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On this day in tango

8 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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Estampa de varón

Juan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe

Recorded 8 August 1938

On this day

  • 1971

    † Died

    Roberto Fugazot · Dies in Buenos Aires.

    www.todotango.com

  • 1899

    ✶ Born

    José César Barros · Born in Buenos Aires.

    www.wikidata.org

  • 1906

    ✶ Born

    Lucio Demare · Born in Buenos Aires, near the Abasto market; his father, a violinist, becomes his first teacher.

    9 August 1906 · es.wikipedia.org

  • 1956

    Jorge Vidal · Lead role in El tango en París, premiered at Cine Suipacha.

    9 August 1956 · www.todotango.com

  • 1945

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

    7 August 1945 · www.todotango.com

  • 1941

    Francisco Amor · Premieres En esta tarde gris.

    9 August 1941 · www.todotango.com

  • 1924

    ✶ Born

    Oscar Ferrari · Born Oscar Samuel Rodríguez de Mendoza in Buenos Aires, on the edge of Balvanera and San Cristóbal.

    9 August 1924 · www.todotango.com

  • 1940

    ✶ Born

    Nelson Ávila · Born in Chivilcoy on 7 August.

    7 August 1940 · es.wikipedia.org

  • 1958

    ✶ Born

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

    7 August 1958 · es.wikipedia.org

  • 1994

    † Died

    José Dames · Dies.

    7 August 1994 · www.todotango.com

  • 2012

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

    7 August 2012 · practicax.blogspot.com

Recorded on this day

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

  1. Estampa de varón · Juan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe · 1938
  2. La última curda · Aníbal Troilo · Edmundo Rivero · 1956
  3. La última cita · Ángel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas · 1944
  4. Levantate y anda · Edgardo Donato · Oscar Peralta · 1957
  5. Angélica · Alfredo De Angelis · Juan Carlos Godoy · 1961
  6. Aquí me pongo a cantar · Francisco Lomuto · Alberto Rivera · 1945
  7. Mala · Típica Victor · 1927
  8. El chamuyo · Domingo Federico · 1968

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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