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Our catalogue holds 140 recordings from 1936. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (38 recordings), Juan D'Arienzo (24 recordings), and Francisco Lomuto (14 recordings).

That year

Osvaldo Pugliese: member of the Communist Party from 1936.

Golden Age: unilaterally denounced by the United Kingdom.

Golden Age: Nobel Peace Prize.

Francisco Amor debuts with Florindo Sassone's orchestra at the Café El Nacional and on Radio Belgrano.

Alberto Amor: Professional debut on Radio Belgrano with Sassone.

Florindo Sassone: His first orchestra debuts on Radio Belgrano and plays the café Nacional and the cabaret Marabú, with Alberto Amor singing.

Raúl Garello: Born in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires Province.

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What was playing?

The records of 1936

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. Las campanas

    Miguel Caló · Alberto Morel

    4 dances
  2. La tapera

    Edgardo Donato · Félix Gutiérrez

    90 dances
  3. Viña del mar

    Julio De Caro · Pedro Lauga

    13 dances
  4. Juro

    Trío Ciriaco Ortiz · Instrumental

    2 dances

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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.

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings18

Juan D'Arienzo — 24 recordings1936

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Miguel Caló — 6 recordings1936

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Osvaldo Fresedo — 5 recordings1936

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Edgardo Donato — 12 recordings1936

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Francisco Canaro — 38 recordings1936

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Francisco Lomuto — 14 recordings1936

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Típica Victor — 3 recordings1936

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Julio De Caro — 9 recordings1936

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Roberto Firpo — 13 recordings1936

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Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo — 4 recordings1936

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Enrique Santos Discepolo — 1 recordings1936

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Trío Ciriaco Ortiz — 1 recordings1936

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Las doce menos cinco (Francisco Canaro) — Recorded in Francisco Canaro.Apr 3, 1936

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Pancha la curiosa (Francisco Canaro) — Recorded in Francisco Canaro.Apr 3, 1936

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Irene (Juan D'Arienzo) — Recorded in Juan D'Arienzo.Jun 9, 1936, Jul 9, 1936

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Alberto Morel — Recorded in Buenos Aires.Jul 13, 1936

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Paquiya (Francisco Canaro) — Recorded in Francisco Canaro.Jul 17, 1936

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Inolvidable (Juan D'Arienzo) — Recorded in Juan D'Arienzo.Aug 5, 1936

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What happened59

Francisco Amor debuts with Florindo Sassone's orchestra at the Café El Nacional and on Radio Belgrano.

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Alberto Amor: Professional debut on Radio Belgrano with Sassone.

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Florindo Sassone: His first orchestra debuts on Radio Belgrano and plays the café Nacional and the cabaret Marabú, with Alberto Amor singing.

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Raúl Garello: Born in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires Province.

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Enrique Campos: First public performance at the Cine Helvético in Colonia Suiza, with guitarists Alfredo Solís and Carlos Méndez.

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Tete Rusconi: Born in Pompeya on 9 January.

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Jorge Omar records a sung version of A la gran muñeca with Lomuto for Victor.

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Mercedes Simone: Sombras porteñas, directed by Daniel Tinayre, opens.

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Andrés Falgás: First record, for Odeon: Pena de amor and Cofrecito.

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Flaco Dany: Born on 8 May in La Paternal, Buenos Aires.

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Juan Carlos Bazán dies.

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Jorge Ortiz sings with Donato at an RCA-Victor festival at the Cine Ambassador.

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ABEL AZNAR: Nelly Omar premieres his first tango, Igual te quiero, on the radio.

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Eduardo Arquimbau: Born in Buenos Aires on 28 November.

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Alberto Dassieu: Born, in the year the Obelisk was inaugurated.

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Nito Garcia: Born in Bragado; grows up in Avellaneda.

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Héctor Stamponi comes to Buenos Aires with Juan Elhert's group and plays the matinée at Juan Manuel; then forms a trio with Francini and Pontier on Radio Argentina.

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Roberto Rufino debuts professionally at Café El Nacional with Francisco Rosse's orchestra, then sings at the Petit Salón with Antonio Bonavena.

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Floreal Ruiz wins a singing contest on Radio Fénix, entered under a pseudonym.

