Our catalogue holds 587 recordings from 1927. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (274 recordings), Roberto Firpo (92 recordings), and Francisco Lomuto (64 recordings).
That year
Francisco Canaro: Led Francisco Canaro.
Julio De Caro: Led Julio De Caro.
Guardia Nueva: 1927.
Adiós muchachos: published 1927.
Alcides Rossi: Born in Bernal into a family of double bassists; his father Aniceto teaches him.
Luis Díaz: First tango recording, Angustia, with Francisco Canaro's orchestra.
Leopoldo Federico: Born in Once, Buenos Aires.
Arturo Penón: Born in Bernal, Buenos Aires province.
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What was playing?
The records of 1927
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.
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Events where this year's music was danced
- Lyon Tango Festival10 videos
- Milonga La Baldosa6 videos
- Porteño y Bailarín5 videos
- Milongueros All Aboard5 videos
- Mundial de Baile de Tango5 videos
- Viva La Pepa5 videos
- Planetango4 videos
- El Motivo Tango3 videos
- Southern California Tango Championship2 videos
- Milonguero Nights2 videos
- White Tango Festival2 videos
- Tango Cazino2 videos
Dancers filmed to this year's music
- Mariano Chicho Frúmboli31 videos
- Juana Sepulveda26 videos
- Pancho Martinez Pey15 videos
- Oscar Mandagaran13 videos
- Georgina Vargas12 videos
- Pablo Rodriguez11 videos
- Mariana Flores9 videos
- Eduardo Cappussi9 videos
- Sebastián Arce9 videos
- Mariana Montes9 videos
- Cecilia Berra8 videos
- Javier Antar7 videos
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings13
Rodolfo Biagi — 2 recordings1927
Single sourceOsvaldo Fresedo — 61 recordings1927
Single sourceFrancisco Canaro — 274 recordings1927
Single sourceFrancisco Lomuto — 64 recordings1927
Single sourceTípica Victor — 54 recordings1927
Single sourceAdolfo Carabelli — 1 recordings1927
Single sourceJulio De Caro — 13 recordings1927
Single sourceRoberto Firpo — 92 recordings1927
Single sourceJuan Maglio — 24 recordings1927
Single sourceEduardo Bianco - Bachicha — 2 recordings1927
Single sourceEl entrerriano (Francisco Canaro) — Recorded in Francisco Canaro.1927
Single sourceLa cumparsita (Francisco Canaro) — February 17, 1927
Single sourceGloria (Francisco Canaro) — February 24, 1927
Single sourceWhat happened58
Alcides Rossi: Born in Bernal into a family of double bassists; his father Aniceto teaches him.
Single sourceLuis Díaz: First tango recording, Angustia, with Francisco Canaro's orchestra.
Single sourceLeopoldo Federico: Born in Once, Buenos Aires.
Single sourceArturo Penón: Born in Bernal, Buenos Aires province.
Single sourceOrlando Tripodi: Born José Orlando Trípodi in San Juan, Argentina.
Single sourceJuan Guido records Mar del Plata for Victor.
Single sourceIgnacio Corsini makes Caminito popular at the Teatro Cómico.
Single sourceAlejandro Scarpino deposits Canaro en París at the Biblioteca Nacional, with lyrics by his brother José.
Single sourceOsvaldo Tarantino: Born at Loria 1969, Almagro, Buenos Aires.
Single sourceRoberto Lino Cayol dies in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceEdgardo Donato: The Donato-Zerrillo orchestra debuts at the cine Avenida in Montevideo.
Single sourceHugo Diaz: Born in Santiago del Estero.
Single sourceCarlos Dante debuts professionally with Francisco Pracánico's orchestra at the opening of the Cine Astral on Corrientes.
Single sourceLuis Visca: Compadrón, with Cadícamo's words, is first played by Aieta's orchestra at the Bar Germinal; Gardel records it on 6 October.
Single sourceOsvaldo Ribo: Born in Victoria, Entre Ríos.
Single sourceCarlos Viván: First recording, with Juan Bautista Guido's orchestra.
Single sourceMercedes Simone: First recording, for Victor: the tangos 'Estampa rea' and 'El morito', with guitars.
