Tango in 1959

Juan D'Arienzo — 23 recordings1959[1]

Aníbal Troilo — 2 recordings1959[1]

Osvaldo Pugliese — 12 recordings1959[1]

Miguel Caló — 12 recordings1959[1]

Ricardo Tanturi — 10 recordings1959[1]

Ángel D'Agostino — 4 recordings1959[1]

Rodolfo Biagi — 4 recordings1959[1]

Osvaldo Fresedo — 12 recordings1959[1]

Enrique Rodríguez — 1 recordings1959[1]

Alfredo De Angelis — 18 recordings1959[1]

Francisco Canaro — 4 recordings1959[1]

Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) — 18 recordings1959[1]

Hugo Marcel: First recordings with Osvaldo Fresedo, including Después de carnaval.[2]

Antonio Maida becomes general director of LS6 Radio del Pueblo.[3]

Carlos Di Sarli: Last performance, at the club Podestá de Lanús, closing with his own Bahía Blanca.[4]

Lalo Martel: First recording with Alfredo De Angelis for Odeon, Anoche estuve llorando.[5]

Manuel Meaños dies in Avellaneda.[6]

Alberto Morán ends his first period with Armando Cupo after 46 recordings.[7]

Juan Carlos Godoy records Amor de resero with Lalo Martel.[8]

Ángel Vargas: Final recording session, La cieguita and La porteñita, with José Libertella's orchestra.[9][11]

Oscar Larroca records the waltz Mi rosa Margarita with Dante for Voxor.[10]

Alberto Vacarezza dies in Buenos Aires.[12]

Miguel Montero: Last dance with Pugliese, at Club Huracán.[13]

Ivo Pelay dies in Buenos Aires.[14]

Ubaldo De Lío: Quinteto Real debuts on Radio El Mundo, then plays the Confitería Richmond.[15]

Adolfo Rivas records Mejor así with the Orquesta Símbolo Osmar Maderna, directed by Aquiles Roggero.[16]

Eduardo Bianco dies in Buenos Aires.[17]

Guillermo Coral: Last records with Canaro's orchestra, La canción and La novia del alcohol.[18]

Julio Martel: Last performance, at Club Santa Elena in Luján.[19]

Omar Vega Boston: Born in Concordia, Entre Ríos.[20]

Maria la Turca starts dancing at seven, taught by her father; wins a tango contest with him at eight.[21]

Alcides Rossi replaces Kicho Díaz as double bassist of Aníbal Troilo's orchestra.[22]

Raúl Lavié records with Héctor Stamponi's orchestra for Philips.[23]

Elvira Santamaría meets Virulazo again by chance; they marry and form the couple 'Virulazo y Elvira'.[24]

Horacio Ferrer publishes his first book, El tango: su historia y evolución, with Peña Lillo.[25]

Orlando Tripodi directs and arranges the orchestra of singers Roberto Florio and Jorge Durán, recording instrumentals for Victor.[26]

José Colangelo plays with Ángel Domínguez on Radio Splendid and at the cabaret El Avión in La Boca.[27]

Virulazo meets Elvira Santamaría again by chance; they become partners and marry.[28]

Osvaldo Berlingieri plays in the trio Los Modernos with Roberto Goyeneche and in the quartet Los Notables del Tango with Leopoldo Federico.[29]

José Libertella conducts Ángel Vargas's orchestra on RCA Victor and starts his own orchestra, recording for Odeon with Miguel Montero.[30]

Ernesto Baffa | Ubaldo De Lío joins Aníbal Troilo's orchestra, staying almost fifteen years.[31]

Carlos Yanel sings at Club Nueva Era carnival dances in Rosario with José Corna's orchestra.[32]

Virginia Luque: Del cuplé al tango, film and RCA album.[33]

Luciano Leocata: His own orchestra debuts on Radio Belgrano, staying six years.[34]

Luis Stazo joins Alfredo De Angelis's orchestra, staying until 1965.[35]

Julian Plaza joins Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra and tours the Soviet Union and China with it.[36]

Enrique Díaz leaves Troilo's orchestra.[37]

Leopoldo Federico records his first disc leading his own orchestra and, at year's end, starts accompanying Julio Sosa.[38]

Armando Laborde goes back to Héctor Varela's orchestra.[39]

Jorge Maciel tours the Soviet Union and China with Pugliese, with singer Carlos Guido.[40]

Armando Baliotti forms the Cinco Maestros del Tango, recording for TK.[41]

