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On this day in tango

11 March

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Corazón no le hagas caso

Aníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino

Recorded 11 March 1943

On this day

  • 1980

    † Died

    Julio De Caro · Dies in Mar del Plata; buried at Chacarita.

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  • 1921

    ✶ Born

    Astor Piazzolla · Born in Mar del Plata.

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  • 1889

    ✶ Born

    Rafael Tuegols · Born in Buenos Aires.

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  • 1898

    ✶ Born

    Fausto Frontera · Born.

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  • 1905

    ✶ Born

    Virgilio San Clemente · Born in Buenos Aires.

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  • 1921

    ✶ Born

    Astor Piazzola · Born in Mar del Plata.

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  • 1929

    ✶ Born

    Ubaldo De Lío · Born in Boedo, Buenos Aires.

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  • 1966

    † Died

    Julio Navarrine · Dies.

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  • 2008

    Damian Rosenthal · Desafío at Practica X with Céline Ruiz, against Horacio Godoy and Cecilia García.

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Recorded on this day

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

  1. Corazón no le hagas caso · Aníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino · 1943
  2. Cara negra · Edgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos · 1942
  3. Se acabaron los otarios · Francisco Canaro · Agustin Irusta · 1927
  4. Miguelito · Roberto Firpo · 1929
  5. Dolores · Donato-Zerrillo · 1930
  6. Margarita Gauthier · Aníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino · 1943
  7. Mishiadura · Edgardo Donato · 1942
  8. Tiempos viejos · Francisco Canaro · Alberto Arenas · 1953

A word of tango

patota

A gang with antisocial or criminal behaviour, especially of urban youths

Hear it said · 17:50VANINA BILOUS Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

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