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On this day in tango

28 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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Los treinta y tres orientales

Carlos Di Sarli

Recorded 28 June 1955

On this day

  • 1982

    † Died

    Raúl Berón · Dies.

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  • 1892

    ✶ Born

    Eduardo Bianco · Born in Rosario.

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  • 1913

    ✶ Born

    Roberto Grela · Born in San Telmo, Buenos Aires.

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  • 1936

    ABEL AZNAR · Nelly Omar premieres his first tango, Igual te quiero, on the radio.

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  • 1984

    Roberto Di Filippo · On Canal 7 Piazzolla names him the greatest bandoneonist in Argentina.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. Los treinta y tres orientales · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955
  2. Cotorrita de la suerte · Aníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino · 1945
  3. Copacabana · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1985
  4. Como dos extraños · Pedro Laurenz · Juan Carlos Casas · 1940
  5. Cantando se van las penas · Rodolfo Biagi · Jorge Ortiz · 1940
  6. Aromas · Osvaldo Fresedo · Oscar Serpa · 1943
  7. Pregonera · Edgardo Donato · Alberto Podestá · 1945
  8. El chañar · Alfredo De Angelis · 1946

A word of tango

farra

Spree, a party with some abandon

Hear it said · 19:2512 NOTAS Canal 12 ENTREVISTA Completa Georgina Vargas

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