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1887, February 25 – BIRTH OF JOSE RAZZANO

Singer, Composer, Guitarist (Pisces) – at the end of negotiations with the renown Club Armenonville, Carlos Gardel boyishly leaned forward to hear the results from his partner Jose Razzano, “Well, what do we have he asked” rubbing his hands together,“Seventy pesos” answered Jose, “Per month?”asked Gardel happily, “No, per night” added Jose,“Well” said Gardel incredulously “for that sum, I’ll even wash the dishes”…besides being an extraordinary [ READ MORE ]

1913, February 4 – BIRTH OF SABINA OLMOS

Singer (Aquarius) – another day was dawning, another sleepless night…she looked round the sparse, unkempt  room…on the night stand was the picture of her beloved Charlo…her thin, wrinkled hand was trembling as she slipped her wedding ring into her finger; the same  ring that her dear friend Eva Peron had given her so long ago…she opened the [ READ MORE ]

1900, December 14 – BIRTH OF JUAN D’ARIENZO

Leader, Violinist (Sagitarrius) – it is said that the Emperor Hirohito of Japan was such a big fan of Juan D’arienzo that he sent him a blank check; when Juan still said no, he offered to send him a submarine to bring him to Japan….Juan D’arienzo was enormously popular and received invitations  from all over the world but he [ READ MORE ]

1910, November 11 – BIRTH OF RAUL KAPLAN

Composer, Leader, Violinist (Scorpio) – his older two siblings died of scarlet fever; he was the only one to survive…he was born Israel Kaplun in the neighborhood of Balvanera, Buenos Aires to an itinerant jewish hat salesman who had immigrated from Besarabia, (Moldavia) with his wife…some black neighbors who would help look after Israel, began calling him “Raul” which [ READ MORE ]

1904, November 5 – BIRTH OF SOFIA BOZAN

With disarming frankness she would say - “Yes, I know that I sing off key…sometimes the music goes one way and I another but, what can I tell you that I sing it the way I feel it, from my heart”...inspite of it, or perhaps because of it, Sofia Bozan would come to typify the [ READ MORE ]

1907, October 28 – BIRTH OF MIGUEL CALO

Growing up in a poor family of 16 children, intense and sensitive Miguel, the eldest, was nevertheless a determined child; he learned soon enough to fight and to overcome…this along with rare musical gifts would one day make him a legend but his hard early years would also help make him a compassionate and generous [ READ MORE ]

1951, July 26 – OSCAR FERRARI RECORDS “SERA UNA NOCHE”

The lyrics to “Sera Una Noche” are different from so many others that are fatalistic…”Sera Una Noche” speaks instead of hope, “I know that one day happiness will return to my life…I know that there will come the day that you return to me”..the lyrics were written by  Manuel Ferradas Campos…for the composer of the [ READ MORE ]

1935, July 2 – JUAN D’ARIENZO’S FIRST RECORDING !

“Desde El Alma”, Juan D’arienzo’s first recording on July 2, 1935, was a big hit…it was set to the captivating 2/4 beat which would make Juan D’arienz0′s orchestra immensely popular…so popular in fact that he is widely credited as reviving tango in the 40s and 50s with a fast beat that appealed to young people…the [ READ MORE ]

2002, May 2 – WALTER YONSKY COMMITS SUICIDE

Walter understood children, he knew them, he liked them, perhaps because he never stopped being one himself…his children’s recording were beloved and many of those children as adults, would write with nostalgia and deep gratitude about those recordings… which made it all more incredulous that one day, like another Buenos Aires singer Sabina Olmos,  he would [ READ MORE ]

1925, October 16 – LINNIG’S LAST BET

Poet – he was rushed to the hospital with a scorching fever and was lying on the bed surrounded by friends, when suddenly he smiled, looked up, pointed to the number 13 on the door and said “I have to bet on that”…it was however to be his last bet for minutes later, at the [ READ MORE ]

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