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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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.
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Events where this year's music was danced
- Viva La Pepa36 videos
- Porteño y Bailarín30 videos
- Mundial de Baile de Tango25 videos
- Milonga La Baldosa23 videos
- Planetango23 videos
- Floreal Milonga19 videos
- Milonga en lo de Balmaceda19 videos
- Gente Amiga16 videos
- Belgrade Tango Encuentro15 videos
- Milonga Malena14 videos
- Nora's Tango Week11 videos
- Tango Salon Extremo11 videos
Dancers filmed to this year's music
- Carlitos Espinoza118 videos
- Noelia Hurtado92 videos
- Sebastian Jimenez56 videos
- Agustina Piaggio53 videos
- Maria Inés Bogado52 videos
- Fernando Sanchez43 videos
- Ariadna Naveira41 videos
- Maja Petrović41 videos
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings15
Juan D'Arienzo — 22 recordings1945
Single sourceCarlos Di Sarli — 20 recordings1945
Single sourceAníbal Troilo — 22 recordings1945
Single sourceOsvaldo Pugliese — 20 recordings1945
Single sourceMiguel Caló — 28 recordings1945
Single sourceRicardo Tanturi — 20 recordings1945
Single sourceÁngel D'Agostino — 18 recordings1945
Single sourceLucio Demare — 6 recordings1945
Single sourceRodolfo Biagi — 16 recordings1945
Single sourceOsvaldo Fresedo — 16 recordings1945
Single sourceEdgardo Donato — 7 recordings1945
Single sourceEnrique Rodríguez — 17 recordings1945
Single sourceLo mismo que un tango (Lucio Demare) — Recorded in Lucio Demare.1945
Single sourceOrquesta Francini-Pontier — about 120 records, 34 of them instrumental, over ten years1945
Single sourceFlorcita (Lucio Demare) — Recorded in Lucio Demare.Jan 3, 1945
Single sourceWhat 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.
Single sourceJorge Durán joins Carlos Di Sarli, debuting with him on Radio El Mundo; Di Sarli renames him Jorge.
Single sourceHéctor Mauré starts his solo career on Radio Belgrano with his own orchestra led by Alberto Cima.
Single sourceJorge Ortiz: Back with Biagi; records Magdala and Yuyo verde.
Single sourceOrlando Goñi dies in Montevideo, aged 31.
Single sourceAlfredo Rojas: Last catalogued recordings with García, Nadie ha de saber and Que no sepan las estrellas.
Single sourceJosé Garcia: Last Odeon session, closing a catalogue of 40 sides.
Single sourceCarlos Roldán leaves Canaro.
Single sourceLisandro Adrover: Born in San Pedro, Buenos Aires province.
Single sourceAlberto Castillo marries Ofelia Oneto.
Single sourceJosé Luis Padula dies in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceGraciano de Leone dies in Burzaco.
Single sourceRoberto Arrieta: First recordings with Miguel Caló: Quedó en venir a las nueve and Cimarrón de ausencia.
Single sourceAlberto Arenas: First recording with Canaro, Adiós pampa mía.
Single sourceArmando Pontier: The Francini-Pontier orchestra debuts at the opening of the Tango Bar on Corrientes.
Single sourceEnrique Francini: With Armando Pontier forms the Francini-Pontier orchestra, which debuts at the opening of Tango Bar on Corrientes.
Single sourceJuan Guido dies in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceRoberto Videla debuts with Ricardo Tanturi at Radio El Mundo.
Supported · 2Alfredo Malerba marries Libertad Lamarque.
Single sourceJorge Vidal wins first prize at a singers' contest at the Teatro Smart.
Single sourceEduardo Pareja starts dancing at 15 at a men-only práctica where he meets Petróleo and Finito.
Single sourceElvira Santamaría: In the 1940s she is Virulazo's first girlfriend; they later split up.
Single sourceFinito starts dancing tango at about 16, beginning at Club Floreal (year inferred from age).
Single sourceFlaco Dany goes to dance halls with his parents as a child of about eight to ten.
Single sourceGerardo Portalea starts going to Club Sin Rumbo in Villa Urquiza as a teenager in the 1940s (approximate).
Single sourceRaúl Bravo starts dancing at fourteen in Floresta (year inferred from age).
Single sourceMartha Anton: Around this year her family settles in Floresta, Buenos Aires.
Single sourceOscar Larroca joins Domingo Federico's orchestra with Carlos Vidal; debut on Radio Splendid; first recordings in June, duets with Vidal.
Single sourceAlfredo Del Rio sings at El Parque Goal on Avenida de Mayo.
Single sourceLalo Martel wins a place in Víctor Braña's orchestra through a singers' contest.
Single sourceRodolfo Galé joins Aníbal Apiolaza's orchestra in Mendoza.
Single sourcePepito Avellaneda: First public performance, at the Teatro Roma in Avellaneda, aged fifteen.
Single sourceFrancisco Rotundo debuts his orchestra at the carnival dances of Club San José de Flores, presented by the poet Carlos Waiss.
Single sourceJosé Rótulo writes Pregonera with Alfredo De Angelis.
Single sourceRaúl Hormaza recites at the Bar Marzotto, where Arturo Gallucci sets Cien guitarras.
Single sourceRoberto Pansera joins Juan Carlos Cobián's group through his teacher Domingo Federico.
