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Our catalogue holds 326 recordings from 1945. The orchestras recorded most that year were Francisco Canaro (29 recordings), Miguel Caló (28 recordings), and Juan D'Arienzo (22 recordings).

That year

Lucio Demare: Led Lucio Demare.

Horacio Quintana: Performed at Café El Nacional.

Francisco Rotundo: Led Francisco Rotundo.

Alberto Morán: After singing with Cristóbal Herreros's orchestra at the café El Nacional and an audition at Radio El Mundo, records his first sides with Osvaldo Pugliese.

Jorge Durán joins Carlos Di Sarli, debuting with him on Radio El Mundo; Di Sarli renames him Jorge.

Héctor Mauré starts his solo career on Radio Belgrano with his own orchestra led by Alberto Cima.

Jorge Durán: First Di Sarli recording for RCA Victor, "Que no sepan las estrellas".

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What was playing?

The records of 1945

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 · LR3 Radio Belgrano

  1. Lluvia de abril

    Miguel Caló · Raúl Iriarte

    92 dances
  2. Pregonera

    Edgardo Donato · Alberto Podestá

    1 dance

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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

Recordings15

Juan D'Arienzo — 22 recordings1945

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Carlos Di Sarli — 20 recordings1945

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Aníbal Troilo — 22 recordings1945

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Osvaldo Pugliese — 20 recordings1945

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Miguel Caló — 28 recordings1945

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Ricardo Tanturi — 20 recordings1945

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Ángel D'Agostino — 18 recordings1945

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Lucio Demare — 6 recordings1945

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Rodolfo Biagi — 16 recordings1945

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Osvaldo Fresedo — 16 recordings1945

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Edgardo Donato — 7 recordings1945

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Enrique Rodríguez — 17 recordings1945

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Lo mismo que un tango (Lucio Demare) — Recorded in Lucio Demare.1945

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Orquesta Francini-Pontier — about 120 records, 34 of them instrumental, over ten years1945

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Florcita (Lucio Demare) — Recorded in Lucio Demare.Jan 3, 1945

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What happened57

Alberto Morán: After singing with Cristóbal Herreros's orchestra at the café El Nacional and an audition at Radio El Mundo, records his first sides with Osvaldo Pugliese.

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Jorge Durán joins Carlos Di Sarli, debuting with him on Radio El Mundo; Di Sarli renames him Jorge.

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Héctor Mauré starts his solo career on Radio Belgrano with his own orchestra led by Alberto Cima.

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Jorge Ortiz: Back with Biagi; records Magdala and Yuyo verde.

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Orlando Goñi dies in Montevideo, aged 31.

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Alfredo Rojas: Last catalogued recordings with García, Nadie ha de saber and Que no sepan las estrellas.

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José Garcia: Last Odeon session, closing a catalogue of 40 sides.

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Carlos Roldán leaves Canaro.

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Lisandro Adrover: Born in San Pedro, Buenos Aires province.

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Alberto Castillo marries Ofelia Oneto.

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José Luis Padula dies in Buenos Aires.

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Graciano de Leone dies in Burzaco.

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Roberto Arrieta: First recordings with Miguel Caló: Quedó en venir a las nueve and Cimarrón de ausencia.

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Alberto Arenas: First recording with Canaro, Adiós pampa mía.

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Armando Pontier: The Francini-Pontier orchestra debuts at the opening of the Tango Bar on Corrientes.

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Enrique Francini: With Armando Pontier forms the Francini-Pontier orchestra, which debuts at the opening of Tango Bar on Corrientes.

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Juan Guido dies in Buenos Aires.

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Roberto Videla debuts with Ricardo Tanturi at Radio El Mundo.

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Alfredo Malerba marries Libertad Lamarque.

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Jorge Vidal wins first prize at a singers' contest at the Teatro Smart.

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Eduardo Pareja starts dancing at 15 at a men-only práctica where he meets Petróleo and Finito.

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Elvira Santamaría: In the 1940s she is Virulazo's first girlfriend; they later split up.

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Finito starts dancing tango at about 16, beginning at Club Floreal (year inferred from age).

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Flaco Dany goes to dance halls with his parents as a child of about eight to ten.

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Gerardo Portalea starts going to Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza as a teenager in the 1940s (approximate).

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Raúl Bravo starts dancing at fourteen in Floresta (year inferred from age).

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Martha Anton: Around this year her family settles in Floresta, Buenos Aires.

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Oscar Larroca joins Domingo Federico's orchestra with Carlos Vidal; debut on Radio Splendid; first recordings in June, duets with Vidal.

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Alfredo Del Rio sings at El Parque Goal on Avenida de Mayo.

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Lalo Martel wins a place in Víctor Braña's orchestra through a singers' contest.

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Rodolfo Galé joins Aníbal Apiolaza's orchestra in Mendoza.

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Pepito Avellaneda: First public performance, at the Teatro Roma in Avellaneda, aged fifteen.

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Francisco Rotundo debuts his orchestra at the carnival dances of Club San José de Flores, presented by the poet Carlos Waiss.

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José Rótulo writes Pregonera with Alfredo De Angelis.

