodríguez · 1 record · first record: Mamá lejana 1950
- Osvaldo Ribo
1946–50 Ricardo Tanturi · 12 records
1954 Lorenzo Barbero · 1 record · first record: Noche de locura 1954
1958 Ricardo Tanturi · 1 record · first record: Dónde estará mi vida 1958
- Jorge Ortiz
1935 Edgardo Donato · 2 records
1940–45 Rodolfo Biagi · 36 records · first record: Todo te nombra 1940
1943 Miguel Caló · 6 records · first record: Barrio de tango 1943
- Carlos Acuña
1941 Carlos Di Sarli · 1 record
1943–44 Rodolfo Biagi · 12 records · first record: A la luz del candil 1943
1956–60 Mariano Mores · 10 records · first record: La calesita 1956
- Andrés Falgás
1938 Juan Canaro · 3 records
1939–40 Rodolfo Biagi · 11 records · first record: Dichas que viví 1939
- Oscar Serpa
1942–46 Osvaldo Fresedo · 51 records
1948 Carlos Di Sarli · 1 record · first record: La novia del mar 1948
1949–50 Horacio Salgan · no record we hold; source
1950 Ricardo Pedevilla · 2 records · first record: Y mientes todavía 1950
1952–55 Carlos Di Sarli · 31 records · first record: Un momento 1952
1962 Los Señores Del Tango · 3 records · first record: Locura locura 1962
- Ricardo Ruiz
1939–41 Osvaldo Fresedo · 25 records
1949 José Basso · 2 records · first record: Claveles blancos 1949
1953 Ángel D'Agostino · 1 record · first record: Cascabelito 1953
1959–62 Atilio Stampone · no record we hold; source
- Héctor Pacheco
1948 Alfredo Attadia · 1 record
1951–55 Osvaldo Fresedo · 29 records · first record: Discepolín 1951
- Lita Morales
1937 Típica Victor · 1 record
1939–41 Edgardo Donato · 10 records · first record: Sombra gaucha 1939
- Félix Gutiérrez
1927 Julio De Caro · no record we hold; source
1932 Francisco Canaro · 7 records
1932–36 Edgardo Donato · 10 records · first record: El huracán 1932
1934 Pedro Maffia · 1 record · first record: Juan Manuel 1934
- Armando Moreno
1940–46 Enrique Rodríguez · 72 records
1951 Enrique Rodríguez · 2 records
1951 Alfredo Attadia · 3 records · first record: Araca corazón 1951
1952–56 Domingo Federico · 12 records · first record: Flores artificiales 1952
1958–62 Enrique Rodríguez · 7 records · first record: Si un amor paso 1958
- Carlos Dante
1928–29 Juan D'Arienzo · no record we hold; source
1932 Francisco Canaro · 1 record
1934–36 Miguel Caló · 11 records · first record: No vale la pena 1934
1944–57 Alfredo De Angelis · 127 records · first record: El tropero del amor 1944
- Juan Carlos Godoy
1956–57 Ricardo Tanturi · 5 records
1958–64 Alfredo De Angelis · 42 records · first record: La última copa 1958
1968–69 José Basso · 6 records · first record: La mariposa 1968
- Charlo
1928–32 Francisco Canaro · 327 records
1928–33 Francisco Lomuto · 48 records · first record: A contramano 1928
1931–32 Típica Victor · 2 records · first record: Pa' mí es igual 1931
1932–33 Adolfo Carabelli · 2 records · first record: Olvidao 1932
- Ernesto Famá
1928 Osvaldo Fresedo · 52 records
1929–31 Típica Victor · 13 records · first record: Almas gemelas 1929
1930 Orquesta Típica Porteña · no record we hold; source
1930–31 Carlos Di Sarli · 8 records · first record: Chau Pinela 1930
1930–34 Francisco Canaro · 97 records · first record: Así canto yo 1930
1931 Juan Canaro · 3 records · first record: Cara sucia 1931
1939–41 Francisco Canaro · 61 records · first record: Dónde andará 1939
- Enrique Lucero
1946–49 Francisco Canaro · 14 records
1957 Mariano Mores · 4 records · first record: Sin palabras 1957
- Ernesto Herrera
1958–59 Héctor Varela · 15 records
1961 Francisco Canaro · 1 record · first record: Canaro en Japon 1961
- Fernando Díaz
1931 Carlos Di Sarli · 2 records
1931–35 Francisco Lomuto · 65 records · first record: Colo 1931
1932 Típica Victor · 2 records · first record: El beso de manuelita 1932
1939–43 Francisco Lomuto · 38 records · first record: Mosterio 1939
- Roberto Díaz
1926 Francisco Canaro · no record we hold; source
1928–31 Típica Victor · 22 records
1929 Luis Petrucelli · no record we hold; source
1931 Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · 1 record · first record: La cumparsita 1931
1932 Roberto Firpo · 2 records · first record: Cenizas de mi primer amor 1932
1935 Osvaldo Fresedo · 2 records · first record: Casate conmigo 1935
- Antonio Buglione
1928 Osvaldo Fresedo · 3 records
