Year
Tango in 1922
Nearest years with music:1920 (64 recordings)1923 (13 recordings)
Our catalogue holds 3 recordings from 1922. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (3 recordings).
That year
Francisco Lomuto: active 1922–1950.
Francisco Lomuto: Led Francisco Lomuto.
Roberto Rufino: Born at Agüero 753 in the Abasto; his birth certificate records 8 January, the day he was registered.
Alberto Morán: Born Remo Andrea Domenico Recagno in Strevi, Piedmont, Italy.
Armando Laborde: Born José Atilio Dattoli in Palermo; his papers say the 30th because his father registered him late.
Juan Carlos Cobian: Composed “Los mareados” (1922).
Ignacio Corsini premieres Patotero sentimental in the sainete El bailarín del cabaret.
Oscar Larroca: Born Oscar Antonio Moretta in Almagro.
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What was playing?
The records of 1922
One record per orchestra, in the order tango remembers them, each its most danced take that plays. The bar shows how much dancers still use it in the videos we index.
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
A day for any of the year's recordings.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings1
Francisco Canaro — 3 recordings1922
Single sourceWhat happened56
Roberto Rufino: Born at Agüero 753 in the Abasto; his birth certificate records 8 January, the day he was registered.
Single sourceAlberto Morán: Born Remo Andrea Domenico Recagno in Strevi, Piedmont, Italy.
Single sourceArmando Laborde: Born José Atilio Dattoli in Palermo; his papers say the 30th because his father registered him late.
Single sourceJuan Carlos Cobian: Composed “Los mareados” (1922).
Supported · 2Ignacio Corsini premieres Patotero sentimental in the sainete El bailarín del cabaret.
Single sourceOscar Larroca: Born Oscar Antonio Moretta in Almagro.
Single sourceMiguel Montero: Born Miguel Ángel Montero in San Miguel de Tucumán.
Single sourceAníbal Arias: Born in Villa Devoto, Buenos Aires.
Single sourceJuan Carlos Godoy: Born Aníbal Llanos in Campana.
Single sourceSamuel Linnig: Manolita Poli introduces Melenita de oro in his sainete Milonguita.
Single sourceCarlos Vicente Geroni Flores: Melenita de oro is premiered on 25 August by Manolita Poli.
Single sourceOsvaldo Ruggiero: Born in Buenos Aires; grows up in Villa Pueyrredón.
Single sourceManolo Fernández is born.
Single sourceMario Battistella debuts as a theatre author with the revue Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si, written with Francisco Bohigas, at the Teatro Variedades, where he meets Gardel.
Single sourceTito Roccatagliata: Composed “Elegante papirusa” (1922).
Single sourceManuel Jovés: Composed “Patotero sentimental” (1922).
Supported · 2Lucio Demare plays piano in Nicolás Verona's jazz band at the Real Cine on Esmeralda street.
Single sourceCharlo: His family moves to Buenos Aires, where his singing career begins.
Single sourceNelly Omar: After her father's death the family moves to the city of Buenos Aires.
Single sourceHomero Manzi writes his first surviving song, the vals ¿Por qué no me besas?, to music by Francisco Caso; Ignacio Corsini records it.
Single sourceCarlos Pesce: The vals Francia, with Octavio Barbero's music, appears.
Single sourceJosé De Grandis plays briefly in Luis Petrucelli's orchestra at the Casino Pigall.
Single sourceMaría Luisa Carnelli publishes her first book of poems, Versos de mujer.
Single sourceAlejandro Scarpino forms the orchestra La Unión with Guillermo Césari.
Single sourceJosé Bohr writes Allá en el sur with Eugenio Cárdenas.
Single sourceEduardo Bianco writes Razón quinta in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceJosé María Aguilar records in a duo with Mario Pardo; the pair had debuted at the Teatro Empire.
Single sourceAzucena Maizani: Chorus member at the Teatro Apolo.
Single sourceRoberto Díaz: First Victor recordings with the Vega-Díaz duo.
Single sourcePedro Laurenz plays with Roberto Goyeneche's orchestra at the opening of Radio Cultura, where his first tango 'El rebelde' is premiered.
Single sourcePedro Maffia joins Juan Carlos Cobián's sextet alongside Julio De Caro.
Single sourceElvino Vardaro: Recruited by Juan Maglio from a silent-film cinema; tours the interior with his orchestra.
