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Tango in 1986

In 1986 the singer, guitarist and composer Edmundo Rivero died in Buenos Aires [1], and the City of Buenos Aires declared Osvaldo Pugliese an Illustrious Citizen [3]. The year also saw new recordings by Pugliese, Roberto Goyeneche, José Basso and Mariano Mores [2][4][5], and in Paris a Sunday milonga led by Carmen Aguiar began [6].

Key facts

Key facts

Death of Edmundo Rivero
18 January 1986, Buenos Aires, aged 74[1]
Civic honour
Osvaldo Pugliese declared Ciudadano Ilustre of Buenos Aires[3]
Mariano Mores LP
Ok Míster Tango, with Vikki Carr, CBS[2]
Goyeneche album
El poeta y el cantor, with Enrique Cadícamo[4]
Paris milonga
Sunday milonga at Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires led by Carmen Aguiar from 1986[6]

Timeline

  1. Jan 18, 1986

    Edmundo Rivero dies in Buenos Aires at 10:35, aged 74, after three weeks at the Sanatorio Güemes[1]

  2. Apr 21, 1986

    Osvaldo Pugliese with Adrián Guida records 'Vieja amiga'[5]

  3. Aug 23, 1986

    Osvaldo Pugliese with Adrián Guida records 'Hermosa japonesita'[5]

  4. Nov 10, 1986

    Osvaldo Pugliese records 'Ensayando'[5]

  5. 1986

    City of Buenos Aires declares Osvaldo Pugliese a Ciudadano Ilustre[3]

  6. 1986

    Mariano Mores records the LP Ok Míster Tango with Vikki Carr for CBS and tours the United States[2]

  7. 1986

    Roberto Goyeneche and Enrique Cadícamo's album El poeta y el cantor[4]

  8. 1986

    Carmen Aguiar begins leading a Sunday milonga at Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires, Paris[6]

Disputed

Spelling of the name of the singer on Mariano Mores's 1986 LP Ok Míster Tango

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The available sources record a small number of events for tango in 1986. They concern the death of a singer, a civic honour for a bandleader, new recordings, and a social dance venue in Europe [1][3][5][6].

In Buenos Aires, Leonel Edmundo Rivero died on 18 January 1986 [1]. He was an Argentine tango singer, guitarist and composer born in Valentín Alsina on 8 June 1911 [1]. In the same year the City of Buenos Aires declared Osvaldo Pugliese a Ciudadano Ilustre (Illustrious Citizen) [3].

Recordings dated to 1986 include an album by Roberto Goyeneche with the poet Enrique Cadícamo [4]. Mariano Mores recorded an LP with the singer Vikki Carr for CBS [2]. A discography lists 1986 sides by Osvaldo Pugliese, José Basso, and Juanjo Domínguez with Goyeneche [5].

Outside Argentina, a Sunday milonga at Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires in Paris was led by the Uruguayan dancer Carmen Aguiar from 1986 [6].

Deaths

Leonel Edmundo Rivero was born in Valentín Alsina on 8 June 1911 and died in Buenos Aires on 18 January 1986 [1]. His source describes him as an Argentine tango singer, guitarist and composer [1].

On 24 December 1985 Rivero suffered a cardiomyopathy [1]. He was admitted to the Sanatorio Güemes and stayed there for three weeks [1]. He died at the age of 74 on 18 January 1986 at 10:35 [1].

Honours

In 1986 the City of Buenos Aires declared Osvaldo Pugliese a Ciudadano Ilustre (Illustrious Citizen) [3]. The source names Buenos Aires as his city [3].

Recordings

Mariano Mores recorded a four-track EP in Mexico in 1972 [2]. In 1977 he recorded the LP Enteramente Argentina for the Microfón label [2]. His next album, according to his source, came only in 1986 [2].

In 1986 Mores recorded the LP Ok Míster Tango for the CBS label [2]. He made it with Vikki Carr, an American singer of Latin origin [2]. He then toured the United States with the show [2]. The source spells the singer's name both as Vikki Carr and as Vicky Carr, so the spelling of her name differs within the material [2].

Roberto Goyeneche released El poeta y el cantor in 1986 [4]. The album documents a meeting between Goyeneche and the poet Enrique Cadícamo [4]. Together they chose songs by Cadícamo from different periods, and Goyeneche sang them [4].

A discography lists the following 1986 recordings, with the dates it gives [5]: - 'Afiches' (tango), Juanjo Domínguez with Roberto Goyeneche, 1986 [5] - 'Amigos que yo quiero' (tango), José Basso, 1986 [5] - 'Vieja amiga' (tango), Osvaldo Pugliese with Adrián Guida, 21 April 1986 [5] - 'Hermosa japonesita' (genre not stated), Osvaldo Pugliese with Adrián Guida, 23 August 1986 [5] - 'Ensayando' (tango), Osvaldo Pugliese, 10 November 1986 [5]

These dates are recording dates for the versions listed. They are not dates of composition or first performance [5].

Dance notes

In Paris, Les Trottoirs de Buenos Aires held a milonga on Sundays [6]. From 1986 it was led by Carmen Aguiar, whom the source describes as a Uruguayan dancer [6].

What we don't know yet

  • The dossier dates no Buenos Aires milonga openings to 1986; the revival venues it mentions (Almagro, Canning, Niño Bien, La Viruta) are mostly post-1990 or undated.
  • Coverage of tango in Finland and Japan in the 1980s is incomplete, and the dossier gives no 1986 facts for either country.
  • LP titles and labels have not been checked against independent discographies.
  • The dossier has no documented facts on dictatorship-era blacklists or their aftermath.
  • The genre of 'Hermosa japonesita' is not given.
  • The dossier gives no composition or first-performance years for the 1986 recordings listed; the dates are recording dates only.
  • No exact dates are given for the Pugliese honour, the Mores LP and US tour, the Goyeneche–Cadícamo album, or the start of the Paris milonga.
  • The dossier has no material on dance styles, orchestral activity or other 1986 events beyond those listed.

References

How Tangopedia works

  1. Edmundo Rivero · es.wikipedia.org“Leonel Edmundo Rivero (Valentín Alsina, 8 de junio de 1911-Buenos Aires, 18 de enero de 1986) fue un cantor, guitarrista y compositor argentino de tango.”
  2. Mariano Mores · es.wikipedia.org“En 1972 grabó un disco EP de cuatro temas en México, en 1977 el LP Enteramente Argentina para el sello Microfón y habría luego que”
  3. Osvaldo Pugliese · es.wikipedia.org“En tanto su ciudad, la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, lo declaró Ciudadano Ilustre en 1986.”
  4. Roberto Goyeneche · es.wikipedia.org“El poeta y el cantor (1986), registro de un encuentro entre Goyeneche y Enrique Cadícamo, en el que ambos van seleccionando temas del poeta, cantadas”
  5. tango.info · tango.info“Afiches | T0370394005 | tango | Juanjo Domínguez | Roberto Goyeneche | spa | 1986 | 02:49 | 1 | info”
  6. www.culture.gouv.fr · culture.gouv.fr“une milonga les dimanches, animée par la danseuse uruguayenne Carmen Aguiar à partir de 1986”
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