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On this day in tango

1 March

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Soy un arlequín

Carlos Di Sarli

Recorded 1 March 1929

On this day

  • 1938

    Ricardo Malerba · Debuts his own orchestra on Radio Belgrano, after earlier work at the Tabarís cabaret and Radio La Voz del Aire; stays at Belgrano more than twenty years.

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  • 1955

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

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  • 1926

    Rosita Quiroga · Makes Argentina's first electrical recordings for Victor, beginning with La musa mistonga.

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  • 1931

    † Died

    Juan Andrés Caruso · Dies.

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  • 1939

    ✶ Born

    Ruben Harymbat · Born on 1 March; he grows up in Pompeya.

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  1. Soy un arlequín · Carlos Di Sarli · 1929
  2. El criollito oriental · Pedro Laurenz · Alberto Podestá · 1944
  3. Tu corazón · Alfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante · 1955
  4. Al pie de tu reja · Roberto Firpo · Teófilo Ibáñez · 1928
  5. And I love her · Orquesta Romantica Milonguera · 2019
  6. Morena · Esteban Morgado · 2007
  7. Y sonó el despertador · Alberto Castillo · 1944
  8. Siempre es carnaval · Orquesta Típica Andariega · Marisol Martínez · 2021

A word of tango

laburante

Worker

Hear it said · 0:42Musical Calles de tango, Mario Morales entrevista por Elena Fernandez de Barcelona

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