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Raúl Hormaza recites at the Bar Marzotto, where Arturo Gallucci sets Cien guitarras.

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Roberto Pansera joins Juan Carlos Cobián's group through his teacher Domingo Federico.

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Oscar Ferrari joins Alfredo Gobbi's orchestra.

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Donato Racciatti leads the orchestra accompanying singer Luis Alberto Fleitas, with whom he records nine sides.

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Alberto Podestá becomes the singer of the Francini-Pontier orchestra, playing the Sans Souci and the Tibidabo cabaret; records El hijo triste with Julio Sosa.

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Carlos García: Mid-1940s pianist in Alberto Castellanos's orchestra on Radio El Mundo.

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Simón Bajour joins Roberto Dimas's orchestra at café Marzotto.

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Guillermo Rico sings Niebla and duets in Canaro's revue El tango en París at the Teatro Alvear.

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Osmar Maderna leaves Caló and forms his own orchestra, which debuts at the Marzotto café on Corrientes.

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Virgilio Expósito settles in Buenos Aires.

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Héctor Marcó writes Porteño y bailarín with Di Sarli.

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Héctor Grané: His tango Esta noche al pasar dates from this year.

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Ismael Spitalnik moves to Miguel Caló's orchestra.

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Roberto Caló gives up singing and debuts as an orchestra leader on LR4 Radio Splendid.

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Homero Expósito settles in Buenos Aires; writes Trenzas and Margo with Armando Pontier.

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Guillermo Coral sings in Canaro's revue El tango en París at the Teatro Alvear.

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Catulo Castillo begins his partnership with Aníbal Troilo with María.

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Ivo Pelay: Adiós pampa mía, with Canaro and Mariano Mores, appears.

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Lito Bayardo writes Cuatro lágrimas, words and music.

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Eduardo Escaris Méndez writes the vals La pena del payador with José and Luis Servidio.

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Félix Lipesker publishes the Marcucci-Lipesker bandoneon method with Carlos Marcucci.

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Amadeo Mandarino debuts with Emilio Balcarce at the Salón Casablanca carnival dances.

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Julio Martel premieres 'Pregonera' with the orchestra at Club Argentinos Juniors.

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Orchestras led3

Lucio Demare — Led Lucio Demare.1945

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Francisco Rotundo — Led Francisco Rotundo.1945

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Alberto Cima — Led Héctor Maure.Jan 1, 1945

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Performed at1

Horacio Quintana — Performed at Café El Nacional.1945

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Played in14

Alberto Garralda — Played in Juan Canaro.1945

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José Márquez — Played in Juan Canaro.1945

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Juan Miguel Rodríguez — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1945

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David Díaz — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1945

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José Basso — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1945

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Osvaldo Ruggiero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Jorge Caldara — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Esteban Gilardi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Oscar Castagniaro — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Enrique Camerano — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Oscar Herrero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Julio Carrasco — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Aniceto Rossi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945

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Alberto Castillo — Played in Radio Belgrano.1945

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Published18

Fuimos — 1945

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Trenzas — 1945

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Margo — 1945

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Bien criolla y bien porteña — 1945

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Amor y Tango — 1945

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La noche que te fuiste — 1945

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Garras — 1945

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Lluvia de abril — 1945

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Tedio — 1945

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El sueño del pibe — 1945

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Porteño y bailarín — 1945

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Tu intimo secreto — 1945

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Los despojos — 1945

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Cuatro lágrimas — 1945

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Menta y cedrón — 1945

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Cuando se ha querido mucho — 1945

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Anselmo Laguna — 1945

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La pena del payador — 1945

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Notes4

El Pibe del Abasto — In 1945 he began teaching, after studying theory with Manuel Crespo, Vicente Gargiuli and Juan César Mendieta1945

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Marta Anton — Around 1945 she arrived in Buenos Aires with her family and settled in Floresta1945

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Mingo Lavalle — Excellent dancer known in the mid-1940s, the youngest of his time; born in Italy1945

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El Turco José — In the mid-1940s he entered, with his friend El Perita, a practice at the Asociación de Fomento y Cultura Villa Cerini in Saavedra1945

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Singers3

Encuentro (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Guillermo Coral.Jan 2, 1945

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La mañana (Alfredo De Angelis) — Sung by Julio Martel.Jan 9, 1945

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De seis a siete (Ricardo Tanturi) — Sung by Enrique Campos.Jan 22, 1945

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Born1

Julián Rosales — Born.Feb 9, 1945

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Listen

  1. EncuentroFrancisco Canaro · Guillermo Coral1945
  2. Collar de amoresFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán1945
  3. Rodríguez PeñaCarlos Di Sarli1945
  4. Que no sepan las estrellasCarlos Di Sarli · Jorge Durán1945
  5. Igual que un bandoneónLucio Demare · Horacio Quintana1945
  6. No me importa su amorAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante1945
  7. La mañanaAlfredo De Angelis · Julio Martel1945
  8. El pialAlfredo De Angelis1945
  9. Nieve de amorAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante1945
  10. FlorcitaLucio Demare1945
  11. Luna llenaEnrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno1945
  12. Cuando te hablen del domingoEnrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno1945

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