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Tango in 1960

Videos danced to the music of 1960 on TangoTubeThe records of 1960 on TangoCloud

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

Francisco Canaro: Led Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro).

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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What was playing?

The records of 1960

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.

  1. Detrás de tus mentiras

    Juan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez

    14 dances

  2. Si nos queremos todavía

    Carlos Di Sarli · Edmundo Rivero

    Not danced on film yet

  3. A los amigos

    Osvaldo Pugliese ·

    138 dances

  4. Te burlas tristeza

    Rodolfo Biagi · Hugo Duval

    1 dance

  5. Tiempos que nunca olvido

    Enrique Rodríguez · Omar Quirós, Ernesto Falcón

    Not danced on film yet

  6. La manzanita

    Alfredo De Angelis · Lalo Martel

    2 dances

  7. La novia del alcohol

    Francisco Canaro · Guillermo Rico

    Recorded in 1959, the nearest year with a clip

    Not danced on film yet

  8. Orillera

    Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) ·

    17 dances

  9. La cancion del jardin

    Domingo Federico · Rubén Sánchez, Ruben Maciel

    • Label: Trío
    Not danced on film yet

  10. Camouflage

    Armando Pontier · Julio Sosa

    • Label: CBS Columbia
    7 dances

  11. Con T de Troilo

    Jorge Caldara ·

    Recorded in 1959, the nearest year with a clip

    5 dances

  12. No tengo la culpa

    José Basso · Alfredo Belusi

    Not danced on film yet

Tango By Year, the podcast

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

Recordings19

Juan D'Arienzo — 16 recordings1960

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Carlos Di Sarli — 4 recordings1960

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Osvaldo Pugliese — 2 recordings1960

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Rodolfo Biagi — 2 recordings1960

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Enrique Rodríguez — 4 recordings1960

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Alfredo De Angelis — 12 recordings1960

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Francisco Canaro — 2 recordings1960

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Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) — 7 recordings1960

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Domingo Federico — 11 recordings1960

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Armando Pontier — 14 recordings1960

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Jorge Caldara — 6 recordings1960

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José Basso — 4 recordings1960

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La vieja vale más (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Recorded in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Muchachita del amanecer (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Recorded in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Vamos tropilla (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Recorded in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Organito (Francisco Canaro) — Recorded in Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1960

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Camino verde (Jorge Caldara) — Recorded in Jorge Caldara.Jan 18, 1960

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Cuerpo y alma (José Basso) — Recorded in José Basso.Apr 26, 1960

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La última lágrima (Armando Pontier) — Recorded in Armando Pontier.Apr 28, 1960

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What happened54

Carlos Di Sarli dies in Olivos.

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Rafael Tuegols dies in Buenos Aires.

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José Razzano dies in Buenos Aires.

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Luis Teisseire dies in Buenos Aires.

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Osvaldo Ramos joins Florindo Sassone; first recording, Esclavo de tu piel.

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

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Gustavo Naveira: Born in Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut.

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Francisco Lauro dies.

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Roberto Ray dies in Buenos Aires.

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Mario César Gomila dies.

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Cecilia Narova: Born in Morón on 13 December.

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Horacio Pettorossi dies in Mar del Plata.

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

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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.

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Chico Novarro settles in Buenos Aires.

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

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Rodolfo Mederos leads groups on Córdoba radio and television, including the Octeto Guardia Nueva.

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

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Walter Ríos moves to Buenos Aires to study at the Conservatorio Nacional.

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Alcides Rossi appears with Troilo in Discépolo's sainete Caramelos surtidos.

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Nelly Vázquez joins Astor Piazzolla's quintet and records four songs for RCA Victor.

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

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Aniceto Rossi retires from Pugliese's orchestra; his son Alcides takes his place.

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Elba Berón sings Y a mí qué in the musical Caramelos surtidos.

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

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

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Arturo Penón joins Osvaldo Pugliese's orchestra as fourth bandoneon, replacing Ismael Spitalnik.

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

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Los Muchachos De Antes records Viejo rincón by Raúl de los Hoyos.

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

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

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Alfredo Belusi joins Osvaldo Pugliese beside Jorge Maciel; first Pugliese recordings on Stentor.