Single sourceManuel Romero: El bailarín del cabaret runs all season at the Teatro Apolo with César Ratti's company; Ignacio Corsini introduces Patotero sentimental in it.
Single sourceAntonio Sureda: The Trío del Plata is hired by Federico del Ponte for the new Radio Cultura.
Single sourceLuis Petrucelli forms his first orchestra, with Pedro Maffia; plays the Casino Pigall.
Single sourceRoberto Zerrillo plays the summer season in Mar del Plata with Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra at the Ocean Club.
Single sourceAntonio Buglione plays in José Martínez's orchestra at the Teatro Politeama.
Single sourceFrancisco Lomuto: First recordings in a piano duo with Héctor Quesada; leads a sextet aboard the liner Cap Polonio.
Single sourceEnrique Maroni writes the zamba La salteñita, recorded by Gardel and Razzano.
Single sourceAntonio Scatasso returns to El Parque with a quartet including Fidel Del Negro and Luis Bernstein.
Single sourceALFREDO NAVARRINE tours Chile with Los de la Raza, writing Galleguita there, then Spain and Morocco in 1923.
Single sourcePedro Numa Córdoba writes Pobre corazoncito with Vicente Greco.
Single sourceEduardo Pereyra returns and becomes a musical adviser to Victor.
Single sourceVíctor Soliño writes his first tango, No quiero; the Troupe Ateniense forms around this time.
Single sourceManuel Pizarro plays aboard the Massilia for Marcelo T. de Alvear's return to Argentina, then Francisco Lomuto's Cap Polonio cruises.
Single sourceEmilio Fresedo writes Sollozos, recorded by Rosita Quiroga the next year.
Single sourcePeregrino Paulos: Roberto Firpo records the tango as Inspiración.
Single sourceTeófilo Lespés: The duo records for Victor, through 1923.
Single sourceOsvaldo Fresedo plays at the Abdullah Club, in the basement of the Galería Güemes on Florida, and in Mar del Plata.
Single sourceJuan Canaro forms his first own group at carnival, later a new one for the Casino Pigall.
Single sourceRafael Tuegols writes Lo que fuiste with García Jiménez.
Single sourceLuis Teisseire writes the words of Juan de Dios Filiberto's De mil amores.
Single sourceSalvador Merico begins leading the orchestra of the Teatro Nacional, until 1932.
Single sourceFRANCISCO PRACÁNICO writes Madre.
Single sourceEduardo Arolas sails to France.
Single sourceEsposito Genaro leads his own Orchestre Argentin in Paris after Pizarro leaves.
Single sourceNotes6
Francisco Lomuto — active 1922–19501922
Single sourceGuardia Nueva — England: the English codified their own, standardised version of tango for dance schools and competitions in 1922, called English style and later International style1922
Supported · 2Milonga (music) — Its first recording was Un bailongo (1922), composed and written by the Afro-Argentine José Ricardo1922
Single sourceSobre el pucho — Sobre el pucho is premiered in 1922 and recorded by Carlos Gardel the following year.1922
Single sourceLos mareados — Los mareados is introduced in the play Los dopados, premiered on 4 May 1922 at the Teatro Porteño.May 4, 1922
Single sourceBuenos Aires — Alvear takes office: Radical president during the golden age of tango.Oct 12, 1922
Single sourceOrchestras led2
Francisco Lomuto — Led Francisco Lomuto.1922
Single sourceFrancisco Lomuto — Led Francisco Lomuto.1922
Single sourcePublished8
Patotero sentimental — 1922
Single sourceLa provinciana — 1922
Single sourcePobre corazoncito — 1922
Single sourceSollozos — 1922
Single sourceMadre — 1922
Single sourceLo que fuiste — 1922
Single sourceLoca — 1922
Single sourceMelenita de oro — 1922
Single sourceBorn9
Roberto Rufino — Born.Jan 6, 1922
Single sourceAlberto Morán — Born.Mar 15, 1922
Single sourceFernando Raymond — Born.Apr 5, 1922
Single sourceArmando Laborde — Born.Apr 27, 1922
Single sourceMario Alonso — Born.Jun 22, 1922
Single sourceOscar Larroca — Born.Jul 5, 1922
Supported · 2Miguel Montero — Born.Jul 9, 1922
Supported · 2Aníbal Arias — Born.Jul 20, 1922
Single sourceJuan Carlos Godoy — Born.Aug 21, 1922
Single sourcePremiered at1
La provinciana — Premiered at Teatro Politeama Argentino.Jun 28, 1922
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