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On this day in tango

11 September

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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No me extraña

Juan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez

Recorded 11 September 1958

On this day

  • 1955

    † Died

    Francisco Fiorentino · Dies when the car carrying him back from the dance overturns on a bridge over the Tunuyán river.

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  • 1926

    ✶ Born

    Armando Garrido · Born.

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  • 1901

    ✶ Born

    Principe Azul · Born Herberto Emiliano de Costa in Buenos Aires.

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  • 1891

    ✶ Born

    Augusto Gentile · Born in Roma.

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  • 1921

    ✶ Born

    Héctor Arbelo · Born in Gerli.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. No me extraña · Juan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez · 1958
  2. A Pedro Maffia · Aníbal Troilo · 1968
  3. Chorra · Osvaldo Fresedo · Antonio Buglione · 1928
  4. El acomodo · Edgardo Donato · 1933
  5. Diarios, revistas... señor · Enrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno · 1942
  6. Rendido · Alfredo De Angelis · Julio Martel · 1945
  7. Abandonada · Francisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá · 1939
  8. Criolla linda · Julio De Caro · 1950

A word of tango

chabón

Dude, guy

Hear it said · 33:04Entrevista Javier Rodriguez - ¡Que noche tan clara!, Veladas Tangueras

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