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Our catalogue holds 136 recordings from 1935. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (43 recordings), Edgardo Donato (19 recordings), and Francisco Lomuto (18 recordings).

That year

Lidio Fasoli: Played in Juan D'Arienzo.

Luis Visca: Played in Juan D'Arienzo.

Rodolfo Biagi: Played in Juan Canaro.

Rodolfo Biagi: Performed at Chantecler.

Guillermo Barbieri sails north with Riverol and Aguilar to join Gardel's tour.

Roberto Maida: First session with Canaro, including "Cambalache" and "Alma de bandoneón".

Roberto Díaz records Retazo with Osvaldo Fresedo on 22 March before leaving for Europe.

Carlos Varela records Cero a cero with Firpo for Odeon.

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What was playing?

The records of 1935

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.

On the air: LR1 Radio El Mundo

  1. Puede ser

    Julio De Caro · Pedro Lauga

    Not danced on film yet
  2. Quejas

    Roberto Firpo · Carlos Varela

    1 dance
  3. Sueño de muñeca

    Juan Canaro · Alejandro Fernández

    1 dance
  4. Illimani

    Orquesta Victor Popular · Pedro Lauga

    Not danced on film yet
  5. Juro

    Trío Ciriaco Ortiz · Instrumental

    Recorded in 1936, the nearest year with a clip

    2 dances

Meanwhile

In Argentina, Uruguay and the world · Wikidata

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Tango By Year, the podcast

Dag Stenvoll plays the year's records and Michael Lavocah talks about them, by permission. Facts from the episodes cite the minute they are said.

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Dancers filmed to this year's music

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings15

Juan D'Arienzo — 12 recordings1935

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Miguel Caló — 7 recordings1935

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Osvaldo Fresedo — 11 recordings1935

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Edgardo Donato — 19 recordings1935

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Francisco Canaro — 43 recordings1935

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Francisco Lomuto — 18 recordings1935

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Típica Victor — 2 recordings1935

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Julio De Caro — 4 recordings1935

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Roberto Firpo — 14 recordings1935

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Juan Canaro — 4 recordings1935

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Orquesta Victor Popular — 1 recordings1935

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Trío Ciriaco Ortiz — 1 recordings1935

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No hay que hacerse mala sangre (Francisco Canaro) — March 20, 1935

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La bordadora (Roberto Firpo) — March 22, 1935

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La tortuguita (Roberto Firpo) — March 22, 1935

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What happened56

Guillermo Barbieri sails north with Riverol and Aguilar to join Gardel's tour.

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Roberto Maida: First session with Canaro, including "Cambalache" and "Alma de bandoneón".

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Roberto Díaz records Retazo with Osvaldo Fresedo on 22 March before leaving for Europe.

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Carlos Varela records Cero a cero with Firpo for Odeon.

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Alfredo Le Pera dies with Gardel in the air crash at Medellín.

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José María Aguilar survives the Medellín air crash, badly burned; his playing career ends.

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Carlos Gardel dies in an air crash in Medellín, Colombia, during a tour of the Caribbean and Latin America.

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Ángel Domingo Riverol: Injured in the Medellín air crash; dies two days later.

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Principe Azul dies on Trinidad after falling ill on the voyage to the United States.

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Osvaldo Fresedo plays at the inauguration of LR1 Radio El Mundo, adding vibraphone, harp and drums.

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Puppi Castello: Born in Buenos Aires (Todotango gives 1936).

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Víctor Lavallén: Born in Rosario, Santa Fe.

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Rodolfo Biagi: First recording with D'Arienzo, Orillas de plata; with him he also plays on LR1 Radio El Mundo.

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Juan D'Arienzo: Rodolfo Biagi, newly on piano, makes his first recording with the orchestra, Orillas del Plata.

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Agustin Magaldi: The Magaldi-Noda duo splits on 31 December.

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El Negro Lavandina starts dancing in the mid-1930s, in the D'Arienzo years (approximate).

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Alberto Marino makes his singing debut on Radio Mitre.

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Maria de la Fuente joins Eduardo Ferri's female vocal quartet on the new Radio El Mundo.

