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Tango in 1930

Our catalogue holds 420 recordings from 1930. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (154 recordings), Roberto Firpo (64 recordings), and Edgardo Donato (35 recordings).

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Our catalogue holds 420 recordings from 1930. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (154 recordings), Roberto Firpo (64 recordings), and Edgardo Donato (35 recordings).

That year

Antonio Rodio: Debuts with Pedro Maffia's orchestra at the Glorieta Río de la Plata.

Carlos Varela: First recordings with Firpo: A Montmartre and Qué querés con ese loro.

Ángel Domingo Riverol: First recordings with Carlos Gardel, with Barbieri and Aguilar.

Rodolfo Biagi: Records with Carlos Gardel for Odeon as part of his accompanying group.

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Recorded in10

Francisco Canaro — recorded in Tango in 1930 (154 recordings)1930Single source

Roberto Firpo — recorded in Tango in 1930 (64 recordings)1930Single source

Edgardo Donato — recorded in Tango in 1930 (35 recordings)1930Single source

Orquesta Típica Brunswick — recorded in Tango in 1930 (24 recordings)1930Single source

Francisco Lomuto — recorded in Tango in 1930 (22 recordings)1930Single source

Carlos Di Sarli — recorded in Tango in 1930 (16 recordings)1930Single source

Julio De Caro — recorded in Tango in 1930 (12 recordings)1930Single source

Minotto Di Cicco — recorded in Tango in 1930 (3 recordings)1930Single source

Pedro Maffia — recorded in Tango in 1930 (2 recordings)1930Single source

Orquesta Típica Porteña — recorded in Tango in 1930 (1 recordings)1930Single source

What happened60

Antonio Rodio Debuts with Pedro Maffia's orchestra at the Glorieta Río de la Plata.Single source

Carlos Varela First recordings with Firpo: A Montmartre and Qué querés con ese loro.Single source

Ángel Domingo Riverol First recordings with Carlos Gardel, with Barbieri and Aguilar.Single source

Rodolfo Biagi Records with Carlos Gardel for Odeon as part of his accompanying group.Single source

Eduardo Pareja Born on 6 April (inferred from his 90th birthday video; the 2012 homage gives his age as 82).Single source

Antonio Rodio Accompanies Carlos Gardel on record with Rodolfo Biagi at the piano.Single source

Carlos Alberto Anzuate Born; grows up in Almagro.Single source

Luis Stazo Born in Buenos Aires.Single source

Alberto Gómez Records Lloró el gaucho with Augusto Vila and the Típica Victor.Single source

Lalo Martel Born Raúl Oscar Harispe in San Justo.Single source

JORGE UZUNIAN Born on 29 August.Single source

Fernando Díaz First record, 'No tenés perdón de Dios', with Juan Maglio.Single source

Teófilo Ibáñez Records No te hagas curar with the Orquesta Típica Victor.Single source

Pepito Avellaneda Born José Domingo Monteleone in Avellaneda.Single source

Mauricio Mise Accompanies four Carlos Gardel recordings with Francisco Canaro's musicians.Single source

Horacio Salgan Starts working as a pianist at the cine Universal in Villa Devoto, then a silent-film house.Single source

Florindo Sassone Debuts professionally in Antonio Polito's group on Radio Belgrano.Single source

José Garcia His new orquesta típica plays at the Teatro San Martín; grey suits give the band the name that becomes the Zorros Grises.Single source

Héctor Marcó Adopts the stage name Marcó.Single source

Manuel Sucher Forms a group with the bandoneonist Félix Lipesker in Rosario.Single source

Eduardo Del Piano The Del Piano-Paradiso group debuts at the Salón Liguria; Roberto Firpo hires him for the Palace Teatro.Single source

Roberto Grela Turns professional at seventeen, backing Roberto Maida on radio LR3.Single source

Jorge Omar Starts as a radio soloist accompanied by a guitar duo, already as Jorge Omar.Single source

Alberto Rivera Emigrates with his family to Argentina and settles in Santa Fe province.Single source

Petróleo Meets Esperanza Díaz at a milonga; she is his partner until 1949.Single source

Aníbal Troilo Joins the sextet of Elvino Vardaro and Osvaldo Pugliese, which never recorded.Single source

