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On this day in tango

7 August

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

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Dónde estás

Osvaldo Pugliese · Jorge Maciel

Recorded 7 August 1959

On this day

  • 1945

    Roberto Arrieta · First recordings with Miguel Caló: Quedó en venir a las nueve and Cimarrón de ausencia.

    www.todotango.com

  • 1940

    ✶ Born

    Nelson Ávila · Born in Chivilcoy on 7 August.

    es.wikipedia.org

  • 1958

    ✶ Born

    Miguel Angel Zotto · Born on 7 August in Vicente López; raised in Villa Ballester.

    es.wikipedia.org

  • 1994

    † Died

    José Dames · Dies.

    www.todotango.com

  • 2012

    Virginia Pandolfi · Opens the seventh Desafíos Maestros at Práctica X with Javier Rodríguez.

    practicax.blogspot.com

Recorded on this day

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

  1. Dónde estás · Osvaldo Pugliese · Jorge Maciel · 1959
  2. Quedó en venir a las nueve · Miguel Caló · Roberto Arrieta · 1945
  3. A quién le puede importar · Ángel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas · 1945
  4. Esta noche al pasar · Pedro Laurenz · Jorge Linares · 1944
  5. Venus · Rodolfo Biagi · 1961
  6. De segunda mano · Osvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray · 1935
  7. Tic tac · Enrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno · 1941
  8. Mina · Francisco Canaro · 1928

A word of tango

cotorro

Flat or room used for clandestine love meetings

Hear it said · 18:3612 NOTAS Canal 12 ENTREVISTA Completa Georgina Vargas

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