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Alberto Echague joins Juan Sánchez Gorio's orchestra on Radio El Mundo.

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Julio Sosa publishes his only book of poems, 'Dos horas antes del alba'.

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Alfredo Bigeschi covers the Rome Olympics for the newspaper Crítica.

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

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Osvaldo Ribo records Aquel nocturno with Héctor Gondre's orchestra.

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Héctor Varela becomes a regular on the television show Grandes Valores del Tango.

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

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David Díaz records La historia del tango with Argentino Galván for Music Hall.

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Eduardo Adrian competes on the TV quiz Odol pregunta on Aeschylus and Greek theatre.

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

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Argentino Ledesma plays a tango singer in the film 'El asalto'.

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Mario Bustos begins a solo career, accompanied by Jorge Dragone, Osvaldo Requena and others.

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

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Horacio Salgan founds the Quinteto Real, which debuts on Radio El Mundo.

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Atilio Stampone scores Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's Un guapo del 900.

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Jorge Caldara forms the quartet Estrellas de Buenos Aires, which tours the Americas.

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

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Carlos Acuña records an album of Gardel songs for Peerless in Mexico.

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Astor Piazzolla forms the Quinteto Nuevo Tango in Buenos Aires.

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José Tinelli dies at home in Buenos Aires.

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

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Pedro Laurenz joins the Quinteto Real with Horacio Salgán and Enrique Francini.

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Singers1

Hasta siempre amor (Donato Racciatti) — Sung by Olga Delgrossi.1960

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Orchestras led3

Francisco Canaro — Led Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro).1960

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Leopoldo Federico — Led Leopoldo Federico.1960

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Horacio Salgan — Led Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1960

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Played in15

Osvaldo Ruggiero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Víctor Lavallén — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Julian Plaza — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Oscar Herrero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Emilio Balcarce — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Julio Carrasco — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Norberto Bernasconi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1960

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Horacio Salgan — Played in Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1960

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Pedro Laurenz — Played in Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1960

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Ubaldo De Lío — Played in Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1960

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Eugenio Pro — Played in Troilo-Grela.1960

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Ernesto Báez — Played in Troilo-Grela.1960

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Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán) — Played in Pedro Laurenz.1960

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Enrique Mario Francini — Played in Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1960

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Horacio Salgan y Ubaldo De Lio — Played in Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán).1960

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Dates1

Nuevo — United States and the United Kingdom1960

Supported · 5

Published3

Tu olvido y yo — 1960

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No tengo la culpa — 1960

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Mi viejo Montevideo — 1960

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Notes3

Nuevo — Istanbul: After the 1960s both the Turkish tango and tango in general lost their appeal1960

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Teatro San Martín, Buenos Aires — Teatro San Martín opens: The municipal theatre complex on Corrientes.1960

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Maria Nieves — Nieves and Copes appeared on The Arthur Murray Party in April 1960Apr 1960

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Died3

Miguel Padula — Died.Jan 2, 1960

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Carlos Di Sarli — Died.Jan 12, 1960

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Francisco Laino — Died.Mar 10, 1960

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Listen

  1. Portero suba y digaDomingo Federico · Rubén Maciel · no clip yet1960
  2. PresentaciónDomingo Federico · no clip yet1960
  3. Tus ojos me aprisionanDomingo Federico · Rubén Sánchez · no clip yet1960
  4. Flor del valleFulvio Salamanca · Armando Guerrico · no clip yet1960
  5. Poema en tangoMariano Mores · no clip yet1960
  6. Tu pecadoMariano Mores · Coro, Carlos Acuña · no clip yet1960
  7. La canciónMariano Mores · Carlos Acuña · no clip yet1960
  8. FelicidadMariano Mores · Coro, Carlos Acuña · no clip yet1960
  9. Camino verdeJorge Caldara · Carlos Montalvo, Miguel Martino · no clip yet1960
  10. El aluvionJorge Caldara · no clip yet1960
  11. Para el recuerdoJorge Caldara · no clip yet1960
  12. Tres cariñosJorge Caldara · Carlos Montalvo · no clip yet1960

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