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Tango in 1960

Our catalogue holds 140 recordings from 1960. The orchestras recorded most that year were Juan D'Arienzo (16 recordings), Armando Pontier (14 recordings), and Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán) (14 recordings).

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Our catalogue holds 140 recordings from 1960. The orchestras recorded most that year were Juan D'Arienzo (16 recordings), Armando Pontier (14 recordings), and Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán) (14 recordings).

That year

Carlos Di Sarli: Dies in Olivos.

Rafael Tuegols: Dies in Buenos Aires.

José Razzano: Dies in Buenos Aires.

Luis Teisseire: Dies in Buenos Aires.

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Recorded in12

Juan D'Arienzo — recorded in Tango in 1960 (16 recordings)1960Single source

Armando Pontier — recorded in Tango in 1960 (14 recordings)1960Single source

Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán) — recorded in Tango in 1960 (14 recordings)1960Single source

Donato Racciatti — recorded in Tango in 1960 (13 recordings)1960Single source

Alfredo De Angelis — recorded in Tango in 1960 (12 recordings)1960Single source

Domingo Federico — recorded in Tango in 1960 (11 recordings)1960Single source

Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) — recorded in Tango in 1960 (7 recordings)1960Single source

Mariano Mores — recorded in Tango in 1960 (6 recordings)1960Single source

Jorge Caldara — recorded in Tango in 1960 (6 recordings)1960Single source

Héctor Varela — recorded in Tango in 1960 (5 recordings)1960Single source

Florindo Sassone — recorded in Tango in 1960 (4 recordings)1960Single source

Carlos Di Sarli — recorded in Tango in 1960 (4 recordings)1960Single source

What happened59

Carlos Di Sarli Dies in Olivos.Single source

Rafael Tuegols Dies in Buenos Aires.Single source

José Razzano Dies in Buenos Aires.Single source

Luis Teisseire Dies in Buenos Aires.Single source

Osvaldo Ramos Joins Florindo Sassone; first recording, Esclavo de tu piel.Single source

Horacio Palma Joins Juan D'Arienzo's orchestra, then under contract to RCA Victor.Single source

Gustavo Naveira Born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut.Single source

Francisco Lauro Dies.Single source

Roberto Ray Dies in Buenos Aires.Single source

Mario César Gomila Dies.Single source

Cecilia Narova Born in Morón on 13 December.Single source

Horacio Pettorossi Dies in Mar del Plata.Single source

Gloria Arquimbau Professional debut with Eduardo in live numbers at the cine Ópera; Canaro hires them.Single source

Carlos Rivarola Begins folk dance around age eight with teacher Ana María Pérez in Villa Ballester; later trains with Mario Bustos and ballet master Alfredo Gurquel.Single source

Chico Novarro Settles in Buenos Aires.Single source

Eduardo Arquimbau Professional debut with Gloria in live numbers at the cine Ópera; Canaro hires them.Single source

Rodolfo Mederos Leads groups on Córdoba radio and television, including the Octeto Guardia Nueva.Single source

Maria Nieves Appears with Copes and Piazzolla on US television (The Arthur Murray Party, CBS).Single source

Walter Ríos Moves to Buenos Aires to study at the Conservatorio Nacional.Single source

Alcides Rossi Appears with Troilo in Discépolo's sainete Caramelos surtidos.Single source

Horacio Palma Appears with D'Arienzo and Jorge Valdez on Aquí Armenonville, Canal 9.Single source

Nelly Vázquez Joins Astor Piazzolla's quintet and records four songs for RCA Victor.Single source

Maria Nieves Appears with Copes and Piazzolla on US television (The Arthur Murray Party, CBS).Single source

Nito Garcia In the 1960s becomes principal dancer with Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra, including 'Cielo de barrilete' at the Teatro Marconi.Single source

Alcides Rossi Takes over his father's chair in Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra, debuting in Rosario.Single source

Aniceto Rossi Retires from Pugliese's orchestra; his son Alcides takes his place.Single source