Osvaldo Manzi forms an orchestra with Eduardo Rovira as first bandoneon; records Febril for a 78 rpm disc.[42]

Alberto Gómez sings with Pedro Maffia on Radio Belgrano and records for TK.[43]

Roberto Videla sings at the Italian restaurant In Boboli in New York.[44]

José Basso: His orchestra wins the monthly viewers' vote on Canal 7's Hit parade.[45]

Florindo Sassone moves to the Odeon label and records more instrumentals.[46]

Mario Demarco leaves Pugliese before the tour of China and the USSR; Julián Plaza replaces him.[47]

Roberto Florio leads his own orchestra with Jorge Durán, directed by Orlando Trípodi; an RCA album is left unfinished.[48]

Héctor de Rosas: Co-leads an orchestra with Celso Amato on Radio Splendid.[49]

Enrique Alessio: Osvaldo Pugliese records his instrumental Julie.[50]

Atilio Stampone signs with Microfón, beginning more than ten LPs for the label.[51]

Carlos Almada rejoins Donato, singing with Artemio Rolando.[52]

Rodolfo Lesica returns to Varela until 1961.[53]

Osvaldo Pugliese tours the Soviet Union, playing some eighty cities in three months.[54]

Héctor Stamponi: Co-leads Los Violines de Oro del Tango with Francini.[55]

Simón Bajour tours the Soviet Union and China with Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra.[56]

Tino García: With D'Agostino on television and at the Marabú.[57]

Astor Piazzolla: Musical director for the dancers Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves at the Club Flamboyan in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[58]

Roberto Firpo retires after close to three thousand recordings.[59]

Jorge Durán forms an orchestra with Roberto Florio, directed from the piano by Orlando Trípodi; records for RCA Victor.[60]

Julian Plaza — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[61][63]

Víctor Lavallén — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[61][63]

Domingo Mattio — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1959[62]

Ernesto Baffa — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1959[62]

David Díaz — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1959[62]

José Bragato — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1959[62]

Osvaldo Berlingieri — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1959[62]

Osvaldo Ruggiero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[63]

Ismael Spitalnik — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[63]

Oscar Herrero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959, Jan 1959[63][64]

Emilio Balcarce — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[63]

Julio Carrasco — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[63]

Norberto Bernasconi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[63]

Aniceto Rossi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[63]

Pedro Laurenz — Quinteto Real (Láurenz-Salgán-De Lío-Francini-Ferro), first formation1959[70]

Aníbal Troilo — Led Aníbal Troilo.1959[62]

Osvaldo Pugliese — Led Osvaldo Pugliese.1959[63]

José Basso — Led José Basso.Jan 8, 1959, Mar 9, 1959[72][76]

Osvaldo Fresedo — Led Osvaldo Fresedo.Jan 12, 1959[73]

Héctor Varela — Led Héctor Varela.Feb 24, 1959[74]

Rodolfo Biagi — Led Rodolfo Biagi.Mar 6, 1959[76]

Leo Lipesker — Led Roberto Rufino.Mar 25, 1959[76]

Astor Piazzolla — Performed at Puerto Rico.1959[65]

Juan Carlos Copes — Performed at Puerto Rico.1959[65]

Maria Nieves Rego — Performed at Puerto Rico.1959[65]

Omar Vega — Born.1959[66][67]

Nuevo — Japan: the 1950s 'second Japanese tango boom' ended with the cancellation of NHK's radio programme1959[68]

Juan Carlos Copes — the couple reached Broadway in 19591959[69]

Adiós Nonino — Astor Piazzolla composes Adiós Nonino in 1959, in tribute to his father.1959[71]

Mi alondra (Rodolfo Biagi) — Sung by Hugo Duval.Mar 6, 1959[75]

La violetera (Ángel D'Agostino) — Sung by Roberto Alvar.Apr 24, 1959[75]

Yo te canto Buenos Aires (Héctor Varela) — Sung by Ernesto Herrera.Apr 29, 1959[75]

Dónde estás (Osvaldo Fresedo) — Sung by Blanca Mooney.Jun 2, 1959[75]

Paternal (Jorge Caldara) — Sung by Carlos Montalvo.Jun 18, 1959[75]

Al mundo le falta un tornillo (Armando Pontier) — Sung by Julio Sosa.Jun 26, 1959[75]

Margo (Armando Pontier) — Sung by Julio Sosa.Jun 26, 1959[75]

Ángel Vargas — Died.Jul 7, 1959[77]