Year
Tango in 1930
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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
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Recorded in Francisco CanaroSingle source
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Recorded in Roberto FirpoSingle source
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Recorded in Edgardo DonatoSingle source
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Recorded in Orquesta Típica BrunswickSingle source
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Recorded in Francisco LomutoSingle source
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Recorded in Carlos Di SarliSingle source
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Recorded in Julio De CaroSingle source
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Recorded in Minotto Di CiccoSingle source