Single sourceOscar Ferrari joins Alfredo Gobbi's orchestra.
Single sourceDonato Racciatti leads the orchestra accompanying singer Luis Alberto Fleitas, with whom he records nine sides.
Single sourceAlberto Podestá becomes the singer of the Francini-Pontier orchestra, playing the Sans Souci and the Tibidabo cabaret; records El hijo triste with Julio Sosa.
Single sourceCarlos García: Mid-1940s pianist in Alberto Castellanos's orchestra on Radio El Mundo.
Single sourceSimón Bajour joins Roberto Dimas's orchestra at café Marzotto.
Single sourceGuillermo Rico sings Niebla and duets in Canaro's revue El tango en París at the Teatro Alvear.
Single sourceOsmar Maderna leaves Caló and forms his own orchestra, which debuts at the Marzotto café on Corrientes.
Single sourceVirgilio Expósito settles in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceHéctor Marcó writes Porteño y bailarín with Di Sarli.
Single sourceHéctor Grané: His tango Esta noche al pasar dates from this year.
Single sourceIsmael Spitalnik moves to Miguel Caló's orchestra.
Single sourceRoberto Caló gives up singing and debuts as an orchestra leader on LR4 Radio Splendid.
Single sourceHomero Expósito settles in Buenos Aires; writes Trenzas and Margo with Armando Pontier.
Single sourceGuillermo Coral sings in Canaro's revue El tango en París at the Teatro Alvear.
Single sourceCatulo Castillo begins his partnership with Aníbal Troilo with María.
Single sourceIvo Pelay: Adiós pampa mía, with Canaro and Mariano Mores, appears.
Single sourceLito Bayardo writes Cuatro lágrimas, words and music.
Single sourceEduardo Escaris Méndez writes the vals La pena del payador with José and Luis Servidio.
Single sourceFélix Lipesker publishes the Marcucci-Lipesker bandoneon method with Carlos Marcucci.
Single sourceAmadeo Mandarino debuts with Emilio Balcarce at the Salón Casablanca carnival dances.
Single sourceJulio Martel premieres 'Pregonera' with the orchestra at Club Argentinos Juniors.
Single sourceOrchestras led3
Lucio Demare — Led Lucio Demare.1945
Single sourceFrancisco Rotundo — Led Francisco Rotundo.1945
Single sourceAlberto Cima — Led Héctor Maure.Jan 1, 1945
Single sourcePerformed at1
Horacio Quintana — Performed at Café El Nacional.1945
Single sourcePlayed in14
Alberto Garralda — Played in Juan Canaro.1945
Single sourceJosé Márquez — Played in Juan Canaro.1945
Single sourceJuan Miguel Rodríguez — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1945
Single sourceDavid Díaz — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1945
Single sourceJosé Basso — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1945
Single sourceOsvaldo Ruggiero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceJorge Caldara — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceEsteban Gilardi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceOscar Castagniaro — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceEnrique Camerano — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceOscar Herrero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceJulio Carrasco — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceAniceto Rossi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1945
Single sourceAlberto Castillo — Played in Radio Belgrano.1945
Single sourcePublished18
Fuimos — 1945
Single sourceTrenzas — 1945
Single sourceMargo — 1945
Single sourceBien criolla y bien porteña — 1945
Single sourceAmor y Tango — 1945
Single sourceLa noche que te fuiste — 1945
Single sourceGarras — 1945
Single sourceLluvia de abril — 1945
Single sourceTedio — 1945
Single sourceEl sueño del pibe — 1945
Single sourcePorteño y bailarín — 1945
Single sourceTu intimo secreto — 1945
Single sourceLos despojos — 1945
Single sourceCuatro lágrimas — 1945
Single sourceMenta y cedrón — 1945
Single sourceCuando se ha querido mucho — 1945
Single sourceAnselmo Laguna — 1945
Single sourceLa pena del payador — 1945
Single sourceNotes4
El Pibe del Abasto — In 1945 he began teaching, after studying theory with Manuel Crespo, Vicente Gargiuli and Juan César Mendieta1945
Single sourceMarta Anton — Around 1945 she arrived in Buenos Aires with her family and settled in Floresta1945
Single sourceMingo Lavalle — Excellent dancer known in the mid-1940s, the youngest of his time; born in Italy1945
Single sourceEl 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
Single sourceSingers3
Encuentro (Francisco Canaro) — Sung by Guillermo Coral.Jan 2, 1945
Single sourceLa mañana (Alfredo De Angelis) — Sung by Julio Martel.Jan 9, 1945
Single sourceDe seis a siete (Ricardo Tanturi) — Sung by Enrique Campos.Jan 22, 1945
Single sourceBorn1
Julián Rosales — Born.Feb 9, 1945
Single sourceListen
- EncuentroFrancisco Canaro · Guillermo Coral1945
- Collar de amoresFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán1945
- Rodríguez PeñaCarlos Di Sarli1945
- Que no sepan las estrellasCarlos Di Sarli · Jorge Durán1945
- Igual que un bandoneónLucio Demare · Horacio Quintana1945
- No me importa su amorAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante1945
- La mañanaAlfredo De Angelis · Julio Martel1945
- El pialAlfredo De Angelis1945
- Nieve de amorAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante1945
- FlorcitaLucio Demare1945
- Luna llenaEnrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno1945
- Cuando te hablen del domingoEnrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno1945
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