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José Basso starts playing professionally at sixteen in Alberto Cima's orchestra.

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Edmundo Rivero: Hired as singer by José De Caro's orchestra, his first orchestra job.

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Enrique Alessio starts in a bandoneon trio with Manuel Daponte and Luis Bonnat.

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Joaquin Do Reyes: Around this time forms his first orchestra, for the Chantecler cabaret on Paraná and Corrientes.

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Emilio Balcarce joins Ricardo Ivaldi's group, playing dances and the El Indio resort in Vicente López.

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Fulvio Salamanca founds the Orquesta Mickey in Las Varillas and tours Córdoba province.

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Enrique Díaz plays double bass with José Pascual and Anselmo Aieta.

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Alberto Arenas: Professional debut.

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Alberto Amor: Florindo Sassone picks him for his new orchestra and names him Alberto Amor; they play the Café El Nacional.

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Astor Piazzolla appears as a newspaper boy in Carlos Gardel's film El día que me quieras, shot in New York.

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Héctor Varela joins Enrique Santos Discépolo's orchestra on Radio Municipal, later Libertad Lamarque's group on Radio Belgrano.

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Roberto Caló: Signed by Jaime Yankelevich for three years: Radio Porteña, Mitre and LR3 Radio Belgrano.

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Alberto Castillo sings with Augusto Berto's orchestra.

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José Canet writes the vals Me besó y se fue.

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José Tinelli leads his orchestra on Radio Stentor in Buenos Aires.

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Victor D'Amario debuts his own orchestra at the Confitería París in La Plata.

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Ricardo Pedevilla: Trio with Samuel Averbuj and Oscar de la Fuente on Radio La Nación, into 1936.

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Jorge Ortiz joins Edgardo Donato; first recordings Dios lo sabe and Rosalinda; records El día que me quieras.

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Ricardo Ruiz sings in Canaro's musical Rascacielos; stands in for Roberto Ray with Fresedo and records Canto Siboney.

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Carlos Pesce writes A pesar de todo with Teófilo and Mario Lespés.

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Hugo Baralis moves with Troilo into Ángel D'Agostino's orchestra, whose singer was Alberto Echagüe.

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Enrique Rodríguez forms a quartet to accompany María Luisa Notar, whom he soon marries.

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Ángel Vargas makes his first records, Brindemos compañero and Ñata linda, with José Luis Padula's orchestra for Odeon.

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Alfredo Malerba: Back in Buenos Aires, forms a trio with Antonio Rodio to accompany Libertad Lamarque.

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Luis Rubistein founds the PAADI school of popular art at the family house on Tejedor street, soon moved to Callao 420.

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Ivo Pelay writes Casas viejas with Francisco Canaro.

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Eduardo Del Piano joins Juan Canaro's orchestra late in the year, later playing the Tabarís cabaret.

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Antonio Maida shares Donato's vocals with Hugo del Carril.

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Alfredo Gobbi: First violin in Pedro Laurenz's orchestra.

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Ernesto Famá appears in the film El alma del bandoneón.

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Manuel Meaños: De puro guapo, with Pedro Laurenz, is introduced at the Club Atlético Independiente carnival dances.

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A. Bardi leaves the company La Cargadora, which he had come to manage.

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Raúl Kaplun publishes his first known work, the vals Recordando a Musmé.

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Jorge Omar wins the audition to replace Fernando Díaz in Francisco Lomuto's orchestra.

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Carlos Viván appears in Noches cariocas, filmed in Rio de Janeiro.

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Manuel Romero debuts as a film director, beginning a long run of Lumiton films.

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Adolfo Avilés hosts the radio cycle Tangos, autores e intérpretes with Pepita Avellaneda.

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Agustin Magaldi: The Magaldi-Noda duo breaks up at the end of the year; he continues as a soloist.

