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On this day in tango

17 September

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Dios te salve m'hijo

Juan D'Arienzo · Armando Laborde

Recorded 17 September 1947

On this day

  • 1924

    ✶ Born

    Jorge Caldara · Born in the Abasto, Buenos Aires.

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  • 1920

    ✶ Born

    Jorge Maciel · Born Carlos Pellegrini in La Boca.

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  • 1978

    † Died

    Roberto Arrieta · Dies in Buenos Aires.

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  • 1956

    Guillermo Rico · Records again with Canaro, including Meditación maleva.

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  • 1951

    Mario Bustos · First recording with Eduardo Del Piano, Margot; seasons at the confitería Adlón on Florida.

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  • 1951

    Héctor de Rosas · First recording with Eduardo Del Piano, No me pregunten por qué.

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  • 1911

    ✶ Born

    Víctor Felice · Born in Buenos Aires.

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  • 1996

    Cacho Dante · Writes 'A Brief Definition of a Milonguero' in Amsterdam, 17 September.

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  • 2022

    Cyntia Palacios · Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango de Pista, from a final of 40 couples.

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  • 2022

    Constanza Vieyto · Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango Escenario, with Ricardo Astrada.

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  • 2022

    Ricardo Astrada · Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango Escenario, with Constanza Vieyto.

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  • 2022

    Sebastian Bolivar · Wins the Mundial de Tango, Tango de Pista, from a final of 40 couples.

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  • 2025

    Sexteto Fantasma · Thirteenth-anniversary concert at the CCK's Sala Argentina on 17 September.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. Dios te salve m'hijo · Juan D'Arienzo · Armando Laborde · 1947
  2. Cuando rondan los recuerdos · Miguel Caló · Raúl Ledesma · 1958
  3. Perdóname señor · Ricardo Tanturi · Horacio Roca · 1957
  4. Niebla del Riachuelo · Osvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray · 1937
  5. Cartón ligador · Edgardo Donato · 1951
  6. La calesita · Francisco Canaro · Juan Carlos Rolon · 1956
  7. Callejera · Francisco Lomuto · Charlo · 1929
  8. Boedo · Julio De Caro · 1952

A word of tango

cotorro

Flat or room used for clandestine love meetings

Hear it said · 18:3612 NOTAS Canal 12 ENTREVISTA Completa Georgina Vargas

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