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
Carlos Di Sarli: Led Carlos Di Sarli.
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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The records of 1930
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
- Istanbul Tango Ritual4 videos
- Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival4 videos
- Planetango3 videos
- Viva La Pepa3 videos
- Bratislava Tango Festival3 videos
- EMBRACE BERLIN3 videos
- SULTANS OF ISTANBUL3 videos
- Tango Salon Extremo2 videos
- Catania Tango Festival2 videos
- Toronto Tango Festival2 videos
- White Tango Festival1 video
Dancers filmed to this year's music
- Giselle Anne18 videos
- Gustavo Naveira16 videos
- Horacio Pebete Godoy15 videos
- Georgina Vargas14 videos
- Oscar Mandagaran13 videos
- Alejandro Larenas10 videos
- Noelia Hurtado10 videos
- Marisol Morales10 videos
- Cecilia Berra10 videos
- Carlitos Espinoza10 videos
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
Events held that year.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings19
Carlos Di Sarli — 16 recordings1930
Single sourceEdgardo Donato — 35 recordings1930
Single sourceFrancisco Canaro — 154 recordings1930
Single sourceFrancisco Lomuto — 22 recordings1930
Single sourceTípica Victor — 41 recordings1930
Single sourceJulio De Caro — 12 recordings1930
Single sourceRoberto Firpo — 64 recordings1930
Single sourceJuan Maglio — 13 recordings1930
Single sourceOrquesta Típica Brunswick — 24 recordings1930
Single sourceMinotto Di Cicco — 3 recordings1930
Single sourceOrquesta Típica Porteña — 1 recordings1930
Single sourcePedro Maffia — 2 recordings1930
Single sourceSeverino (Edgardo Donato) — 1930
Single sourceEcos del alma — 1930
Single sourceMandinga — 1930
Single sourceLa cumparsita (Roberto Firpo) — 1930
Single sourceAlgo bueno (Carlos Di Sarli) — January 24, 1930
Single sourceEl cantar de aquel malevo (Carlos Di Sarli) — March 17, 1930
Single sourceCocoliche (Típica Victor) — March 20, 1930
Single sourceWhat happened59
Antonio Rodio debuts with Pedro Maffia's orchestra at the Glorieta Río de la Plata.
Single sourceCarlos Varela: First recordings with Firpo: A Montmartre and Qué querés con ese loro.
Single sourceÁngel Domingo Riverol: First recordings with Carlos Gardel, with Barbieri and Aguilar.
Single sourceRodolfo Biagi records with Carlos Gardel for Odeon as part of his accompanying group.
Single sourceEduardo Pareja: Born on 6 April (inferred from his 90th birthday video; the 2012 homage gives his age as 82).
Single sourceCarlos Alberto Anzuate: Born; grows up in Almagro.
Single sourceLuis Stazo: Born in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceAlberto Gómez records Lloró el gaucho with Augusto Vila and the Típica Victor.
Single sourceLalo Martel: Born Raúl Oscar Harispe in San Justo.
Single sourceJorge Uzunian: Born on 29 August.
Single sourceFernando Díaz: First record, 'No tenés perdón de Dios', with Juan Maglio.
Single sourceTeófilo Ibáñez records No te hagas curar with the Orquesta Típica Victor.
Single sourcePepito Avellaneda: Born José Domingo Monteleone in Avellaneda.
Single sourceMauricio Mise accompanies four Carlos Gardel recordings with Francisco Canaro's musicians.
Single sourceHoracio Salgan starts working as a pianist at the cine Universal in Villa Devoto, then a silent-film house.
Single sourceFlorindo Sassone debuts professionally in Antonio Polito's group on Radio Belgrano.
Single sourceJosé Garcia: His new orquesta típica plays at the Teatro San Martín; grey suits give the band the name that becomes the Zorros Grises.
Single sourceHéctor Marcó adopts the stage name Marcó.
Single sourceManuel Sucher forms a group with the bandoneonist Félix Lipesker in Rosario.
Single sourceEduardo Del Piano: The Del Piano-Paradiso group debuts at the Salón Liguria; Roberto Firpo hires him for the Palace Teatro.
