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On this day in tango

6 July

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Baldosa floja

Juan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez, Mario Bustos

Recorded 6 July 1958

On this day

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    ✶ Born

    Charlo · Born.

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  • 1906

    ✶ Born

    Osvaldo Sosa Cordero · Born in Concepción, Corrientes; moves to Buenos Aires as a child.

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  • 1981

    ✶ Born

    Geraldine Rojas · Born.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. Baldosa floja · Juan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez, Mario Bustos · 1958
  2. El día de tu ausencia · Osvaldo Pugliese · Roberto Chanel · 1944
  3. Algún día volverás · Osvaldo Fresedo · Héctor Pacheco · 1955
  4. Tiempos bravos · Edgardo Donato · 1938
  5. Cara sucia · Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida · 1937
  6. Porque sos asi · Francisco Lomuto · 1927
  7. De mi barrio · Típica Victor · 1927
  8. Aquel tapado de armiño · Francisco Rotundo · Floreal Ruiz · 1950

A word of tango

metejón

Passionate, obsessive love, especially fleeting

Hear it said · 51:45HORACIO FERRER Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

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