Archive for August, 2011

1933, August 31 – BIRTH OF SUSY LEIVA

Her life, like that of Julio Sosa, was cut short in a tragic car accident…like Julio Sosa she was at the height of her career…she was 33 years old; Julio had been 38…Susy was born in Buenos Aires and raised in Mendoza where she began singing as a teenager on Radio Nihil…her first break occurred when [ READ MORE ]

1961, August 30 – NESTOR FABIAN DEBUTS ON TV

The tenderness which he poured on his grand daughter “Zoe” was part of the simplicity and generosity which helped make him a beloved singer all over the world…Nestor Fabian was a devoted family man, motivated perhaps by the longing as a child, for the family which he never had…a tragic accident had made him an [ READ MORE ]

2002, August 29 – PREMIERE OF “FRIDA”

“I penetrate the sex of the whole earth…its heat embraces me and in my body everything feels like the freshness of tender leaves …it’s dew is the sweat of an always new lover …it is not love, nor affection, it is the whole of life”…thus wrote Frida Kahlo in her diary during recovery from one [ READ MORE ]

1903, August 28 – BIRTH OF AGUSTIN IRUSTA

Singer, Lyricist, Actor (Virgo) – frail and 84 years old, with a serene face and in his last breath, he said, “I have walked upon the roads of tango…I have lived it with body and soul…It is who I am”…his only regret was not being able to see for the last time his beloved city [ READ MORE ]

1976, August 27 – PREMIERE, “EL TANGO CUENTA SU HISTORIA”"

Young Fernando Ayala dreamed of an influential career as a lawyer and pursued his studies with determination…one day, a friend of renown writer and director Luis Cesar Amadori, invited him to the set of a new film “La Mentirosa” starring renown actress Nini Marshal; it was to change his life…he would recall years later how much [ READ MORE ]

1929, August 26 – BUZON PLAYS FOR KING OF SPAIN

Alfonso XIII was declared King of Spain at his birth in 1886…when he reached the age of 16 he took control of the state but during his honeymoon, he miraculously survived an assassination attempt in Paris when anarchist Mateu Morral launched a bomb at his car; Moral would later commit sucide as he was being [ READ MORE ]

1928, August 25 – MAGALDI RECORDS “GUITARRA QUE LLORA”

Oscar Aleman, composer of “Guitarra Que Llora”, was one of the greatest entertainers which Argentina has ever produced…his complex talents; guitarist, singer dancer, entertainer made him a bit Chuck Berry, Sammy Davis Jr. and even Eddie Cantor…although in his career he became a world renown jazz musician he made substantial contributions in tango….he was born [ READ MORE ]

1925, August 24 – GARDEL MEETS PRINCE EDWARD OF WINDSOR

Singing before Edward of Windsor, the Prince of Wales was the first time that Carlos Gardel would sing without the presence of his partner Jose Razzano who had come down with a sore throat…the duo were on a European tour which had begun two years earlier….the bohemian Princess Edward liked tango; this was but one [ READ MORE ]

1926, August 23 – VALENTINO DEAD AT 31 !!!

Valentino did not like doctors and although his dear friend June Mathis urged him to see one for the stomach pains that ocassionally gripped him, he refused; “it’s your bad American food” he like to kid….on August 15, 1926 while staying at the Embassador Hotel in New York, as part of a promotional tour for [ READ MORE ]

2009, August 22 – PREMIERE OF “ROMANCE DE TANGO”

The creator of stage show “Romance De tango” Leonardo Suarez Paz, is the son of renown violinist Fernando Suarez Paz who was recruited by Astor Piazzolla and toured with him for over 10 years…Fernando began to study violin at the age of five and in time became a first violinist with the National Symphonic Orchestra [ READ MORE ]

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