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On this day in tango

1 February

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Record of the day

Te quiero ver escopeta

Enrique Rodríguez · Roberto Flores

Recorded 1 February 1939

On this day

  • 1898

    ✶ Born

    Juan Guido · Born in Buenos Aires; grows up in Parque de los Patricios.

    www.todotango.com

  • 1898

    ✶ Born

    Juan Bautista Guido · Born in Buenos Aires.

    es.wikipedia.org

  • 1924

    Casimiro Aín · On 1 February dances the tango 'Ave María' with María Scotto before Pope Pius XI at the Vatican, by his own account.

    en.wikipedia.org

  • 1929

    ✶ Born

    Ernesto Franco · Born in Caballito, Buenos Aires.

    www.todotango.com

  • 2011

    Lucila Cionci · Exhibition and February seminar at Práctica X with Corbata.

    practicax.blogspot.com

  • 2011

    Joe Corbata · Exhibition and February seminar at Práctica X with Cionci.

    practicax.blogspot.com

Recorded on this day

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  1. Te quiero ver escopeta · Enrique Rodríguez · Roberto Flores · 1939
  2. El bulin de la calle Ayacucho · Tango Bardo · Osvaldo Peredo · 2018
  3. Desencanto · Enrique Santos Discepolo · Tania · 1937
  4. Pico blanco · Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · 1933
  5. Los piconeros · Enrique Rodríguez · Roberto Flores · 1939
  6. Qué me van a hablar de amor · Tango Bardo · Osvaldo Peredo · 2018

A word of tango

petitero

Upper-class, or following upper-class fashions (obsolete)

Hear it said · 15:48GABRIEL ANGIÓ Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

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