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On this day in tango

21 August

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El estagiario

Juan D'Arienzo

Recorded 21 August 1970

On this day

  • 1939

    Enrique Campos · Appears in the Uruguayan film Radio Candelario, which opens at the Radio City cinema.

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  • 1986

    † Died

    Juan Carlos Casas · Dies.

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  • 1922

    ✶ Born

    Juan Carlos Godoy · Born Aníbal Llanos in Campana.

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  • 1898

    ✶ Born

    Raúl de los Hoyos · Born in Saladillo.

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  • 1961

    † Died

    José Giambuzzi · Dies.

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  • 2004

    Ivan Romero · Wins the Tango Escenario world title with Marcela Vespasiano at Estadio Obras.

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  • 2004

    Marcela Vespasiano · Wins the Tango Escenario world title with Iván Romero at Estadio Obras.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. El estagiario · Juan D'Arienzo · 1970
  2. Mal de amores · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1946
  3. Vida mía · Osvaldo Fresedo · Héctor Pacheco · 1952
  4. Quién tiene tu amor · Alfredo De Angelis · Juan Carlos Godoy · 1958
  5. La copla porteña · Francisco Canaro · Roberto Maida · 1935
  6. Bacán fulero · Roberto Firpo · 1929
  7. Remolino · Domingo Federico · Oscar Larroca · 1946
  8. Entre tu amor y mi amor · Héctor Varela · Armando Laborde · 1959

A word of tango

papirusa

A woman of loose or irregular life

Hear it said · 56:45LEOPOLDO FEDERICO Tengo una pregunta para vos (by Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles

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