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Tango in 1961

Videos danced to the music of 1961 on TangoTubeThe records of 1961 on TangoCloud

Our catalogue holds 217 recordings from 1961. The orchestras recorded most that year were Juan D'Arienzo (52 recordings), Osvaldo Pugliese (25 recordings), and Francisco Canaro (22 recordings).

That year

Milonga para Fidel: Composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.

Arturo Penón: Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.

Raúl Garello: Played in Aníbal Troilo.

Ernesto Baffa: Played in Aníbal Troilo.

José Giambuzzi dies.

Rafael Iriarte dies.

Roberto Díaz dies in Chile.

Lalo Martel records Yira yira with De Angelis.

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What was playing?

The records of 1961

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. Estrella

    Juan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez

    19 dances

  2. El motivo

    Aníbal Troilo · Roberto Goyeneche

    106 dances

  3. Don Agustín Bardi

    Osvaldo Pugliese ·

    310 dances

  4. Cambalache

    Miguel Caló · Roberto Luque

    Recorded in 1962, the nearest year with a clip

    Not danced on film yet

  5. Andrajos

    Rodolfo Biagi · Hugo Duval

    13 dances

  6. Sueño azul

    Osvaldo Fresedo · Instrumental

    55 dances

  7. El huracán

    Edgardo Donato · Andrés Galarce

    Not danced on film yet

  8. Te venís con todo

    Enrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno

    Not danced on film yet

  9. Angélica

    Alfredo De Angelis · Juan Carlos Godoy

    38 dances

  10. Corazón de oro

    Francisco Canaro ·

    35 dances

  11. Felicia

    Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) ·

    Not danced on film yet

  12. Tango intimo

    Domingo Federico ·

    • Label: Rosafón (Rosario)
    18 dances

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

Recordings26

Juan D'Arienzo — 52 recordings1961

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Aníbal Troilo — 6 recordings1961

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Osvaldo Pugliese — 25 recordings1961

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Miguel Caló — 4 recordings1961

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Rodolfo Biagi — 4 recordings1961

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Osvaldo Fresedo — 20 recordings1961

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Edgardo Donato — 4 recordings1961

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Enrique Rodríguez — 1 recordings1961

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Alfredo De Angelis — 13 recordings1961

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Francisco Canaro — 22 recordings1961

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Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) — 3 recordings1961

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Domingo Federico — 11 recordings1961

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Tango intimo (Domingo Federico) — Recorded in Domingo Federico.1961

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Senda de amor (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Recorded in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Candombe blanco (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Recorded in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Corrientes bajo cero (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Recorded in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Bronca (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Recorded in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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De gran copete (Armando Pontier) — Recorded in Armando Pontier.1961

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Malambeando (Héctor Varela) — Recorded in Héctor Varela.Jun 9, 1961

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En la madrugada (Juan D'Arienzo) — Recorded in Leopoldo Federico.Jun 12, 1961, Jul 19, 1961

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Mi viejo Montevideo (Juan D'Arienzo) — Recorded in Juan D'Arienzo.Jun 13, 1961

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Capicua (Osvaldo Fresedo) — Recorded in Osvaldo Fresedo.Jun 15, 1961

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Se que te voy a llorar (Juan D'Arienzo) — Recorded in Juan D'Arienzo.Jun 29, 1961

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14 de diciembre (Juan D'Arienzo) — Recorded in Juan D'Arienzo.Jul 5, 1961

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Puro tango (Juan D'Arienzo) — Recorded in Juan D'Arienzo.Aug 1, 1961

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Angélica (Alfredo De Angelis) — Recorded in Alfredo De Angelis.Aug 8, 1961

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What happened31

José Giambuzzi dies.

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Rafael Iriarte dies.

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Roberto Díaz dies in Chile.

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Lalo Martel records Yira yira with De Angelis.

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Milena Plebs: Born in Lomas de Zamora.

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Susana Rinaldi: Martín Fierro as revelation after singing on Canal 13's El teatro y sus éxitos.

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Gloria Arquimbau tours Japan as the only dance couple with Francisco Canaro's orchestra.

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Eduardo Arquimbau tours Japan as the only dance couple with Francisco Canaro's orchestra.

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Néstor Marconi Octeto de Buenos Aires joins José Basso's orchestra on tour; plays the Marabú cabaret and Teatro Maipo with it.

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Antonio Agri founds the Quinteto de Arcos de Antonio Agri.

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Nelly Vázquez records Viejo Madrid with Mariano Mores's Orquesta Lírica del Tango for Odeon.

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Armando Guerrico: Last four recordings with Salamanca, including Quereme corazón.

