Archive for the ‘ Almagro ’ Category

1959, March 3 – L. LEOCATA DEBUTS ON RADIO BELGRANO

With tears running down her face, clasping her favorite embroidered apron she looked out the window to the orchard she had planted and whispered, “it is a miracle, thank you heavenly father”…Luciano would recall that day vividly many years later…his father had just received a letter from the landlord’s representative; he had passed away and, in [ READ MORE ]

1891, February 13 – BIRTH OF IGNACIO CORSINI

Singer, Composer, Poet (Aquarius) – Soccorro Salamone was desperate, for not only was she poor but the blemish of being an unwed mother meant that her young son Ignacio did not have much of a future; his father, a certain “Corsini” had disappeared as soon as he found out that she was pregnant…….these were tough time [ READ MORE ]

1926, November 6 – Debut Of Tango “VIEJO CIEGO”

Composed by Sebastian Piana with lyrics by Catulo Castillo, “Viejo Ciego”  was debuted by singer Roberto Fugazot at the Nuevo Teatro, in Buenos Aires while performing in a play called ”Patadas y Serenatas En El Barrio de Las Latas”…Fugazot, born in the Reus Del Norte neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay, was already an excellent guitarist, singer and actor as [ READ MORE ]

1902, October 15 – BIRTH OF CARLOS BAHR

The disappearance of the crew Mary Celeste “Ghost Ship”, in 1872 is often cited as the greatest maritime mystery of all time…it’s captain and crew, mysteriously disappeared from a ship that was shipshape, loaded with food and supplies and with the personal belongings of its passengers still on board…it has been the foder of mariner [ READ MORE ]

1922, July 5 – BIRTH OF OSCAR LARROCA

Singer, Composer (Cancer) – One day his father, himself a musician, tried to warn young Oscar of the sacrifices that had to be made in pursuing a career in music but Oscar looked intently at his father and with youthful self assuredness said, “I know father but I want to become a singer“….in 1976 at the [ READ MORE ]

1943, June 8 – FIRST RECORDED “PAISAJE”

“Paisaje”, one of the most beautiful and beloved tango waltzes in history, speaks of a golden framed picture of a lost love which has been removed from the wall and has been replaced by one of an autumn country setting…it uses autumn mist imagery to describe the pain of loss and hypothesize that his lost [ READ MORE ]

1930, May 27 – GARDEL RECORDS “KNOCK OUT DE AMOR”

In witty, tongue in cheek lyrics, the courtship between a man and a woman becomes a boxing match…man and woman are in the ring and punches, withdrawals and defenses are  described and finally she let’s down her defense, her mouth is unguarded, whereupon he says “and like a quick punch I hit your mouth with [ READ MORE ]

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