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Played in6

Lidio Fasoli — Played in Juan D'Arienzo.1935

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Luis Visca — Played in Juan D'Arienzo.1935

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Rodolfo Biagi — Played in Juan Canaro.1935

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Alfredo Gobbi — Played in Pedro Laurenz.1935

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Aníbal Troilo — Played in Radio Municipal.1935

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Lucio Demare — Played in Francisco Canaro.1935

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Performed at4

Rodolfo Biagi — Performed at Chantecler.1935

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Pedro Laurenz — Performed at Los 36 Billares.1935

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Walter Cabral — Performed at Radio El Mundo.1935

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Carlos Gardel — Performed at New York.Mar 15, 1935

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Orchestras led3

Francisco Canaro — Led Francisco Canaro.1935

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Francisco Lomuto — Led Francisco Lomuto.1935

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Pedro Laurenz — Led Pedro Laurenz.1935

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Dates1

Golden Age — date unknown1935

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Published11

Volver — 1935

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Arrabal amargo — 1935

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Volvió una noche — 1935

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Por una cabeza — 1935

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Casas viejas — 1935

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Pa' lo que te va a durar — 1935

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Yo también soñé — 1935

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A pesar de todo — 1935

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Luna arrabalera — 1935

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Me besó y se fue — 1935

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Si volviera Jesús — 1935

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Notes10

Radio Municipal — In 1935 Enrique Santos Discépolo's ensemble, with Héctor Varela, Lalo Scalise, Américo Caggiano and Aníbal Troilo, played on Radio Municipal and at several downtown venues.1935

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Radio Excelsior — LR5 Radio Excelsior, formerly Radio Brusa, was among the stations that lasted from about 1935; a later user of the Maipú 555 building.1935

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Teatro Colón — Decimotercer Baile de los Aviadores en el Teatro Colón1935

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Golden Age — New York: Gardel's last two Paramount films, El día que me quieras (January 1935) and Tango Bar (February 1935, filmed on Long Island), were directedJan 1935, Feb 20, 1935

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Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera, Medellín — Death of Carlos Gardel: Gardel dies in the aircraft collision at Medellín.1935

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Radio El Mundo, Buenos Aires — Radio El Mundo begins broadcasting.1935

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El Pibe del Abasto — At sixteen, in 1935, he debuted at the ABC salon on calle Boulogne Sur Mer1935

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El Tano Elegancia — Around 1935 he lived with his partner Lina, a jukebox keeper at a Palermo café, in a conventillo on calle Gorriti1935

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Nostalgias — Juan Carlos Cobián premieres Nostalgias in 1935.1935

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Por una cabeza — Carlos Gardel makes the first recording of Por una cabeza for RCA Victor in March 1935.Mar 1935

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Born1

Mario Luna — Born.Jan 29, 1935

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Singers11

La caida de la estanteria (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Hugo del Carril.Feb 5, 1935

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Congoja (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Hugo del Carril.Feb 8, 1935

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Madame Ivonne (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Alberto Gómez.Feb 20, 1935

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Alma de bandoneón (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Mar 20, 1935

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Cambalache (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Mar 20, 1935

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Golondrinas (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Mar 25, 1935

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Muchacho de cafetín (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Hugo del Carril.Apr 4, 1935

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El vals de los recuerdos (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Hugo del Carril.Apr 4, 1935

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El once (Osvaldo Fresedo) — Sung by Roberto Ray.Apr 5, 1935

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Viaje de bodas (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Apr 11, 1935

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Noches de Buenos Aires (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Apr 23, 1935

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Listen

  1. PerdonameTrío Ciriaco Ortiz · no clip yet1935
  2. La caida de la estanteriaEdgardo Donato · Hugo del Carril1935
  3. CongojaEdgardo Donato · Hugo del Carril1935
  4. PamperoOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray1935
  5. Isla de CapriOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray1935
  6. Dejate quererEdgardo Donato1935
  7. Madame IvonneEdgardo Donato · Alberto Gómez1935
  8. Santiago del esteroTípica Victor1935
  9. Murió la vecinitaTípica Victor · Alberto Gómez · no clip yet1935
  10. Alma de bandoneónFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1935
  11. No hay que hacerse mala sangreFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida, Francisco Canaro1935
  12. CambalacheFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1935

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