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On this day in tango

19 September

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Surprise meA well-told page at random, the canon first

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Cuando mi barrio se duerme

Francisco Canaro · Charlo

Recorded 19 September 1928

On this day

  • 1957

    Maria de la Fuente · Records Tata llevame pa'l centro with Francisco Rotundo for Odeon.

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  • 1941

    † Died

    Enrique Saborido · Dies at the War Ministry offices in Buenos Aires.

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  • 1986

    † Died

    Osvaldo Sosa Cordero · Dies in Buenos Aires.

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  • 2008

    † Died

    Omar Vega · Dies.

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  • 2008

    † Died

    Omar Vega Boston · Dies in a Buenos Aires hospital, aged 49.

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Recorded on this day

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  1. Cuando mi barrio se duerme · Francisco Canaro · Charlo · 1928
  2. Atenti pebeta · Típica Victor · Roberto Diaz · 1929
  3. Flores negras · Julio De Caro · 1952
  4. Irupe · Roberto Firpo · 1929
  5. Tata llevame p'al centro · Francisco Rotundo · Maria de la Fuente · 1957
  6. A tres bandas · Héctor Varela · 1952
  7. Frente al espejo · Roberto Caló · Tito Reyes · 1957
  8. El flete · Orquesta Típica Porteña · 1930

A word of tango

gil

Naive, easily fooled

Hear it said · 11:58HORACIO FERRER Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

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