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On this day in tango

3 June

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

Racing Club

Carlos Di Sarli

Recorded 3 June 1930

On this day

  • 1955

    Jorge Ledesma · Last Mancione recording, Un cielo para los dos; joins Alfredo Calabró late in the year.

    www.todotango.com

  • 2014

    † Died

    Virginia Luque · Dies.

    www.todotango.com

  • 1916

    ✶ Born

    Domingo Federico · Born in Palermo Viejo, Buenos Aires.

    4 June 1916 · www.todotango.com

  • 2002

    Maria de la Fuente · Sings at the Salón Dorado of the Casa de la Cultura.

    2 June 2002 · www.todotango.com

  • 1889

    ✶ Born

    Abel Bedrune · Born in Buenos Aires.

    4 June 1889 · es.wikipedia.org

  • 1898

    ✶ Born

    Aniceto Rossi · Born in Sarandí, Buenos Aires province.

    4 June 1898 · www.todotango.com

  • 1912

    ✶ Born

    Benjamín Holgado Barrio · Born.

    2 June 1912 · www.wikidata.org

  • 1914

    ✶ Born

    Wenceslao Cinosi · Born in Buenos Aires.

    4 June 1914 · www.wikidata.org

  • 1921

    Guillermo Barbieri · First documented show accompanying the Gardel-Razzano duo, in Junín.

    2 June 1921 · www.todotango.com

  • 1933

    ✶ Born

    Horacio Ferrer · Born in Montevideo.

    2 June 1933 · www.todotango.com

  • 1969

    Ruben Juarez · Records Para vos canilla for Odeon, his first record, after his start at Caño 14.

    2 June 1969 · www.todotango.com

  • 1980

    † Died

    Francisco Brancatti · Dies.

    4 June 1980 · www.todotango.com

  • 1983

    † Died

    Luis Riccardi · Dies in Buenos Aires.

    4 June 1983 · www.todotango.com

  • 1997

    † Died

    Ángel Cabral · Dies.

    4 June 1997 · www.todotango.com

  • 2000

    † Died

    Rodolfo Cieri · Dies on 4 June.

    4 June 2000 · www.todotango.com

  • 2007

    † Died

    Gerardo Portalea · Dies on 2 June, aged 78.

    2 June 2007 · buenosaireshistoria.org

Recorded on this day

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

  1. Racing Club · Carlos Di Sarli · 1930
  2. Tengo calle · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1980
  3. La cumparsita · Alfredo De Angelis · Nestor Rodi · 1944
  4. Amor de payaso · Francisco Canaro · Charlo · 1931
  5. La maleva · Roberto Firpo · 1927
  6. Che papusa oí · Armando Pontier · Julio Sosa · 1958
  7. Un cielo para los dos · Alberto Mancione · Jorge Ledesma, Héctor Alvarado · 1955
  8. Organito de la tarde · Florindo Sassone · 1968

A word of tango

peringundín

A dance of Genoese immigrants in La Boca, Buenos Aires, in the 19th century

Hear it said · 15:10Programa 4 con la entrevista a Andrés "Tanguito" Cejas

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