Archive for the ‘ La Boca ’ Category

1885, March 8 – BIRTH OF JUAN DE DIOS FILIBERTO

Composer, Leader, Violinist, Guitarist, Harmonica (Pisces) – as a youth he was tormented, difficult, rebellious even a bully and finally he was practically thrown out of school and began working in a series of  menial jobs along the way becoming a fiery anarchist and strike organizer…one fateful evening while working at the famed Colon Theater as a [ READ MORE ]

1937, November 12 – BIRTH OF HECTOR MAYORAL

Dancer, Choreographer (Scorpio) – In 2009  fictionalized film of this man’s life and career it describes him as “the greatest dancer of all time”…he plays himself in the film, The Man Who Dances,  which is a collage of the different stages in his life…he grew up in a tough Villa Pueyrredon neighborhood and had to leave school early [ READ MORE ]

1962, October 25 – JUAN CARLOS GODY RECORDS “HASTA CALLAO NO MAS”

Besides being one of the first women tango singers, Azucena Maizani was an accomplished composer…among her most popular compositions was the milonga “Hasto Callao No Mas” which was recorded by a number of artists including Juan Carlos Godoy who recorded it on October 25, 1962…the inspiration for Azucena Maizani’s compositions came from the tragic tales [ 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 ]

1984, September 14 – ROSITA QUIROGA RECORDS LAST TANGO

As an awe-inspiring physician and renaissance man, Dr. Luis Alposta is reminiscent of polymath, Englishman  Johnathon Miller…besides being a OBGYN specialist, Luis is also a poet, an author, a historian, a tango lyricist and radio presenter…his poems have been translated into several languages and he has authored over 30 books…it was in 1974 that he [ READ MORE ]

1926, July 19 – ROSITA QUIROGA RECORDS “PATO”

In lunfard0, the Buenos Aires dialect,  the word “Pato” means “poor”…the lyrics say, “I saw you pass by with a haughty air, your face all made up, in an elegant car with your rich woman…I said “Hi” and you pretended not to know me but I know you and you were poor and you will [ READ MORE ]

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