Year
Tango in 1924
Our catalogue holds 55 recordings from 1924. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (54 recordings) and Julio De Caro (1 recordings).
That year
Casimiro Agustín Aín: dance_style: first serious tango dancer; introduced greater artistic wealth to dancing; danced for Pope Pius XI in 1924.
Julio De Caro: Led Julio De Caro.
Recuerdo: Composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.
Jorge Arduch: Born in Las Junturas, Córdoba province.
Jorge Casal: Born in Buenos Aires to Italian parents; grows up in Villa Urquiza.
Ernesto Ponzio kills a man in Rosario and is sentenced to a long prison term.
Jorge Durán: Born in San Juan Province to Andalusian parents who grew fruit and ran a small winery.
Casimiro Aín: On 1 February dances the tango 'Ave María' with María Scotto before Pope Pius XI at the Vatican, by his own account.
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What was playing?
The records of 1924
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.
Meanwhile
In Argentina, Uruguay and the world
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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
A day for any of the year's recordings.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings3
Francisco Canaro — 54 recordings1924
Single sourceJulio De Caro — 1 recordings1924
Single sourceEsposito Genaro — Recorded in Columbia.1924
Single sourceWhat happened57
Jorge Arduch: Born in Las Junturas, Córdoba province.
Single sourceJorge Casal: Born in Buenos Aires to Italian parents; grows up in Villa Urquiza.
Single sourceErnesto Ponzio kills a man in Rosario and is sentenced to a long prison term.
Single sourceJorge Durán: Born in San Juan Province to Andalusian parents who grew fruit and ran a small winery.
Single sourceCasimiro Aín: On 1 February dances the tango 'Ave María' with María Scotto before Pope Pius XI at the Vatican, by his own account.
Single sourceJorge Ledesma: Born in Piñeyro.
Single sourceCarlos Mauricio Pacheco: Died in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceMario Bustos: Born Mario Nazareno Álvarez in Almagro.
Single sourceBeba Bidart: Born Eliane René Schianni Bidart in Boedo, Buenos Aires.
Single sourceVirgilio Expósito: Born to anarchist parents; grows up in Zárate.
Single sourceEnrique Maroni: Un programa de cabaret, written with Pascual Contursi, opens at the Teatro Apolo with the Si supieras lyric of La cumparsita; begins working as a radio announcer.
Single sourceRoberto Di Filippo: Born in Peyrano, Santa Fe.
Single sourceEbe Bedrune: Born in Rosario.
Single sourceÁngel Domingo Riverol: The Magaldi-Noda duo is formed at his home; he becomes one of its guitarists.
Single sourceOscar Ferrari: Born Oscar Samuel Rodríguez de Mendoza in Buenos Aires, on the edge of Balvanera and San Cristóbal.
Single sourceJorge Caldara: Born in the Abasto, Buenos Aires.
Single sourceAlberto Podestá: Born Alejandro Washington Alé in San Juan.
Single sourceLágrima Ríos: Born in Durazno.
Single sourceEduardo Arolas: Died in París.
Supported · 2Vicente Greco: Died in Buenos Aires.
Supported · 2Raúl de los Hoyos: His first composition, Sonsa, is sung by Iris Marga in the revue ¿Quién dijo miedo? at the Teatro Maipo.
Single sourceRoberto Videla: Born Antonio Genaro De Tomaso in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceOsvaldo Pugliese: Composed “Recuerdo” (1924).
Single sourceRafael Canaro: Composed “Sentimiento gaucho” (1924).
Supported · 2Osvaldo Fresedo: Composed “El Once” (1924).
Single sourceEnrique Delfino: Composed “Griseta” (1924).
Single sourceRicardo Tanturi starts playing piano at clubs and charity festivals and, with his brother Antonio, on LOY Radio Nacional (later Radio Belgrano).
Single sourceAstor Piazzolla: His family moves to New York, where he grows up and gets his first bandoneón.
Single sourceRoberto Fugazot sings on Uruguayan radio with Américo Chiriff and Ítalo Goyeche, then debuts at the Teatro Nacional in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceMario Canaro writes Así es el mundo, counted among the first tangos with a refrain singer.
Single sourceLuis Visca debuts professionally at the Cine Colón on Avenida Entre Ríos.
Single sourceJulio César Sanders publishes his first work, the tango Inglesita.
Single sourceJuan Sanchez Gorio: His family emigrates to Argentina and settles in San Nicolás, where he begins the bandoneon.
Single sourceGabriel Clausi: First paid work in Andrés Dáquila's quintet at the cafés Benigno and La Fratinola.
Single sourcePrincipe Azul: Professional singing debut with the pianist José Tinelli.
Single sourceLucio Demare plays in Eleuterio Iribarren's band at the Ta-Ba-Rís.
Single sourceCharlo debuts on Radio Cultura, where he first uses the name Charlo.
Single sourceCatulo Castillo: Organito de la tarde wins third prize in the Max Glücksmann contest for Nacional records.
Single sourceCarlos Lenzi: A media luz, with music by Edgardo Donato, is premiered in a Montevideo revue (1924 at the Teatro Albéniz according to Ferrer and AGADU; 1925 at the Teatro Catalunya according to other authors).
