Archive for the ‘ Sagitarius ’ Category

1937, February 22 – ROBERTO RAY RECORDS “SOLLOZOS”

“A man deceived me” she says humiliated and destroyed…the lyrics of “Sollozos” tell of the pity a man feels for a girl he finds sobbing…he notices a locket round her neck with a man’s picture in it; tenderly he counsels her, “forget your past, if he shed no tears for you, shed no tears for him”…originally composed [ READ MORE ]

1953, December 19 – BIRTH OF ALBERTO DE LOS SANTOS

The guitar is the symbolic instrument which unites both Argentina and Uruguay; it has been from the beginning, the primary instrument for both tango and folk music in Montevideo and Buenos Aire…it is with this in mind that Alberto De Los Santos, in 1991, founded the Cuarteto De Los Santos; which from its inception has included band members [ READ MORE ]

1904, December 18 – BIRTH OF MANUEL BUZON

Singer, Composer, Leader, Pianist (Sagittarius) – in 1924 at the age of 20 a young and struggling Manuel Buzon, a singer and piano player with big dreams, happened to notice from his house, the towers of a radio station which was being constructed…mustering up his courage he went to the station without an appointment and insisted on speaking [ READ MORE ]

1955, December 16 – BIRTH OF MARIA VOLONTE

Singer, Comoser, Author (Sagittarius) –  Maria recalls the day her father came home gleaming with excitement, he had just bought one of the first home recorders…enthusiastically he called young Maria over for its first test into which Maria sang the Neopolitan classic “Cuore Ingrato”…she was so moved that she cried midway through its rendition…recalling that moment she [ READ MORE ]

1915, December 15 – BIRTH OF JOSE CANET

Composer, Guitarist (Sagittarius) – as a teenager he shared with his friend Piero Hugo Fontana two passions, one was fishing and the other was music….frequently on their fishing outages, in moments when the fish weren’t biting and their typical boyhood chatter exhausted, Jose would take his ubiquitous guitar in hand, Piero would clear his throat and they would [ 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 ]

1928, December 13 – BIRTH OF HUGO DUVALL

Singer (Sagittarius) – he was beginning to wonder if it was all worth it, the nightly treks to tango singing contests in tea rooms, a long-standing Buenos Aires tradition, when one particular evening, the violinist Raul Kaplun happened to come into the tea house where he was  singing and was quite taken by what he saw as the [ READ MORE ]

1916, December 8 – BIRTH OF ERNESTO “TITI” ROSSI

Composer, Leader, Bandoneonista (Sagittarius) - in 1960 he reluctantly agreed to accompany singer Alberto Marino on a three-month tour of the United States; but in one evening’s performance in a  New York night club, the passion and the dexterity with which he played his bandoneon attracted the attention of a broadway musical director who invited him to join [ READ MORE ]

1914, December 7 – BIRTH OF ALBERTO CASTILLO

Singer (Sagittarius) – in the morning when he would arrive at his medical studio, he would find swarms of young ladies waiting to see him, gynecologist Dr. Alberto De Luca, who by night was the idolized singer Alberto Castillo…in fact the never-ending line of women so interfered with his ability to practise medicine that he reluctantly, [ READ MORE ]

1905, December 2 – BIRTH OF OSVALDO PUGLIESE

Composer, Leader, Pianist (Sagittarius) – the story is told of the time when Osvaldo Pugliesewas playing the “Cumparsita” in a night club and the police raided because he was forbidden to work…the owner of the club told the police that they should at least finish what they were playing…somehow word got back to Osvaldo and so he [ READ MORE ]

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