Archive for the ‘ Barracas ’ Category

1955, March 19 – SATCHMO RECORD, “KISS OF FIRE” (EL CHOCLO)

Lester Allen and Robert Hill were basking in the fame and glory of their new hit “Kiss of Fire”, when someone finally noticed that it was oddly similar to the immortal tango “El Choclo”…in fact after intense proceedings they finally conceded that it was in fact “El Choclo” and thereafter, on all sheet music, the name of [ READ MORE ]

1861, February 16 – BIRTH OF ANGEL VILLOLDO

Singer, Lyricist, Guitarist, Pianist, Violinist, Harmonica (Aquarius) – he was a fascinating man, a sort of Ernest Hemingway and Bob Dylan all in one…he was a prolific composer and lyricist having written some of the most beloved tangos in history….his immortal tango “El Choclo” was so ubiquitous that during World War I, German officers wishing to honor a [ READ MORE ]

1885, February 14 – BIRTH OF “EL CACHFAZ”

Dancer (Aquarius) – his last words were“Carmencita, I will be waiting for you to drink half a glass of whiskey after the match”, he walked out and a few seconds later he dropped dead from a massive heart attack….starting as a dirt poor boy, El Cachafaz, was to become, in the eyes of many, the greatest tango dancer [ READ MORE ]

1907, July 22 – BIRTH OF TEOFILO IBANEZ

Singer, Composer (Cancer) – by the age of nine he was already a trained butcher and as a teenager he had his own stand at the market; he considered himself fortunate…for although in theory, these were still boom years in Argentina, the income disparity between the haves and the have-nots was indeed large and upward [ READ MORE ]

1929, June 12 – JUAN MAGLIO RECORDS “ARMENONVILLE”

Oddly he personally never played there and yet his tango “Armenonville” immortalized the restaurant which inspired it…when the sheet music was published it was an instant boom; six consecutive editions of 1000 copies were immediately printed….Armenonville the restaurant became  a popular and chic place to eat and dance tango…some of its illustrious entertainers included Francisco Canaro, [ READ MORE ]

1943, May 17 – MIGUEL CALO HIRES RAUL IRIARTE

Singer – Rafael Fiorentino was a struggling singer but he was beginning to create a name for himself; he had sung briefly with the Edgardo Donato Orchestra and circulated among the radio stations including the two most popular, Radio Belgrano and Radio El Mundo…one evening at the historic Cafe Tortoni, he made friends with the [ READ MORE ]

1941, May 6 – TANTURI RECORDS “UNA NOCHE DE GARUFA”

The lyrics to Esta Noche de Garufa speak about a man who says, “tonight on a night of revelry, I want to have fun, to party with my friends for life is short and you never know”; this was Eduardo Arola’s first tango at the age of seventeen years old and an eery predictor of things [ READ MORE ]

1916, October 15 – BIRTH OF RAUL IRIARTE

Singer – (Libra) – At the peak of his popularity in the 1950s, his voice was the most requested in latin america second only to that of Carlos Gardel…he was born in the neighborhood of Barracas, Buenos Aires where already as a child he showed a love for singing…his first break came when he was [ READ MORE ]

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