Single sourceAgustin Magaldi takes part in the opening broadcasts of LOY Radio Nacional in July.
Single sourceAlejandro Scarpino plays the Café Nacional and, in a trio with Carlos Di Sarli, on Radio Cultura.
Single sourceEnrique Carrera Sotelo: Juan Maglio introduces him to Carlos Gardel, who records their tango Congojas.
Single sourceJosé Bohr debuts as a chansonnier at the Teatro Porteño in De Puente Alsina a Montmartre; writes Cascabelito with Caruso.
Single sourceDante A. Linyera writes lunfardo poems in the magazine El Canta Claro.
Single sourceModesto Papavero scores the revue A vestirse caballeros at the Teatro Cosmopolita.
Single sourceBenjamín Tagle Lara: Por el camino, with Geroni Flores, is premiered by Ítalo-Feria at a song contest in Montevideo.
Single sourceMario Melfi: Called to Paris by Eduardo Bianco; plays in the Bianco-Bachicha orchestra.
Single sourceEduardo Bianco: In Paris, plays six months at the Capitol restaurant.
Single sourceAgustin Magaldi joins Victor through Rosita Quiroga; sings on the first broadcasts of LOY Radio Nacional.
Single sourceRosita Quiroga sings on LOX Radio Cultura, the first woman to sing tango there.
Single sourceFrancisco García Jiménez writes Suerte loca and La mentirosa with Anselmo Aieta.
Single sourceGerardo Matos Rodríguez: Contursi and Maroni's lyric Si supieras is sung in Un programa de cabaret at the Teatro Apolo, without his consent.
Single sourceAlfredo Bigeschi publishes his first tango, Tenorios de mi barrio.
Single sourceErnesto de la Cruz debuts at the Café El Nacional on Corrientes, following Juan Maglio; starts on radio LOY, later Radio Belgrano.
Single sourceJosé María Aguilar performs in Montevideo with the group Los Incógnitos in March.
Single sourcePascual Contursi: With Enrique Maroni writes the Si supieras lyric for La cumparsita.
Single sourceJuan Andrés Caruso writes Sentimiento gaucho with Francisco and Rafael Canaro, and Cascabelito with José Bohr.
Single sourceNotes6
Casimiro Agustín Aín — dance_style: first serious tango dancer; introduced greater artistic wealth to dancing; danced for Pope Pius XI in 19241924
Single sourceRadio Splendid — Gardel and Razzano's first radio appearance took place on 30 September 1924 on Radio Gran Splendid (LOW), at Av. Santa Fe 1876 in the Gran1924
Single sourceRadio Cultura — LOX Radio Cultura, where Di Sarli's trio with Scarpino and Olivari backed singers c.1924.1924
Single sourceGuardia Nueva — Istanbul: English Wikipedia: tango arrived in Turkey soon after the Republic was formed in 19241924
Single sourceRecuerdo — Recuerdo is published in 1924 and premiered by Juan Fava's quartet at the Café Mitre in Villa Crespo.1924
Single sourceSentimiento gaucho — The Canaro brothers' Sentimiento gaucho is premiered in 1924.1924
Single sourceOrchestras led1
Julio De Caro — Led Julio De Caro.1924
Single sourceComposer1
Recuerdo — Composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.1924
Single sourcePublished10
A media luz — 1924
Single sourceLa mina del Ford — 1924
Single sourceOrganito de la tarde — 1924
Single sourceSuerte loca — 1924
Single sourceGriseta — 1924
Single sourceNo le digas que la quiero — 1924
Single sourceCascabelito — 1924
Single sourceSombras — 1924
Single sourceEl olivo — 1924
Single sourceRecuerdo — 1924
Supported · 2Played in3
Carlos Di Sarli — Played in Radio Cultura.1924
Single sourceCarlos Gardel — Played in Radio Splendid.1924
Single sourceFrancisco Canaro — Played in Radio Splendid.1924
Single sourceDates1
Guardia Nueva — Occurred at New York.1924
Single sourceBorn12
Jorge Arduh — Born.Jan 5, 1924
Supported · 2Jorge Casal — Born.Jan 14, 1924
Supported · 2Jorge Durán — Born.Jan 19, 1924
Single sourceJorge Ledesma — Born.Feb 3, 1924
Supported · 2Mario Bustos — Born.Mar 21, 1924
Supported · 2Beba Bidart — Born.Apr 3, 1924
Supported · 2Virgilio Expósito — Born.May 3, 1924
Supported · 2Aldo Calderón — Born.May 16, 1924
Single sourceAldo Calderón — Born.May 16, 1924
Single sourceAldo Calderón — Born.May 16, 1924
Single sourceOlga Lamas — Born.Jun 3, 1924
Single sourceOlga Lamas — Born.Jun 3, 1924
Single sourcePremiered at1
Muchachita loca — Premiered at Teatro Apolo.Apr 15, 1924
Single sourceListen
- Grato recuerdoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- Sobre el puchoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- ChinaFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- Talán talánFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- Ki-KiFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- Arabian smilesFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- CariciasFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- No le digas que la quieroFrancisco Canaro1924
- El borrachoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- HollínFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- Así me dejasteFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
- Sin consueloFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
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