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On this day in tango

17 August

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Agua mansa

Osvaldo Fresedo

Recorded 17 August 1927

On this day

  • 2015

    † Died

    Osvaldo Ramos · Dies in August.

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  • 1905

    ✶ Born

    Ada Falcón · Born (Ituzaingó partido per Wikipedia).

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  • 1979

    Beba Bidart · Opens her tango venue Taconeando in San Telmo.

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  • 2005

    Corina de la Rosa · Dances Siete palabras with Julio Balmaceda at the Parakultural, Salón Canning.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. Agua mansa · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1927
  2. Valsecito amigo · Francisco Canaro · Eduardo Adrian · 1943
  3. Si soy así · Francisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá · 1933
  4. Como pelea de novios · Francisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán · 1943
  5. En falsa escuadra · Francisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá · 1933
  6. Guitarra · Francisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán · 1943

A word of tango

milonguera

A woman hired to be asked to dance at milongas

Hear it said · 0:5770 años en el baile de tango social, entrevista y baile de Jorge Garcia de Buenos Aires 2011

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