Ricardo Malerba The tour ends; the Malerba brothers stay on in Europe, playing in Portugal.Single source

Ángel Vargas Debuts at the café Marzotto, Corrientes 1124, singing afternoons with the Lando-Mattino orchestra.Single source

Luis Rubistein Carlos Gardel records his Tarde gris, with music by Juan Bautista Guido.Single source

Carlos Pesce El penado catorce, with Agustín Magaldi and Pedro Noda, appears.Single source

Típica Victor Records Queja melodiosa with Ernesto Famá and No te hagas curar with Teófilo Ibáñez.Single source

Tino García Joins Carlos Marcucci's sextet, heard on Radio Prieto and Radio Argentina and at the cabaret Dancing Ocean.Single source

Homero Manzi After the September coup he is jailed briefly and loses his literature posts at the Mariano Moreno and Sarmiento colegios.Single source

Carlos Lenzi Writes Araca París with Ramón Collazo, in Paris.Single source

Rodolfo Sciammarella Writes Vieja recova with Enrique Cadícamo.Single source

Mario Canaro Composes in Paris the tango Viejo gaucho, later Quiero verte una vez más.Single source

Manuel Meaños Writes Mi dolor with Marcucci.Single source

José Horacio Staffolani Writes Taconeando with Maffia.Single source

Armando Baliotti Forms the Baliotti-Ginzo orchestra, at the cabaret Imperio.Single source

Andrés Domenech His vals El payador takes third prize in Max Glücksmann's vals contest.Single source

Juan Bautista Abad Reyes Gives his views on lunfardo in tango in an interview for the magazine Femenil.Single source

Héctor María Artola Joins Bachicha's orchestra at the Montparnasse cabaret in Paris.Single source

Tania First recordings, with Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra.Single source

Principe Azul Replaces Charlo in Francisco Lomuto's orchestra; fourteen recordings.Single source

Edgardo Donato Donato-Zerrillo dissolves after a tour with Azucena Maizani and Donato leads his own orchestra.Single source

Alfredo Gobbi Plays in the sextet of Elvino Vardaro and Osvaldo Pugliese, with Aníbal Troilo.Single source

Roberto Maida Premieres "Te odio" in a revue at the Teatro Sarmiento and records for Columbia.Single source

Agustín Bardi Writes Madre hay una sola with José de la Vega and Nunca tuvo novio with Enrique Cadícamo.Single source

Alejandro Scarpino Carlos Gardel records his No llore viejita.Single source

Ramón Collazo Writes Araca París with Carlos Lenzi, later recorded by Gardel.Single source

Enrique Carrera Sotelo Tita Merello records his comic tango Trabajar ¡nunca!Single source

A. Bardi Nunca tuvo novio appears.Single source

Rosita Quiroga Performs at the Teatro Empire.Single source

Sofía Bozán Records for Odeon, including Yira yira, which she premiered at the Teatro Sarmiento.Single source

Roberto Díaz Records Tinieblas with Carlos Marcucci's orchestra for Victor.Single source

Carlos Viván Records his own Cómo se pianta la vida with Maffia for Brunswick.Single source

Casimiro Aín Returns to live in Argentina (Todotango's chronicle says 1927).Single source

Ángel D'Agostino Plays at the opening of the Cine Edix at Corrientes and Callao, with Francisco Fiorentino singing refrains.Single source

Manuel Buzon Ends the Spanish tour by opening the Salón Moderno at the Seville Exposition; in August plays the Teatro Rívoli in Villa Crespo.Single source

Enrique Santos Discepolo Appears with Carlos Gardel in the short films in which Gardel sings Yira yira.Single source

Timeline

  1. 1930

    Recorded in Francisco CanaroSingle source

  2. 1930

    Recorded in Roberto FirpoSingle source

  3. 1930

    Recorded in Edgardo DonatoSingle source

  4. 1930

    Recorded in Orquesta Típica BrunswickSingle source

  5. 1930

    Recorded in Francisco LomutoSingle source

  6. 1930

    Recorded in Carlos Di SarliSingle source

  7. 1930

    Recorded in Julio De CaroSingle source

  8. 1930

    Recorded in Minotto Di CiccoSingle source