The Cabeceo

We've caught your eye across the milonga. Like any good tango, this starts with consent — nothing optional runs until you say so.Cookies only with your yes. What we store. ·

Skip to content
Tangopedia
Search
Search for “”
Find recordings of “”
OrchestrasSingersSongs
Browse

People

  • Orchestras
  • Orchestras today
  • Singers
  • Composers and lyricists
  • Musicians
  • Dancers
  • Couples

Music

  • Songs A–Z
  • Every recording
  • TangoValsMilonga
  • Radio
  • Tango By Year
  • The cover wall
  • Record labels

Time

  • Years
  • Eras
  • Decades
  • On this day

Places

  • Buenos Aires
  • Cities
  • Milongas tonight
  • Where an orchestra is danced

Events

  • Festivals
  • The Mundial

Ideas

  • Charts and maps
  • Listening lessons
  • New to tango?
  • Glossary
  • The map
ExploreContributeSign in

On this day in tango

15 June

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

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

Record of the day

Don Juan

Juan D'Arienzo

Recorded 15 June 1948

On this day

  • 1916

    ✶ Born

    Horacio Salgan · Born in Buenos Aires near the Mercado del Abasto.

    www.todotango.com

  • 1938

    Francisco Amor · First recording with Francisco Canaro, Salud, salud.

    www.todotango.com

  • 1925

    Modesto Papavero · Writes Leguisamo solo for the revue En la raya lo esperamos at the Bataclán; Tita Merello premieres it.

    www.todotango.com

  • 1937

    ✶ Born

    Osvaldo Centeno · Born on 15 June; grows up in Mataderos.

    sites.google.com

Recorded on this day

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

  1. Don Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948
  2. Comme il faut · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955
  3. Suerte loca · Aníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino · 1942
  4. La cantina · Miguel Caló · Alberto Podestá · 1954
  5. Trasnochando · Ángel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas · 1942
  6. Café de Los Angelitos · Rodolfo Biagi · Alberto Amor · 1945
  7. Sueño azul · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1961
  8. Copa de silencio · Francisco Canaro · Alberto Arenas · 1956

A word of tango

bagayo

Baggage

Hear it said · 7:19CARLOS COPELLO Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

Open its glossary pageAll the glossaryen.wiktionary.org

T
Tangopedia

An open, sourced encyclopedia of tango, built from the recordings themselves. Every fact links its source.

Free to read, for everyone. A membership keeps it growing. See the plans

200,157 sourced facts

Explore

  • Explore
  • Random article
  • Years and decades
  • Places
  • Topics
  • The whole map
  • DJs
  • Bibliography
  • Source collections

Contribute

  • Suggest a fact
  • Your activity
  • Suggest a topic
  • Live edits
  • Report a mistake

About

  • How it works
  • How we know
  • For agents and programs
  • Open data & API

Browse

People

  • Orchestras
  • Orchestras today
  • Singers
  • Composers and lyricists
  • Musicians
  • Dancers
  • Couples

Music

  • Songs A–Z
  • Every recording
  • TangoValsMilonga
  • Radio
  • Tango By Year
  • The cover wall
  • Record labels

Time

  • Years
  • Eras
  • Decades
  • On this day

Places

  • Buenos Aires
  • Cities
  • Milongas tonight
  • Where an orchestra is danced

Events

  • Festivals
  • The Mundial

Ideas

  • Charts and maps
  • Listening lessons
  • New to tango?
  • Glossary
  • The map

Our sites

  • TangoTube
  • TangoCloud

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
© 2026 Tangopedia
EnglishEspañol
Every fact links its source