Our catalogue holds 264 recordings from 1951. The orchestras recorded most that year were Juan D'Arienzo (20 recordings), Carlos Di Sarli (20 recordings), and Francisco Canaro (15 recordings).
That year
Carlos Di Sarli: return after commercial withdrawal.
Carlos Di Sarli: Led Carlos Di Sarli.
Simón Bajour: Played in Carlos Di Sarli.
Claudio González: Played in Carlos Di Sarli.
Mario Pomar: Di Sarli's new orchestra, with Pomar and Oscar Serpa, opens at Radio El Mundo.
Adolfo Rivas records Los mareados and Mimí Pinsón at Osmar Maderna's last session, for RCA Victor.
Osmar Maderna makes his last Víctor recording on 29 March, his 52nd title for the label.
Jorge Ledesma: First recording with Mancione, Sorbos amargos, for RCA Victor.
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The records of 1951
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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Alfredo De Angelis · Oscar Larroca, Carlos Dante
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- Milonga La Baldosa11 videos
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- SULTANS OF ISTANBUL10 videos
- Milongueros All Aboard9 videos
- Gente Amiga9 videos
- Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival9 videos
- Milonga en lo de Balmaceda8 videos
- Mundial de Baile de Tango8 videos
- Milonguero Nights8 videos
- Belgrade Tango Encuentro7 videos
Dancers filmed to this year's music
- Mariano Chicho Frúmboli94 videos
- Juana Sepulveda78 videos
- Sebastian Jimenez70 videos
- Maja Petrović49 videos
- Carlitos Espinoza46 videos
- Marko Miljevic43 videos
- Joana Gomez30 videos
- Fabián Peralta29 videos
- Noelia Hurtado28 videos
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings12
Juan D'Arienzo — 20 recordings1951
Single sourceCarlos Di Sarli — 20 recordings1951
Single sourceAníbal Troilo — 15 recordings1951
Single sourceOsvaldo Pugliese — 10 recordings1951
Single sourceMiguel Caló — 8 recordings1951
Single sourceÁngel D'Agostino — 2 recordings1951
Single sourceLucio Demare — 4 recordings1951
Single sourceRodolfo Biagi — 4 recordings1951
Single sourceOsvaldo Fresedo — 10 recordings1951
Single sourceEdgardo Donato — 8 recordings1951
Single sourceEnrique Rodríguez — 4 recordings1951
Single sourceAlfredo De Angelis — 14 recordings1951
Single sourceWhat happened51
Mario Pomar: Di Sarli's new orchestra, with Pomar and Oscar Serpa, opens at Radio El Mundo.
Single sourceAdolfo Rivas records Los mareados and Mimí Pinsón at Osmar Maderna's last session, for RCA Victor.
Single sourceOsmar Maderna makes his last Víctor recording on 29 March, his 52nd title for the label.
Single sourceJorge Ledesma: First recording with Mancione, Sorbos amargos, for RCA Victor.
Single sourceOscar Larroca debuts with Alfredo De Angelis on Radio El Mundo's Glostora Tango Club.
Single sourceEnrique Carrera Sotelo dies in San Telmo.
Single sourceJuan Velich dies in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceHomero Manzi dies of cancer in Buenos Aires; Troilo writes Responso in his memory.
Single sourceHugo Baralis directs Alberto Marino's orchestra; their first Odeon record, Margot, is cut on 21 May.
Single sourceRodolfo Galé: First record with Florindo Sassone, Testamento de arrabal, for RCA Victor.
Single sourceVictor D'Amario records for the first time, for Pathé: Griseta with Alberto Santillán and the instrumental Jueves.
Single sourceAntonio Sureda dies in Buenos Aires.
Single sourceEnrique Campos: Back with Rotundo, records 'Llorando la carta'; in December he records 'El viejo vals' in duet with Floreal Ruiz.
Single sourceMario Bustos: First recording with Eduardo Del Piano, Margot; seasons at the confitería Adlón on Florida.
Single sourceHéctor de Rosas: First recording with Eduardo Del Piano, No me pregunten por qué.
Single sourceJuanjo Dominguez: Born in Junín; the family moves to Lanús.
Single sourceCarlos Di Sarli returns with recordings for the Music Hall label, with Oscar Serpa and Mario Pomar.
Single sourceJuan Carlos Copes wins first prize with Nieves at a Luna Park contest of about 300 couples (15 November).
Single sourceArmando Garrido: Last recording with Fresedo, Sombra de humo.
Single sourceRicardo Pedevilla records El Cachafaz for Pampa.
Single sourceJosé María Aguilar dies at Hospital Álvarez after being hit by a car.
Single sourceEnrique Santos Discepolo dies in Balvanera.
Single sourceGinamaría Hidalgo plays Amelia in Corazón fiel.
Single sourceOsvaldo Requena y Leopoldo Federico: Pianist in Raúl Kaplún's orchestra; writes his first arrangement.
Single sourceRoberto Florio: First recordings with Lorenzo Barbero's Orquesta de la Argentinidad.
Single sourceOrlando Tripodi takes the piano of the Orquesta Símbolo Osmar Maderna, led by Aquiles Roggero, and arranges for it.
Single sourceVíctor Lavallén joins Miguel Caló's orchestra until 1954, touring Brazil.
Single sourceArturo Penón joins Julio De Caro's orchestra; records for Odeon in June and July and plays on Radio El Mundo.
Single sourceErnesto Franco replaces Leopoldo Federico in Osmar Maderna's orchestra until Maderna's death on 28 April.
Single sourceOsvaldo Ramos wins a contest at the confitería La Armonía on Corrientes.
Single sourceArmando Laborde joins Héctor Varela's re-formed orchestra, recording 24 sides for Pampa.
