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Tango in 1974

Videos danced to the music of 1974 on TangoTubeThe records of 1974 on TangoCloud

Our catalogue holds 84 recordings from 1974. The orchestras recorded most that year were Florindo Sassone (47 recordings), Juan D'Arienzo (12 recordings), and Miguel Villasboas (8 recordings).

That year

Emilio Fresedo dies in Buenos Aires.

Lucio Demare dies in Buenos Aires; buried at the Chacarita cemetery.

Ariel Ardit: Born in Córdoba.

Mario Canaro dies in Buenos Aires.

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What was playing?

The records of 1974

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. Mala suerte

    Juan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe

    15 dances

  2. Malena

    Osvaldo Pugliese · Instrumental

    23 dances

  3. La yumba

    Alfredo De Angelis · Instrumental

    1 dance

  4. En un sueño te perdí

    Héctor Varela · Jorge Falcón

    6 dances

  5. Orquídeas a la luz de la luna

    Florindo Sassone ·

    • Label: Carmusic
    Not danced on film yet

  6. El último café

    Sexteto Tango · Jorge Maciel

    Not danced on film yet

  7. Armenonville

    Miguel Villasboas ·

    Not danced on film yet
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Dancers filmed to this year's music

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

Events held that year.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings7

Juan D'Arienzo — 12 recordings1974

Single source

Osvaldo Pugliese — 5 recordings1974

Single source

Alfredo De Angelis — 4 recordings1974

Single source

Héctor Varela — 4 recordings1974

Single source

Florindo Sassone — 47 recordings1974

Single source

Sexteto Tango — 4 recordings1974

Single source

Miguel Villasboas — 8 recordings1974

Single source

What happened25

Emilio Fresedo dies in Buenos Aires.

Single source

Lucio Demare dies in Buenos Aires; buried at the Chacarita cemetery.

Single source

Ariel Ardit: Born in Córdoba.

Single source

Mario Canaro dies in Buenos Aires.

Single source

Ricardo Malerba dies in Buenos Aires; buried at Chacarita.

Single source

Julian Centeya dies in Buenos Aires.

Single source

Alberto Mancione: A new quartet debuts at the confitería El Farolito in Villa Crespo, where it stays for about 14 years.

Single source

Carlos Dante retires from the stage at the end of December.

Single source

Jorge Dispari falls in love with the milongueros at seventeen (year inferred from birth year).

Single source

Pablo Ziegler composes and orchestrates for a stage Woyzeck, the first of many theatre scores.

Single source

Carlos Gavito works with Juan Carlos Copes.

Single source

Daniel Binelli plays in Generación Cero.

Single source

Sexteto Tango plays the Teatro Colón with Goyeneche and Rivero singing, on a bill with Troilo and Salgán.

Single source

Ruben Juarez records Café La Humedad with Raúl Garello's orchestra.

Single source

Raúl Garello debuts his first own group, a sextet, at El Viejo Almacén in San Telmo, Edmundo Rivero's venue.

Single source

Raúl Lavié appears in Leopoldo Torre Nilsson's Boquitas pintadas.

Single source

Osvaldo Tarantino: Pianist of Raúl Garello's sextet at El Viejo Almacén.

Single source

Osvaldo Ruggiero plays the Teatro Colón with the sextet, alongside Troilo and Salgán.

Single source

Alberto Di Paulo records with Roberto Rufino for BGH.

Single source

Antonio Agri joins the Orquesta Estable of the Teatro Colón.

Single source

Roberto Florio records a cassette with Trío Yumba for Magenta.

Single source

Oscar Herrero plays the Teatro Colón with the Sexteto Tango.

Single source

Roberto Grela forms La Trova Porteña with Raúl Garello and Horacio Ferrer at El Gallo Cojo in San Telmo.

Single source

Argentino Ledesma records two sides with Varela again for the LP 'La historia de Héctor Varela'.

Single source

Angel Dominguez dies.

Single source

Died6

Lucio Demare — Died.Mar 6, 1974

Supported · 2

Ricardo Malerba — Died.Jun 29, 1974

Single source

Juan Pomati — Died.Jul 16, 1974

Single source

Julian Centeya — Died.Jul 26, 1974

Supported · 2

Angel Dominguez — Died.Sep 13, 1974

Supported · 2

Vicente Salerno — Died.Dec 30, 1974

Single source

Notes2

Milan — Milan: Piazzolla's album Libertango was recorded in Milan in May 1974May 1974

Single source

Quinta de Olivos — Death of Perón: Perón dies in Olivos.Jul 1, 1974

Single source

Born1

Ariel Ardit — Born.May 15, 1974

Single source

Listen

  1. ArmenonvilleMiguel Villasboas · no clip yet1974
  2. La rezongonaMiguel Villasboas · no clip yet1974
  3. AracaMiguel Villasboas · no clip yet1974
  4. Vida míaAlfredo De Angelis · Julián Rosales · no clip yet1974
  5. La yumbaAlfredo De Angelis1974
  6. Lágrimas y sonrisasAlfredo De Angelis · no clip yet1974
  7. El toritoAlfredo De Angelis1974
  8. La cancion de Buenos AiresOsvaldo Pugliese · Abel Córdoba · no clip yet1974
  9. Chiquilín de BachínSexteto Tango · Jorge Maciel · no clip yet1974
  10. El último caféSexteto Tango · Jorge Maciel1974
  11. Ventanita de arrabalSexteto Tango · Jorge Maciel · no clip yet1974
  12. VigiliaSexteto Tango · Jorge Maciel · no clip yet1974

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