Elba Berón Sings Y a mí qué in the musical Caramelos surtidos.Single source

Raúl Bravo Starts teaching at Academia Dopazo and dances with D'Arienzo's orchestra in Colombia.Single source

Carlos García Becomes music adviser at Radio Municipal and EMI-Odeon, where he stays until 1983.Single source

Arturo Penón Joins Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra as fourth bandoneon, replacing Ismael Spitalnik.Single source

Hugo Marcel With Fresedo at the Luna Park carnival dances, then a tour of Uruguay.Single source

Los Muchachos De Antes Records Viejo rincón by Raúl de los Hoyos.Single source

Armando Pontier Héctor Darío takes over from Julio Sosa; Roberto Rufino follows Ferrari in 1961.Single source

Joaquin Do Reyes Begins six recordings for RCA Victor, through 1962, including Decareando and Don Rosendo.Single source

Alfredo Belusi Joins Osvaldo Pugliese beside Jorge Maciel; first Pugliese recordings on Stentor.Single source

Alberto Echague Joins Juan Sánchez Gorio's orchestra on Radio El Mundo.Single source

Julio Sosa Publishes his only book of poems, 'Dos horas antes del alba'.Single source

Alfredo Bigeschi Covers the Rome Olympics for the newspaper Crítica.Single source

Enrique Díaz Joins Piazzolla's Quinteto Nuevo Tango and forms the Estrellas de Buenos Aires quartet.Single source

Osvaldo Ribo Records Aquel nocturno with Héctor Gondre's orchestra.Single source

Héctor Varela Becomes a regular on the television show Grandes Valores del Tango.Single source

Julio Sosa Goes solo with an orchestra led by bandoneonist Leopoldo Federico.Single source

Osvaldo Manzi Joins Astor Piazzolla's Quinteto Nuevo Tango; also forms Los Cuatro with Rovira for nightclubs and television.Single source

David Díaz Records La historia del tango with Argentino Galván for Music Hall.Single source

Eduardo Adrian Competes on the TV quiz Odol pregunta on Aeschylus and Greek theatre.Single source

Florindo Sassone Leads his own television programme, one of the first tango directors on TV.Single source

Argentino Ledesma Plays a tango singer in the film 'El asalto'.Single source

Mario Bustos Begins a solo career, accompanied by Jorge Dragone, Osvaldo Requena and others.Single source

Héctor de Rosas Joins Astor Piazzolla's quintet; records Nostalgias and Por la vuelta for Telefunken.Single source

Horacio Salgan Founds the Quinteto Real, which debuts on Radio El Mundo.Single source

Argentino Ledesma European tour, including the Olympia theatre in Paris.Single source

Atilio Stampone Scores Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's Un guapo del 900.Single source

Jorge Caldara Forms the quartet Estrellas de Buenos Aires, which tours the Americas.Single source

Oscar Larroca Sings on Radio Antioquia in Medellín for the 25th anniversary of Gardel's death.Single source

Carlos Acuña Records an album of Gardel songs for Peerless in Mexico.Single source

Astor Piazzolla Forms the Quinteto Nuevo Tango in Buenos Aires.Single source

José Tinelli Dies at home in Buenos Aires.Single source

Hugo Baralis Plays in the quartet Estrellas de Buenos Aires with Armando Cupo, Jorge Caldara and Kicho Díaz.Single source

Pedro Laurenz Joins the Quinteto Real with Horacio Salgán and Enrique Francini.Single source

Timeline

  1. 1960

    Recorded in Juan D'ArienzoSingle source

  2. 1960

    Recorded in Armando PontierSingle source

  3. 1960

    Recorded in Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)Single source

  4. 1960

    Recorded in Donato RacciattiSingle source

  5. 1960

    Recorded in Alfredo De AngelisSingle source

  6. 1960

    Recorded in Domingo FedericoSingle source

  7. 1960

    Recorded in Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Single source

  8. 1960

    Recorded in Mariano MoresSingle source