Single sourceLorenzo Barbero starts recording for Odeon in October, with Roberto Florio singing.
Single sourceMario Demarco forms his own orchestra late in the year, recording 18 titles for Pathé until mid-1953.
Single sourceAlberto Podestá starts a solo career on Radio Splendid and sings at the Maipú Pigall cabaret.
Single sourceEduardo Rovira forms his own orchestra for Radio Splendid.
Single sourceRoberto Di Filippo joins the Radio Splendid house orchestra, later switching to oboe there.
Single sourceJorge Vidal starts his solo recording career; six sides with Argentino Galván's orchestra for Pampa.
Single sourceFrancisco Fiorentino joins pianist José Puglia and bandoneonist Edgardo Pedroza in Uruguay and makes his last three recordings in November.
Single sourceAngel Dominguez spends most of the year in Florindo Sassone's orchestra.
Single sourceAndrés Falgás sings with Julio De Caro's orchestra, without recording.
Single sourceNelly Omar records for RCA Victor with Domingo Marafioti's orchestra.
Single sourceJuan Sanchez Gorio signs with the new Orfeo label and records Rodríguez Peña in September.
Single sourceSofía Bozán plays herself in El patio de la morocha.
Single sourceAlberto Arenas: With Canaro on Radio El Mundo's Glostora Tango Club; tours of Brazil and the interior through 1954.
Single sourceAlfredo De Angelis appears in the film 'El cantor del pueblo'; Oscar Larroca sings beside Dante around this time.
Single sourceRoberto Caló: First records for Orfeo: El metejón with Oscar Larroca and a Troilo selection.
Single sourceCarlos Marcucci joins the Radio Splendid house orchestra under Francisco Trópoli, until 1957.
Single sourceOscar Serpa returns to Di Sarli, sharing the vocals with Mario Pomar.
Single sourceÁngel Vargas begins recording with Armando Lacava's orchestra, his most recorded accompaniment after D'Agostino.
Single sourceJosé Tinelli records piano duets with César Zagnoli for RCA Victor.
Single sourceJulio Martel leaves De Angelis after the carnival dances at Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.
Single sourceDates2
Carlos Di Sarli — return after commercial withdrawal1951
Single sourceGolden Age — Occurred at Argentina.1951, Apr 28, 1951
Supported · 4Orchestras led3
Carlos Di Sarli — Led Carlos Di Sarli.1951
Single sourceOsvaldo Pugliese — Led Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Single sourceOsmar Maderna — Led Osmar Maderna.Mar 29, 1951
Single sourcePlayed in13
Simón Bajour — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1951
Single sourceClaudio González — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1951
Single sourceFederico Scorticati — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1951
Single sourceÁngel Ramos — Played in Carlos Di Sarli.1951
Single sourceOsvaldo Ruggiero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Jorge Caldara — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Esteban Gilardi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Roberto Peppe — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Enrique Camerano — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Oscar Herrero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Emilio Balcarce — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Julio Carrasco — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Aniceto Rossi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1951
Supported · 2Published1
Aquí parado en la esquina — 1951
Single sourceNotes2
Golden Age — Tokyo: the singer Ranko Fujisawa, nicknamed the Queen of Tango, made her first record for Victor, as singer of Shimpei Hayakawa's Orquesta Típica Tokyo1951
Single sourceBuenos Aires — First Pan American Games: Buenos Aires hosts the first Pan American Games.Feb 25, 1951
Single sourceDied2
Mariano Balcarce — Died.1951
Single sourceOsmar Maderna — Died.Apr 28, 1951
Supported · 2Performed at1
Carlos Di Sarli — Performed at Radio El Mundo.Mar 16, 1951
Single sourceSingers10
Los mareados (Osmar Maderna) — Sung by Adolfo Rivas.Mar 29, 1951
Single sourceCualquier cosa (Domingo Federico) — Sung by Enzo Valentino.Apr 10, 1951
Single sourceBailongo de los domingos (Lucio Demare) — Sung by Héctor Alvarado.May 9, 1951
Single sourceLlevátelo todo (Alfredo De Angelis) — Sung by Oscar Larroca.May 10, 1951
Single sourceBarro (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Sung by Alberto Morán.May 22, 1951
Single sourceMi virgencita de Luján (Edgardo Donato) — Sung by Hugo Roca.Jun 6, 1951
Single sourceDiscepolín (Osvaldo Fresedo) — Sung by Héctor Pacheco.Jun 12, 1951
Single sourceLa vieja serenata (Alberto Castillo) — Sung by Alberto Castillo.Jun 15, 1951
Single sourceCalor de hogar (Alfredo Gobbi) — Sung by Jorge Maciel.Jun 26, 1951
Single sourceLa número cinco (Alfredo Gobbi) — Sung by Jorge Maciel.Jun 27, 1951
Single sourceListen
- El arranqueJulio De Caro1951
- Mimí PinsónOsmar Maderna · Adolfo Rivas1951
- Los mareadosOsmar Maderna · Adolfo Rivas1951
- El motivoAlberto Mancione · Francisco Fiorentino · no clip yet1951
- Sorbos amargosAlberto Mancione · Jorge Ledesma · no clip yet1951
- Estampa de matónDomingo Federico · Carlos Valdez1951
- Cualquier cosaDomingo Federico · Enzo Valentino1951
- A dos puntasOrquesta Francini-Pontier · no clip yet1951
- Mi sentenciaOrquesta Francini-Pontier · Julio Sosa · no clip yet1951
- JuevesEnrique Rodríguez1951
- Estrellita del surAlfredo Gobbi · Jorge Maciel, Héctor Coral1951
- La catreraAlfredo Gobbi1951
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