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Héctor Mauré debuts as Tito Falivene at the café Río de la Plata, at Ángel Gallardo and Honorio Pueyrredón, singing there three months.

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Julio Martel: The family moves to Munro, where he starts singing.

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Ángel Cabral composes the vals Que nadie sepa mi sufrir with Enrique Dizeo.

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Héctor Grané joins Pedro Laurenz's orchestra as pianist at the end of the year.

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Aniceto Rossi meets Osvaldo Pugliese and plays bass in his early attempts at an orchestra.

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Hugo Diaz debuts at nine on a radio station in Santiago del Estero.

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Oscar Serpa debuts in Buenos Aires as Alfredo Pelaia's duo partner.

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Juan Carlos Godoy: His family moves to La Boca, Buenos Aires.

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Miguel Montero: First barrio performance, at Club All Boys.

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Alfredo De Angelis forms the Orquesta Típica Álvarez-De Angelis with Daniel Álvarez; it plays the Café Germinal for over a year.

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José Basso joins the orchestra of Emilio and José De Caro, replacing Héctor Grané; Francisco Grillo and José Tinelli follow.

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Mariano Mores: Hired as pianist for international music at Bar Vicente on Corrientes, after an audition.

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José Garcia settles the Zorros Grises line-up with pianist Juan Carlos Barbará and singers Augusto Gauthier and Nilda Wilson.

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Juan Cambareri joins Roberto Firpo's Cuarteto Los de Antes, after first playing in Firpo's orchestra as a teenager.

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Carlos Bahr turns to popular song after being turned back in Montevideo on his way to the Spanish Civil War.

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Orlando Goñi joins Juan Carlos Cobián's orchestra, where he plays again beside Aníbal Troilo.

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Roberto Grela leads the guitars accompanying Fernando Díaz, until 1938.

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Alberto Arenas sings with Alberto Pugliese's orchestra, including at the Cabaret D'Azur.

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Osvaldo Pugliese plays in Miguel Caló's group; the same year he joins the Communist Party.

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Horacio Salgan: Roberto Firpo hires him for his orchestra; around the same time he arranges for Miguel Caló.

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Típica Victor: Federico Scorticati takes over as director; first session with Héctor Palacios.

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Ricardo Pedevilla joins Joaquín Mora's orchestra.

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José Pascual: His tango Mi ruego is dated to this year.

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Mauricio Mise joins Pedro Laurenz's orchestra at Confitería Richmond, replacing Alfredo Gobbi.

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Hugo del Carril meets Tito Ribero at Radio El Mundo; records for Victor with his orchestra.

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Ricardo Tanturi enlarges the orchestra and plays the summer season at the Hotel Carrasco in Montevideo, for which he writes the march 'Carrasco'.

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Enrique Rodríguez founds his own orchestra, which debuts at the Cabaret Sing Sing.

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Carlos Dante forms a duo with Pedro Noda at Agustín Irusta's suggestion.

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Luis César Amadori: Co-directs his first film, Puerto Nuevo, with Mario Soffici.

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Enrique Dizeo writes the Peruvian vals Que nadie sepa mi sufrir with Ángel Cabral.

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Julio César Sanders writes the music for the film Canillita.

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Feliciano Brunelli: Pianist of the Cuarteto del 900 with Vardaro, Troilo and Bour, on Radio Mitre.

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Antonio Rodio founds Los Poetas del Tango with singer Francisco Fiorentino, heard on Radio Belgrano.

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Agustin Irusta returns to Buenos Aires; the trio appears in Canaro's revue La patria del tango at the Teatro Buenos Aires.

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Luis Díaz sings with Eugenio Nóbile's orchestra on LS3 Radio Ultra; hired by Radio Splendid in December.

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Alberto Gómez: Leading role in Juan Moreira.

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Antonio Maida: Soloist with guitars on Radio Belgrano; premieres Media noche.

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Tino García: Hired by Héctor Bates to replace Carlos Roldán.

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Pedro Laurenz plays the Confitería Richmond on Suipacha and broadcasts on Radio Excelsior and Radio Stentor.

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Alfredo Gobbi appears in the films Amalia and Loco lindo.