Single sourceRoberto Grela turns professional at seventeen, backing Roberto Maida on radio LR3.
Single sourceJorge Omar starts as a radio soloist accompanied by a guitar duo, already as Jorge Omar.
Single sourceAlberto Rivera emigrates with his family to Argentina and settles in Santa Fe province.
Single sourcePetróleo meets Esperanza Díaz at a milonga; she is his partner until 1949.
Single sourceAníbal Troilo joins the sextet of Elvino Vardaro and Osvaldo Pugliese, which never recorded.
Single sourceRicardo Malerba: The tour ends; the Malerba brothers stay on in Europe, playing in Portugal.
Single sourceÁngel Vargas debuts at the café Marzotto, Corrientes 1124, singing afternoons with the Lando-Mattino orchestra.
Single sourceLuis Rubistein: Carlos Gardel records his Tarde gris, with music by Juan Bautista Guido.
Single sourceCarlos Pesce: El penado catorce, with Agustín Magaldi and Pedro Noda, appears.
Single sourceTípica Victor records Queja melodiosa with Ernesto Famá and No te hagas curar with Teófilo Ibáñez.
Single sourceTino García joins Carlos Marcucci's sextet, heard on Radio Prieto and Radio Argentina and at the cabaret Dancing Ocean.
Single sourceHomero Manzi: After the September coup he is jailed briefly and loses his literature posts at the Mariano Moreno and Sarmiento colegios.
Single sourceCarlos Lenzi writes Araca París with Ramón Collazo, in Paris.
Single sourceRodolfo Sciammarella writes Vieja recova with Enrique Cadícamo.
Single sourceMario Canaro composes in Paris the tango Viejo gaucho, later Quiero verte una vez más.
Single sourceManuel Meaños writes Mi dolor with Marcucci.
Single sourceJosé Horacio Staffolani writes Taconeando with Maffia.
Single sourceArmando Baliotti forms the Baliotti-Ginzo orchestra, at the cabaret Imperio.
Single sourceAndrés Domenech: His vals El payador takes third prize in Max Glücksmann's vals contest.
Single sourceJuan Bautista Abad Reyes gives his views on lunfardo in tango in an interview for the magazine Femenil.
Single sourceHéctor María Artola joins Bachicha's orchestra at the Montparnasse cabaret in Paris.
Single sourceTania: First recordings, with Osvaldo Fresedo's orchestra.
Single sourcePrincipe Azul replaces Charlo in Francisco Lomuto's orchestra; fourteen recordings.
Single sourceEdgardo Donato: Donato-Zerrillo dissolves after a tour with Azucena Maizani and Donato leads his own orchestra.
Single sourceAlfredo Gobbi plays in the sextet of Elvino Vardaro and Osvaldo Pugliese, with Aníbal Troilo.
Single sourceRoberto Maida premieres "Te odio" in a revue at the Teatro Sarmiento and records for Columbia.
Single sourceAgustín Bardi writes Madre hay una sola with José de la Vega and Nunca tuvo novio with Enrique Cadícamo.
Single sourceAlejandro Scarpino: Carlos Gardel records his No llore viejita.
Single sourceRamón Collazo writes Araca París with Carlos Lenzi, later recorded by Gardel.
Single sourceEnrique Carrera Sotelo: Tita Merello records his comic tango Trabajar ¡nunca!
Single sourceA. Bardi: Nunca tuvo novio appears.
Single sourceRosita Quiroga performs at the Teatro Empire.
Single sourceSofía Bozán records for Odeon, including Yira yira, which she premiered at the Teatro Sarmiento.
Single sourceRoberto Díaz records Tinieblas with Carlos Marcucci's orchestra for Victor.
Single sourceCarlos Viván records his own Cómo se pianta la vida with Maffia for Brunswick.
Single sourceCasimiro Aín returns to live in Argentina (Todotango's chronicle says 1927).
Single sourceÁngel D'Agostino plays at the opening of the Cine Edix at Corrientes and Callao, with Francisco Fiorentino singing refrains.
Single sourceManuel Buzon ends the Spanish tour by opening the Salón Moderno at the Seville Exposition; in August plays the Teatro Rívoli in Villa Crespo.