Single sourceAlfredo Le Pera: His first revue, La sorpresa del año, written with Humberto Cairo, opens at the Teatro Sarmiento.
Single sourceHéctor María Artola arrives in France to join the Bianco-Bachicha orchestra in Paris.
Single sourceOsvaldo Pugliese plays piano in Pedro Maffia's orchestra, then leaves with Elvino Vardaro to form the Vardaro-Pugliese group, which opens at the café Nacional.
Single sourceRicardo Malerba: With his brothers joins Cátulo Castillo's orchestra for a European tour; it plays the Teatro Empire and the Excelsior cabaret in Barcelona and records for Odeon (Wikipedia dates the tour to 1928).
Single sourceFernando Díaz debuts around 1927-28 at the Teatro Opera with Arturo Grecco's criollo ensemble.
Single sourceAlfredo Malerba: Pianist of Rafael Rossi's group at the Select Suipacha cinema and the Folies Bergère cabaret.
Single sourceJuan José Guichandut: Perfume de mujer, with Armando Tagini, takes second place in the Nacional records tango contest; Gardel records it.
Single sourceMauricio Mise: At fifteen plays in Cayetano Puglisi's sextet at the Paramount cinema and records for Victor.
Single sourceTania sings at the Folies Bergère on Cerrito street, where she meets Enrique Santos Discépolo.
Single sourceAlberto Gómez starts the duo with Augusto Vila, playing cafés and theatres in Lomas de Zamora and cinemas on Corrientes.
Single sourceFélix Gutiérrez joins Julio De Caro's orchestra for about six months and records once.
Single sourceTino García: Probably his first appearance, with Alejandro Scarpino's trio at Cine Los Andes in Boedo.
Single sourceMiguel Caló joins the orchestra of pianist Francisco Pracánico.
Single sourceManuel Buzon: Artistic director of LOY when Jaime Yankelevich buys the station, later Radio Belgrano; Azucena Maizani premieres his "Cancionero".
Single sourceMario Battistella writes his first tango, Pinta brava, with music by Charlo.
Single sourceLuis César Amadori adapts Un buen muchacho with Ivo Pelay for the Teatro Nuevo, his first stage work.
Single sourceArmando Tagini writes La gayola with Rafael Tuegols and Gloria with Humberto Canaro.
Supported · 2Mario Canaro goes to France with Francisco and studies at a Paris conservatory; stays until 1939.
Single sourceManuel Meaños writes La reja with Carlos Marcucci.
Single sourceCésar Vedani writes Adiós muchachos with Julio César Sanders and Barra querida with Carlos Sánchez.
Single sourceMaría Luisa Carnelli writes the words of Julio De Caro's El malevo, signed Mario Castro, and Cuando llora la milonga with Juan de Dios Filiberto.
Single sourceJosé Horacio Staffolani: Pedro Maffia sets his Cuándo volverás, praised by Carlos de la Púa in Crítica.
Single sourceJulio César Sanders writes Adiós muchachos with César Vedani.
Single sourceFernán Silva Valdés writes Margarita punzó with Gerardo Matos Rodríguez.
Single sourceSofía Bozán premieres Un tropezón in Contursi's Saltó la bola.
Single sourceAlfredo Gobbi plays in the Teatro Nuevo orchestra under Antonio Lozzi.
Single sourceJosé De Grandis: Agustín Magaldi records Amurado; Gardel records Cotorrita de la suerte in Barcelona on 16 December.
Single sourceRoberto Fugazot: Irusta and Fugazot record for Victor and sing the refrain of Noche de reyes, winner of the fourth Glücksmann contest; Canaro takes them to Paris.
Supported · 2José Luis Padula writes Lunes with Francisco García Jiménez.
Single sourceDante A. Linyera writes Boedo with Julio De Caro.
Single sourceRoberto Zerrillo: The Donato-Zerrillo orchestra opens at the Avenida in Montevideo.
Single sourceTita Merello: First recordings, for Odeon.
Single sourceAgustin Irusta forms the Trío Argentino with Fugazot and Lucio Demare, debuting in Paris.
Single sourceCarlos Di Sarli forms his first sextet, with José Pécora and David Abramsky on violin.