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Horacio Ferrer: The Teatro Circular in Montevideo stages his play El tango del alba, written with Hugo Mazza.

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Gerónimo Bongioni registers the tangos Flor de reo and La curda.

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Orlando Tripodi joins Miguel Caló's re-formed orchestra as pianist; it records for Odeon in 1963.

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Alberto Di Paulo: RCA Victor releases the LP Alberto Di Paulo, su bandoneón y su orquesta.

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Elba Berón joins Aníbal Troilo's orchestra in February, beside Roberto Goyeneche.

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Fulvio Salamanca tours inland Uruguay and Chile and records eleven titles for Philips.

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Hugo Marcel leaves Fresedo's orchestra a few months after his September marriage.

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Ernesto de la Cruz retires.

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Roberto Di Filippo wins a place as oboist in the Teatro Colón orchestra, staying until about 1980.

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Ubaldo De Lío: Salgán and De Lío release Buenos Aires at 3 AM on Verve.

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Domingo Federico tours Japan as a bandoneonist in Francisco Canaro's orchestra.

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Armando Baliotti: The Sexteto Argentino de Tango records for Pathé.

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Eduardo Rovira: The Agrupación de Tango Moderno records Tangos en una nueva dimensión for Record.

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Julio Sosa: First LP for Columbia, 'El Varón del Tango', named by the label's press chief Ricardo Gaspari.

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Alfredo Del Rio records Volver and two other sides with José Basso.

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Simón Bajour: Original violinist of Piazzolla's Quinteto Nuevo Tango, then concertmaster of Cuba's national symphony in Havana.

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Carlos Acuña sings at the Festival of Argentine Song in Italy; afterwards settles in Spain.

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Carlos Varela settles in Rosario.

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Miguel Caló reunites Pontier, Federico, Francini, Berón and Podestá as the Orchestra of the Stars on Radio El Mundo.

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Composer1

Milonga para Fidel — Composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Played in12

Arturo Penón — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Raúl Garello — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1961

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Ernesto Baffa — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1961

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Osvaldo Berlingieri — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1961

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Alcides Rossi — Played in Aníbal Troilo.1961

Supported · 2

Osvaldo Ruggiero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Víctor Lavallén — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Julian Plaza — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Oscar Herrero — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Emilio Balcarce — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Julio Carrasco — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Norberto Bernasconi — Played in Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

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Orchestras led3

Astor Piazzolla — Led Astor Piazzolla.1961

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Osvaldo Pugliese — Led Osvaldo Pugliese.1961

Supported · 2

Francisco Canaro — Led Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro).Apr 25, 1961

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Dates1

Nuevo — Occurred at Argentina.1961

Supported · 7

Published1

Quiero huir de mí — 1961

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Notes1

Tranvías de Buenos Aires — End of trams: a 1961 law dismantled the network as obsolete; it was taken apart between 1961 and 1963 and replaced mostly by buses.1961

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Born1

Carlos Libedinsky — Born.1961

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Died1

Juan Pedro Castillo — Died.Feb 16, 1961

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Singers6

Tango mio (Osvaldo Fresedo) — Sung by Carlos Barrios.May 26, 1961

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El vals de los 15 años (Juan D'Arienzo) — Sung by Jorge Valdez.Jun 6, 1961

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Andrajos (Rodolfo Biagi) — Sung by Hugo Duval.Jun 7, 1961

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Se que te voy a llorar (Juan D'Arienzo) — Sung by Jorge Valdez.Jun 29, 1961

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La vieja vale más (Osvaldo Pugliese) — Sung by Jorge Maciel.Jul 1, 1961

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14 de diciembre (Juan D'Arienzo) — Sung by Horacio Palma.Jul 5, 1961

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Listen

  1. Adiós NoninoAstor Piazzolla1961
  2. ContrabajeandoAstor Piazzolla · no clip yet1961
  3. Tu beso y nada másJosé Basso · Floreal Ruiz · no clip yet1961
  4. Cobrate y dame el vueltoJosé Basso · Alfredo del Rio · no clip yet1961
  5. Brazo de oroJosé Basso · no clip yet1961
  6. El firuleteJosé Basso · no clip yet1961
  7. El viejo amorJosé Basso · Floreal Ruiz1961
  8. Una historia másJosé Basso · Alfredo del Rio · no clip yet1961
  9. Tierra queridaJosé Basso · no clip yet1961
  10. Mala juntaJosé Basso · no clip yet1961
  11. El amanecerJosé Basso · no clip yet1961
  12. Yira yiraJosé Basso · no clip yet1961

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