Single sourceEnrique Santos Discepolo appears with Carlos Gardel in the short films in which Gardel sings Yira yira.
Single sourceOrchestras led6
Carlos Di Sarli — Led Carlos Di Sarli.1930
Single sourceFrancisco Canaro — Led Francisco Canaro.1930
Single sourceFrancisco Lomuto — Led Francisco Lomuto.1930
Single sourceEdgardo Donato — Led Edgardo Donato.1930
Single sourceJulio De Caro — Led Julio De Caro.1930
Single sourceRoberto Firpo — Led Roberto Firpo.1930
Single sourceDates1
Guardia Nueva — deposed Hipólito Yrigoyen1930, Mar 10, 1930, Apr 1, 1930
Supported · 3Notes8
Alfredo De Angelis — active 1930–19901930
Single sourceTeatro Colón — In the 1930s new tango shows were staged at the Colón, especially during Carnival; tangos that mention the theatre include "Noche de Colón" (1926) and1930
Single sourceEstadio Centenario, Montevideo — First FIFA World Cup final: Uruguay v Argentina: Argentina lose 4-2 to Uruguay in Montevideo.1930
Single sourceCasa Rosada, Buenos Aires — Coup of 6 September 1930: Uriburu overthrows Yrigoyen: the first military coup of the century.1930
Single sourceBuenos Aires — Depression of the 1930s in Argentina: The world crisis hits Argentine exports.1930
Single sourceLita Morales — radio singer of the 1930s generation of acclaimed women voices1930
Single sourceGuardia Nueva — Haarlem: a Dutch newsreel of 1930 shows a tango demonstration by Cor Klinkert and Liesje Santen at the Rembrandt Theater in Haarlem: the French tango,Jan 7, 1930
Single sourceTeatro Ópera — Octavo Baile de los Aviadores en el Teatro ÓperaFeb 28, 1930
Single sourcePublished26
Adios arrabal — 1930
Single sourceMadre hay una sola — 1930
Single sourceNunca tuvo novio — 1930
Single sourcePadrino pelao — 1930
Single sourceTarde gris — 1930
Single sourceVieja recova — 1930
Single sourceA mí no me den consejos — 1930
Single sourcePortate bien que sos grande — 1930
Single sourceTortazos — 1930
Single sourcePordioseros — 1930
Single sourceLa eterna milonga — 1930
Single sourceMúsica de calesita — 1930
Single sourceEl recodo — 1930
Single sourceLa otra noche — 1930
Single sourceComo abrazado a un rencor — 1930
Single sourceSólo se quiere una vez — 1930
Single sourceMi dolor — 1930
Single sourceLinyera — 1930
Single sourceAdiós, mi barrio — 1930
Single sourceTitiriteros — 1930
Single sourceTaconeando — 1930
Single sourceLa que murió en París — 1930
Single sourceLa viajera perdida — 1930
Single sourcePajarito — 1930
Single sourceBaquiano pa'elegir — 1930
Single sourceClavel del aire — 1930
Single sourcePlayed in2
Cayetano Puglisi — Played in Francisco Canaro.1930
Single sourceLuis Scalon — trío Spaventa-Scalon-Morales1930
Single sourceBorn2
Osvaldo Peredo — Born.1930
Single sourceAlberto Aguirre — Born.Feb 19, 1930
Single sourceSingers2
Dos ojos negros (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Charlo.Mar 24, 1930
Single sourceCuento criollo (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Charlo.Apr 2, 1930
Single sourceListen
- Huerfanita1930
- En la cortadaLuis Díaz · no clip yet1930
- La pena de un metejonTípica Victor · Ernesto Famá1930
- EmbretadoTípica Victor1930
- Don Estebanno clip yet1930
- De madrugada1930
- Algo buenoCarlos Di Sarli1930
- CicatricesCarlos Di Sarli · Santiago Devincenzi1930
- Polillano clip yet1930
- Triste amanecerno clip yet1930
- Por qué se fuéno clip yet1930
- Mina otariaTípica Victor · Roberto Díaz1930
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