1928 Típica Victor · 4 records · first record: Piba 1928
1929 Francisco Canaro · 1 record · first record: Llego la lancha 1929
- Alberto Gómez
1930–35 Típica Victor · 15 records
1931–33 Adolfo Carabelli · 12 records · first record: Cantando 1931
1932 Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · 1 record · first record: Samaritana 1932
1935 Edgardo Donato · 1 record · first record: Madame Ivonne 1935
- Carlos Lafuente
1930–34 Típica Victor · 14 records
1931–33 Adolfo Carabelli · 7 records · first record: Mentira 1931
1933 Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · 2 records · first record: Un placer 1933
1933 Orquesta Victor Popular · no record we hold; source
1940 Típica Victor · 2 records · first record: Cielo paceño 1940
- Luis Díaz
1927–30 Francisco Canaro · 8 records
1929 Roberto Firpo · 3 records · first record: Plata falsa 1929
1929–34 Típica Victor · 7 records · first record: Sacate el berretin 1929
1930 Orquesta Típica Brunswick · 3 records · first record: Arreando 1930
1930 Edgardo Donato · no record we hold; source
1932 Osvaldo Fresedo · no record we hold; source
1932–34 Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · 5 records · first record: Volvió la princesita 1932
1932–34 Adolfo Carabelli · 3 records · first record: Cuando miran tus ojos 1932
1938–39 Julio De Caro · 6 records · first record: Fuego 1938
- Héctor Farrel
1937 Pedro Laurenz · 2 records
1939–41 Julio De Caro · 12 records · first record: Ay Aurora 1939
- Agustín Volpe
1940 Carlos Di Sarli · 1 record
1941–42 Julio De Caro · 3 records · first record: De mi te alejas 1941
- Teófilo Ibáñez
1928–29 Roberto Firpo · 43 records
1930–34 Típica Victor · 5 records · first record: Los cantores del Yerua 1930
1932 Edgardo Donato · 1 record · first record: La muerte de Milonguita 1932
1934 Adolfo Carabelli · no record we hold; source
1938–39 Rodolfo Biagi · 7 records · first record: Gólgota 1938
- Principe Azul
1930 Francisco Lomuto · 2 records
1931 Típica Victor · 1 record · first record: Vos no engrupis mas 1931
1931–32 Roberto Firpo · 21 records · first record: Eco melodioso 1931
- Oscar Larroca
1945–48 Domingo Federico · 19 records
1948 Osvaldo Manzi · no record we hold; source
1949–51 Roberto Caló · no record we hold; source
1951–58 Alfredo De Angelis · 71 records · first record: Flor de fango 1951
- Mario Bustos
1949–50 Domingo Federico · 4 records
1952–54 Eduardo Del Piano · 2 records · first record: Tu olvido 1952
1957–59 Juan D'Arienzo · 33 records · first record: Llegando a puerto 1957
1966 Florindo Sassone · 6 records · first record: Sentimiento gaucho 1966
- Enzo Valentino
1950–51 Domingo Federico · 2 records
1952 Alfredo Attadia · 1 record · first record: Cualquier cosa 1952
- Hugo Roca
1949 Domingo Federico · 1 record
1951 Edgardo Donato · 1 record · first record: Mi virgencita de Luján 1951
- Antonio Maida
1934 Edgardo Donato · 8 records
1944–45 Ricardo Malerba · 4 records · first record: Media noche 1944
- Orlando Verri
1946–47 Osmar Maderna · 8 records
1950–51 Julio De Caro · 4 records · first record: Mi dolor 1950
- Héctor de Rosas
1949 Osmar Maderna · 2 records
1951 Florindo Sassone · no record we hold; source
1951–55 Eduardo Del Piano · 4 records · first record: No me pregunten por qué 1951
1957–58 Roberto Caló · 9 records · first record: Limosna de amor 1957
1958 Osvaldo Fresedo · no record we hold; source
1960–68 Astor Piazzolla · no record we hold; source
1964–66 José Basso · 6 records · first record: Cafetín de Buenos Aires 1964
- Luis Tolosa
1944–45 Miguel Caló · 3 records
1946 Osmar Maderna · 1 record · first record: Mientras duerme la ciudad 1946
- Julio Sosa
1949–52 Orquesta Francini-Pontier · no record we hold; source
1953–55 Francisco Rotundo · 11 records
1955–60 Armando Pontier · 29 records · first record: Llorando la carta 1955
1962 Leopoldo Federico · 1 record · first record: Margot 1962
- Oscar Ferrari
1945 Alfredo Gobbi · no record we hold; source
1949–55 José Basso · 15 records
1956–60 Armando Pontier · 12 records · first record: Dónde estás corazón 1956
- Héctor Dario
1960 Joaquin Do Reyes · 1 record
1961–62 Armando Pontier · 2 records · first record: Locura locura 1961
1967 Armando Pontier · 2 records
1982 José Basso · no record we hold; source
