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On this day in tango

18 August

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A Homero

Aníbal Troilo · Roberto Goyeneche

Recorded 18 August 1961

On this day

  • 1939

    Julio Martel · Billed under his real name as a singer with guitars at the Teatro Magazine.

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  • 1908

    ✶ Born

    Ernesto Famá · Born in San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires, near the Spinetto market.

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  • 1944

    Juan Sanchez Gorio · First RCA Victor recording, his tango Oriente and the vals Claveles mendocinos, both sung by Mendoza.

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  • 1958

    † Died

    Antonio Polito · Dies.

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  • 1965

    ✶ Born

    Guillermina Quiroga · Born in La Plata on 18 August.

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  • 1972

    ✶ Born

    El Chino Laborde · Born; grows up in Avellaneda.

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  • 1972

    ✶ Born

    Walter Laborde · Born.

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  • 2019

    Ernesto Franco · 90th-birthday concert at the Usina del Arte.

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  • 2023

    † Died

    Chico Novarro · Dies.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. A Homero · Aníbal Troilo · Roberto Goyeneche · 1961
  2. Divagando · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1939
  3. Entre tu amor y mi amor · Alfredo De Angelis · Juan Carlos Godoy · 1959
  4. Aunque no lo crean · Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida · 1935
  5. Bandoneón arrabalero · Francisco Rotundo · Floreal Ruiz · 1950
  6. Gardenias · Orquesta Simbolo Osmar Maderna · Adolfo Rivas, Ruth Durante · 1959
  7. La brisa · Juan Canaro · Andrés Falgás · 1938
  8. Nocturna · Aníbal Troilo · 1961

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