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1868, August 7 – BIRTH OF CAYETANO SILVA

Cayetango Silva died forgotten, alone and in extreme poverty without realizing that his San Lorenzo march, the same one he had sold for a small sum of money, would become immortal and be played and recorded many times…indeed it would be the march that the victorious Nazi army would play as it marched in into a [ READ MORE ]

1866, August 1 – BIRTH OF PAUL LASSERRE, GARDEL’S FATHER !

When Berthe Gardes informed Paul that she was pregnant with his child, he was torn but he could do little…not only was he one year younger than Berthe but they were from different social classes…she worked as a seamstress in his mother’s laundry; they were part of the middle class….Paul was an engineer and traveling [ READ MORE ]

1935, July 28 – BIRTH OF SILVIA DEL RIO

This was the moment of her greatest dream and she looked up at the immense and impressive studios of Radio Belgrano which for more than 30 years had been the soul of Buenos Aires….and all of a sudden she heard her name called, “and now the senorita, Silvia Del Rios will sing for us”…her hands [ 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 ]

1878, July 25 – BIRTH OF JOSE BETINOTTI

In the 1950 film “The Last Payador” as Jose Betinoti is dying he says to his friend Pascual Contursi, “us payadores are done, you were right, now the tango singers will take over”…Jose Betinotti passed away at the age of 37 from complications of alcoholism but in his short life he would compose over 100 [ READ MORE ]

1888, July 24 – BIRTH OF EDUARDO ESCARIS MENDEZ

Poet (Leo) – Eduardo Escaris Mendez, like two other renown tango poets Pascual Contursi and Dante A. Linyera, ended his life alone and forgotten in the insane asylum “Hospicio De Las Mercedes” legendary for its storys of patients chained to the dining tables and cruel and violent orderlys in miserable conditions…founded in 1865, by the [ READ MORE ]

1954, April 10 – SIRO SAN ROMAN’S FIRST RECORDING

After having enjoyed a twenty year long career as a popular tango singer, Carlos Yanel did an unusual thing in 1975, he changed his stage name to “Siro San Roman”…he had just returned from a long stay in Europe where his resounding success included having been the first Argentinean to have recorded tangos in the [ READ MORE ]

1957, September 17 – debut of “LUCY DOES THE TANGO”

TV Episode – on this date aired this episode of the TV comedy “I Love Lucy”…discouraged by the returns of his  new chicken-raising business, Ricky declares that he’ll sell all his hens unless they starting laying more eggs…hoping to mollify Ricky, Lucy (born Aug. 6, 1911, Leo) and Ethel purchase five dozen eggs to plant [ READ MORE ]

1906, August 23 – BIRTH OF CESAR VEDANI

  • August 23rd, 2010
  • Posted in Leo . Poet

Poet (Leo) – son of Italian imigrants and part time journalist…his sudden and stunning success came when he penned the words to “Adios Muchachos” (1927) whose world wide popularity continues unabated till this very day. The lyrics are the narration of a man in his last days recalling with sweetness and melancholy how God took [ READ MORE ]

1937 August 22 – birth of RAUL LAVIE

  • August 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Leo

Singer (Leo)…born in Rosario…when he made the move to Buenos Aires as a very young man, he had already sung to great acclaim on Radio Belgrano and Radio El Mundo…his early break came when he was recruited to sing with the Hector Varela orchestra. *** His voice and his charm gave him success even in [ READ MORE ]

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