Tango in 1912

Juan Maglio — 8 recordings1912[1]

Florindo Sassone: Born Pedro Florindo Sassone in Liniers.[2]

Vicente Demarco: Born in Buenos Aires.[3]

Alfredo Gobbi: Born in Paris while his parents, the duo Los Gobbi, are working in Europe.[4]

Benjamín Holgado Barrio is born.[5]

Enrique Munné: Born in Rosario.[6]

Mauricio Mise: Born in Once, Buenos Aires, son and grandson of violinists.[7]

Mario Soto: Born in La Plata.[8]

Jorge Ortiz: Born Juan Edelmiro Alessio in San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires.[9]

Juan Carlos Howard: Born in San Isidro.[10]

Lalo Scalise: Born in Buenos Aires.[11]

Hugo del Carril: Born in Flores, Buenos Aires.[12]

Roberto Ray: Born Roberto Raimondo in Buenos Aires; he is linked to the barrio of San Cristóbal.[13]

Enrique Maroni: His first play, Los bohemios de Bragado, is staged in his home town by César Ratti's company.[14]

Emilio Fresedo plays violin in a trio with his brother Osvaldo and the guitarist Martín Barreto.[15]

Rafael Rossi comes to Buenos Aires to work as a painter and studies at José De Caro's conservatory until 1914.[16]

ALFREDO NAVARRINE begins in the carnival troupe La sombra del pajonal; meets Gardel in San Cristóbal.[17]

Samuel Linnig joins the magazine Nosotros as critic and poet.[18]

Anselmo Aieta writes his first tango, La primera sin tocar.[19]

Enrique Delfino works in Montevideo at the cine Defensa and the cafés Victoria and Au Bon Marché.[20]

Agustín Bardi writes his first tango, Vicentito, while playing violin in a trio with Genaro Espósito and José Camarano.[21]

A. Bardi writes Vicentito, his first tango, dedicated to Vicente Greco.[21]

Esposito Genaro records for Victor as the Orquesta Típica Genaro Espósito; first side Ya vengo.[22]

Ignacio Corsini sings in José Podestá's company; first records for Victor.[23]

Carlos Gardel makes his first records for Casa Tagini on the Columbia label, a repertoire of folk songs rather than tangos.[24]

Eduardo Arolas forms a quartet with Tito Roccatagliata, José Gregorio Astudillo and Emilio Fernández.[25]

Carlos Hernani Macchi joins Juan Maglio at Café La Paloma; the quartet records for Columbia.[26]

Graciano de Leone plays the Café La Buseca in Avellaneda; writes his first tango, Q.E.P.D.[27]

Juan Maglio: Back at La Paloma, signs with Columbia and records as the Orquesta Típica Criolla Juan Maglio Pacho.[28]

Augusto Berto forms a trio with Francisco Canaro and Domingo Salerno.[29]

Avenida de Mayo — Avenida de Mayo y el tango: a centre of cafés, theatres and associations. Carlos Gardel signed his first record contract at the Casa Tagini in1912[30]

Guardia Vieja — Paris: the first European tango craze took place in Paris, soon followed by London, Berlin, and other capitals.1912[31][32][33][34]

Confitería Ideal — The Confitería Ideal, at Suipacha 384, has run since 1912 in its original two-storey building and was founded that year by the Galician immigrant Manuel1912[35]

Café de los Angelitos — From 1912 until the early 1930s Carlos Gardel and José Razzano kept the table of their 'barra' at the Café de los Angelitos1912[36]

Buenos Aires — Sáenz Peña Law: Secret and compulsory male suffrage.1912[37]

Juan Carlos Herrera — From 1912 the Hotel Bristol in Mar del Plata hired him for the summer seasons1912[40]

La Lora — In 1912 he had his first academy at the Café Koma, on Charcas and Talcahuano1912[41]

El Negro Pavura — Around 1912 or 1913 he began practising at a dance academy belonging to El Cachafaz, on the corner of Blandengues and Echeverría1912[42]

Copenhagen — Copenhagen: the Palads cinema, in the former central railway station on Axeltorv, opened on 18 October 1912 with 1,780 seats and a 30-man orchestra, Scandinavia'sOct 18, 1912[55]

Petróleo — Born.1912[38]

Florindo Sassone — Born.Jan 12, 1912[44][45]

Oscar Ugarte — Born.Apr 3, 1912[46]

Alfredo Gobbi — Born.May 14, 1912[47][48]

Graciano Gómez — Born.May 31, 1912[49]

Alberto Nery — Born.Aug 8, 1912[50]

Jorge Ortiz — Born.Sep 18, 1912[51][52]

Juan Alessio — Born.Sep 18, 1912[53]

Roberto Garza — Born.Oct 8, 1912[54]

Alfredo De Angelis — Born.Nov 2, 1912[56]

Federico Scorticati — Born.Nov 6, 1912[57]

Hugo del Carril — Born.Nov 30, 1912[58]

Roberto Ray — Born.Dec 21, 1912[59][60]

Bernabé Simarra — He won the professional contests at the Femina theatre in 1912 and the Folie Magic in 1913, both in Paris1912[39]

Guardia Vieja — Occurred at Café de los Angelitos.1912[36][43]