Single sourceLucio Demare forms the trio Irusta-Fugazot-Demare, which debuts at the Teatro Maravillas in Madrid.
Single sourceMiguel Bucino dances in Brazil with Julio De Caro's orchestra.
Single sourceAlberto Vacarezza writes Araca corazón with Delfino and El poncho del amor with Antonio Scatasso.
Single sourceJuan Rezzano plays the Franco company's season at the Teatro Comedia in Buenos Aires and on Radio Nacional and Radio Mayo.
Single sourceBenjamín Tagle Lara: Rosita Quiroga introduces and records Puente Alsina.
Single sourceCiriaco Ortiz debuts his trio on Radio Cultura.
Single sourceGerardo Matos Rodríguez writes Che papusa oí with Enrique Cadícamo.
Single sourceOrchestras led3
Francisco Canaro — Led Francisco Canaro.1927
Single sourceJulio De Caro — Led Julio De Caro.1927
Single sourceCarlos Di Sarli — Led Carlos Di Sarli.1927
Supported · 2Dates2
Guardia Nueva — 19271927
Supported · 2Adiós muchachos — published 19271927
Single sourcePerformed at1
Carlos Gardel — Performed at Spain.1927
Single sourcePlayed in5
José Pécora — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1927
Supported · 2César Ginzo — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1927
Supported · 2Tito Lando — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1927
Supported · 2Mercedes Simone — Played in Teatro Maipo.1927
Single sourceOsvaldo Donato — Played in Edgardo Donato.1927
Single sourcePublished28
Ventanita de arrabal — 1927
Single sourceChe papusa oí — 1927
Single sourceLunes — 1927
Single sourceNo me escribas — 1927
Single sourceAraca corazón — 1927
Single sourceQueja indiana — 1927
Single sourceLa gayola — 1927
Single sourcePerfume de mujer — 1927
Single sourceViejo curda — 1927
Single sourceEbrio — 1927
Single sourceRosas de abril — 1927
Single sourceBarrio reo — 1927
Single sourceBesos que matan — 1927
Single sourceEl poncho del amor — 1927
Single sourceA la luz del candil — 1927
Single sourceLa reja — 1927
Single sourceAdiós muchachos — 1927
Single sourceCompadrón — 1927
Single sourceGarufa — 1927
Single sourceMaula — 1927
Single sourceArtículo de lujo — 1927
Single sourceCuándo volverás — 1927
Single sourceMala entraña — 1927
Single sourceUna tarde — 1927
Single sourceFarolito de papel — 1927
Single sourceDe puro guapo — 1927
Single sourceCuando llora la milonga — 1927
Single sourcePor dónde andará — 1927
Single sourceNotes4
Esquina Homero Manzi — Esquina Homero Manzi, a bar and restaurant at San Juan and Boedo opened in 1927 and named for the lyricist Homero Manzi, who wrote the1927
Single sourceOdeon — In 1927 Odeon began a series called Odeon Tango (OT)1927
Single sourceLunes — Lunes, by José Luis Padula and Francisco García Jiménez, is composed in 1927.1927
Single sourceBuenos Aires — Buenos Aires: the Argentine silent film Perdón, viejita premiered on 28 January 1927 at the Cine Hindú Palace, Lavalle 842, Buenos Aires (1,200 seats)Jan 28, 1927
Single sourceSingers2
Angustia (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Luis Díaz.Jan 10, 1927
Single sourceResignación (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Luis Díaz.Feb 24, 1927
Single sourceBorn2
Leopoldo Federico — Born.Jan 12, 1927
Single sourceJorge Dragone — Born.Feb 12, 1927
Single sourceListen
- De buena feFrancisco Canaro1927
- Sos de ChiclanaFrancisco Canaro1927
- AngustiaFrancisco Canaro · Luis Díaz1927
- Murió de amorFrancisco Canaro1927
- Mucha claseFrancisco Canaro1927
- Broche de oroFrancisco Canaro1927
- Barrio viejoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1927
- La sombra de MilonguitaFrancisco Canaro1927
- MarineritoFrancisco Canaro1927
- Del barrio de las latasFrancisco Canaro1927
- Vida criollaFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1927
- RiaseRoberto Firpo · no clip yet1927
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