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Notes12

Osvaldo Pugliese — member of the Communist Party from 19361936

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Radio Stentor — With Fénix, aired Tangos, autores e intérpretes (Héctor and Luis Bates), which led to their 1936 book La historia del tango.1936

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Héctor Bates — Héctor and Luis Bates's interview programme 'Tangos, autores e intérpretes' aired successively on Nacional (the later Belgrano), Stentor and Fénix and gave rise to their1936

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Avenida Corrientes — Ensanche de la Avenida Corrientes: The widening of Corrientes, begun in 1931 and completed in 1936, gave the tango street its present breadth; it cost1936

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Teatro Ópera — Owner Clemente Lococo used the 1936 widening of Corrientes to build the third and definitive Teatro Ópera (the article also says Alberto Bourdon conceived the1936

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Teatro Colón — Baile de carnaval de 1936 en el Teatro Colón1936

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Obelisco — Punto de encuentro: the Obelisco is a usual meeting point for demonstrations that spill onto 9 de Julio and Corrientes, much as Plaza de Mayo1936

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Obelisco de Buenos Aires — Obelisco inaugurated: Built in 31 days for the city's 400th anniversary.1936, May 23, 1936

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Avenida Corrientes, Buenos Aires — Widening of Avenida Corrientes: The widening of Corrientes.1936

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Edificio Kavanagh, Buenos Aires — Edificio Kavanagh completed: Tallest reinforced-concrete building in South America.1936

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Línea C (subte de Buenos Aires) — Extension: the line was extended to Retiro on 6 February 1936; Lavalle station opened the same day.Feb 6, 1936

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Golden Age — Buenos Aires: Puerto Nuevo (1936), directed by Mario Soffici and Luis César Amadori (Argentina Sono Film), premiered on 12 February 1936 with Pepe Arias, AliciaFeb 12, 1936

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Dates1

Golden Age — unilaterally denounced by the United Kingdom1936, May 1, 1936, May 23, 1936

Supported · 4

Published5

Milonga triste — 1936

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Arrepentido — 1936

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Envidia — 1936

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En las sombras — 1936

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Levanta la frente — 1936

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Played in4

Ciriaco Ortiz — Played in Juan Carlos Cobian.1936

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Pedro Maffia — Played in Quinteto Los Virtuosos.1936

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Luis Petrucelli — Played in Osvaldo Fresedo.1936

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Antonio Buglione — Played in Alberto Cima.1936

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Born2

Raúl Garello — Born.Jan 3, 1936

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Alfredo Zitarrosa — Born.Mar 10, 1936

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Singers13

Silueta porteña (Juan D'Arienzo) — Sung by Walter Cabral.Jan 14, 1936

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A la gran muñeca (Francisco Lomuto) — Sung by Jorge Omar.Jan 15, 1936

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Irene (Juan D'Arienzo) — Sung by Walter Cabral.Mar 6, 1936

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La tapera (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Félix Gutiérrez.Mar 10, 1936

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Me decías (Osvaldo Fresedo) — Sung by Roberto Ray.Apr 2, 1936

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Un placer (Juan D'Arienzo) — Sung by Walter Cabral.Apr 3, 1936

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Tu olvido (Juan D'Arienzo) — Sung by Walter Cabral.May 8, 1936

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Como las flores (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.May 12, 1936

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Será una noche (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Jun 3, 1936

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Las campanas (Miguel Caló) — Sung by Alberto Morel.Jul 13, 1936

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Mi noche triste (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Jul 14, 1936

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Damisela encantadora (Francisco Lomuto) — Sung by Jorge Omar.Aug 7, 1936

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Que le importa al mundo (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Roberto Maida.Aug 26, 1936

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Listen

  1. Silueta porteñaJuan D'Arienzo · Walter Cabral1936
  2. La guitarritaJuan D'Arienzo1936
  3. A la gran muñecaFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar1936
  4. ChiquéEdgardo Donato1936
  5. RetintínJuan D'Arienzo1936
  6. Sueño floridoJuan D'Arienzo1936
  7. IreneJuan D'Arienzo · Walter Cabral1936
  8. MañanaEdgardo Donato · Félix Gutiérrez1936
  9. La taperaEdgardo Donato · Félix Gutiérrez1936
  10. Yo también soñéFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1936
  11. Después arreglamosFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar1936
  12. Qué fácil es decirFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar1936

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