- Héctor Alvarado
1950–51 Lucio Demare · 4 records
1954–56 Alberto Mancione · 3 records · first record: No matarás 1954
- Raúl Ledesma
1957 Jorge Caldara · 1 record
1958 Miguel Caló · 5 records · first record: Encadenados 1958
1965 Enrique Mora · 1 record · first record: Confesión 1965
1967 Miguel Caló · 4 records · first record: Aquel viejo tango 1967
- Alfredo Belusi
1954 José Sala · 1 record
1957–60 José Basso · 10 records · first record: De puro curda 1957
1961–62 Osvaldo Pugliese · 7 records · first record: Corrientes bajo cero 1961
1964–67 José Basso · 22 records · first record: Decime Dios dónde estás 1964
- Carlos Yanel
1957 Alfredo Gobbi · 1 record
1958 Héctor Varela · 3 records · first record: Que digan lo que quieran 1958
- Alfredo Del Rio
1952–53 Pedro Laurenz · 3 records
1957 Francisco Rotundo · 2 records · first record: Destino de flor 1957
1957–58 Eduardo Rovira · no record we hold; source
1958 Alfredo Gobbi · 1 record · first record: Adiós corazón 1958
1961 José Basso · 3 records · first record: Cobrate y dame el vuelto 1961
- Carlos Almada
1944 Victor D'Amario · no record we hold; source
1946 Lucio Demare · no record we hold; source
1950–52 Edgardo Donato · 18 records
1953 Alfredo Gobbi · 1 record · first record: Por eso canto así 1953
- Jorge Casal
1947–50 Florindo Sassone · 15 records
1951–54 Aníbal Troilo · 14 records · first record: La violeta 1951
- Rodolfo Galé
1951–53 Florindo Sassone · 15 records
1953–55 José Basso · 4 records · first record: Cuesta abajo 1953
1956 Carlos Di Sarli · 2 records · first record: Noche de locura 1956
1957–58 Roberto Caló · 6 records · first record: Limosna de amor 1957
1959 Francisco Canaro · no record we hold; source
- Luis Correa
1954 Orquesta Francini-Pontier · 1 record
1956 Alberto Mancione · 1 record · first record: Chuzas 1956
1959 Fulvio Salamanca · 2 records · first record: Así se baila hoy 1959
1962 Héctor Varela · no record we hold; source
1963 Fulvio Salamanca · 1 record
1963 Miguel Caló · 2 records · first record: Dos fracasos 1963
1968 José Basso · no record we hold; source
- Carlos Roldán
1941 Osvaldo Fresedo · 1 record
1941–47 Francisco Canaro · 65 records · first record: Palomita blanca 1941
1949–50 Francisco Rotundo · 2 records · first record: El pollero 1949
1952 Roberto Caló · no record we hold; source
1956 Miguel Caló · 1 record · first record: Desorientado 1956
- Adolfo Rivas
1950 Edgardo Donato · 2 records
1951 Osmar Maderna · 2 records · first record: Los mareados 1951
- Aldo Campoamor
1946–48 Astor Piazzolla · 8 records
1958 Mariano Mores · 3 records · first record: El estrellero 1958
- Dorita Davis
1931 Roberto Firpo · 1 record
1931 Típica Victor · 1 record · first record: Celosa 1931
- Fontan Reyes
1950 Juan Canaro · no record we hold; source
1958 Héctor Varela · 1 record
1958 Osvaldo Manzi · 1 record · first record: Dolor milonguero 1958
- Raúl Lavié
1957 Héctor Varela · 3 records
1959 Héctor Stamponi · no record we hold; source
1963 Ángel D'Agostino · 2 records · first record: Mi chiquita 1963
Singers in the canon’s order: the defining voices first, then each orchestra’s singers in its order. A line is a singer’s records with one orchestra, cut where more than three years pass; a thin one is a single record. A ring is a move to another orchestra. A dotted line is a source we cite naming an orchestra we hold no record of; its dates are the source’s.
Who shared an orchestra
Choose an orchestra: everyone who sang with it, in the order they first did, each stint on one line.
- Francisco Fiorentino1928–29 · source
- Raquel Notar1928–29 · source
- Carlos Dante1928–29 · source
- Walter Cabral1936 · 4 records
- Enrique Carbel1937 · 1 record
- Alberto Echague1938–39, 1944–56, 1968–75 · 131 records
- Héctor Mauré1940–44 · 49 records
- Alberto Reynal1940–42 · 16 records
- Carlos Casares1940 · 3 records
- Juan Carlos Lamas1942–43 · 10 records
- Armando Laborde1944–57, 1964–74 · 137 records
- Roberto Lemos1950–51 · 7 records
- Libertad Lamarque1956 · 2 records
- Jorge Valdez1957–64 · 104 records
- Mario Bustos1957–59 · 33 records
- Horacio Palma1960–63 · 35 records
- Antonio Prieto1961 · 2 records
- Héctor Millán1962–63 · 8 records
- Osvaldo Ramos1965–75 · 65 records
- Mercedes Serrano1971 · 2 records