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On this day in tango

10 March

Who was born and who died on this date, what happened, and what was recorded. Every line has its source.

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Surprise meA well-told page at random, the canon first

Record of the day

Cuando me entrés a fallar

Miguel Caló · Carlos Barbé

Recorded 10 March 1952

On this day

  • 1913

    ✶ Born

    Enrique Campos · Born Enrique Inocencio Troncone in Montevideo.

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  • 1911

    ✶ Born

    Jorge Omar · Born Juan Manuel Ormaechea in Buenos Aires; raised in Palermo.

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  • 1986

    † Died

    Teófilo Ibáñez · Dies.

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  • 1984

    † Died

    José Canet · Dies in Buenos Aires.

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  • 2022

    Gustavo Rosas · DJs on vinyl at the Milonga Federal, Centro Cultural Kirchner.

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  • 2023

    Eduardo Pareja · Dances 'Sencillo y compadre' with Magdalena Gutiérrez at the Parakultural, Salón Marabú, on 10 March.

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  • 2026

    Javier Rodríguez · Confirmed current partner Fátima Vitale: both tanGOTOistanbul (18th ed., 10-17 March) and the Gavito Tango Festival (Los Angeles, Oct) list them together.

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Recorded on this day

The canon's orchestras first; each plays a clip.

  1. Cuando me entrés a fallar · Miguel Caló · Carlos Barbé · 1952
  2. Pimienta · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1939
  3. La tapera · Edgardo Donato · Félix Gutiérrez · 1936
  4. Cancion del soltero · Enrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno · 1942
  5. Milonga criolla · Francisco Canaro · 1927
  6. Flor del campo · Francisco Lomuto · Charlo · 1928
  7. Saca chispas · Julio De Caro · Luis Díaz · 1938
  8. Arrabalero · Roberto Firpo · 1927

A word of tango

papirusa

A woman of loose or irregular life

Hear it said · 56:45LEOPOLDO FEDERICO Tengo una pregunta para vos (by Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles

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