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1996, November 19 – JULIO RELEASES “TANGO”

Tango” became Julio Iglesias’ number one set album on Billboard Top Latin Albums and that same year won  the World Musica Award…in 1998 it was awarded a nomination for a Grammy Best Latin Pop Album; his competition included his own son Enrique for his album “Vivir”…it is comprised of 12 of tango history’s top classics including [ READ MORE ]

1949, September 19 – BIRTH OF SALLY POTTER

She had a dream; to become a film director…a beguiling voice beckoned teenager Sally Potter’s gentle, sensitive nature…she was restless; she felt as if she was wasting her time but her options were limited; she had no money…what to do…one day she made a decision, to the astonishment of everyone around her, she courageously quit [ READ MORE ]

1912, September 18 – BIRTH OF JORGE ORTIZ

Having lost the up and coming Raul Beron who would one day be called the greatest tango singer of all time, Miguel Calo summoned celebrated singer Jorge Ortiz with great hope…but for some reason it just did not work out; the chemistry was missing…perhaps it was Calo’s serious, introspective nature which did not mesh well [ READ MORE ]

1972, September 12 – BIRTH OF SAULE ISKAKOVA

In Latvian and Lithuanian mythologies with its Zoroastrian influence, “Saule” is a solar Godess…and indeed brightness is what Saule Iskakova extracts from Astor Piazzolla when she sings him…one critic called her “the best Piazzolla vocalist in the world”…Saule was born in the ancient, nomadic people’s republic of Kazakhstan which in the mid 19th century became part [ READ MORE ]

1936, September 10 – PREMIERE OF “RADIO BAR”

Director Manuel Romero was not a nice person…like Carlos Di Sarli, he had a terrible temper and was difficult to work for….he tended to work frenetically, writing as he went along and finishing a film as soon as possible; perhaps he was motivated by his considerable gambling debts…he was immensely prodigious in his career; he was [ READ MORE ]

1906, September 6 – BIRTH OF DORA DAVIS

Shy, coy Emma Gallardo admired Betty Davis; she had just seen her in “The Man Who Played God” which premiered in 1932 and was the film which launched Davis’s fame…a few months later when fame and fortune were inadvertently thrust on Emma; she chose the stage name of “Dora Davis”…one day, Emma’s sister-in-law had asked [ READ MORE ]

1932, September 2 – FERNANDO DIAZ RECORDS “HUMILLACION”

His grandfather had been the ill-fated Uruguayan General Cesar Diaz who had led a failed revolution in 1858 and for which he was summarily executed…his father, a postal employee,  was instead a gentle man who loved music and who took his son Fernando Diaz to see the famous singing cowboys, the “payadores”…it is through them [ READ MORE ]

1972, July 27 – NELLY OMAR RETURNS TO THE STAGE

When Juan Peron was overthrown, one evening Nelly Omar had her home invaded and ransacked by soldiers; she was considered a Peronist and dangerous and all of a sudden there was no more work for her…the radio stations would not play her music and her public appearances came to a stop…there was a period when [ READ MORE ]

2005, July 20 – THALIA RELEASES “AMAR SIN SER AMADA”

She had fallen into deep depression and was ready to give it all up…she had just released her first album “Thalia” but its suggestive lyrics  made it highly controversial and she was banned by a number of radio stations in her native Mexico…her mother, her manager, with calm and reason as well as love, talked [ READ MORE ]

1983, December 25 – ARMANDO PONTIER COMMITS SUICIDE

Perhaps his tragic ending was somehow foretold in his moving, heart wrenching music; tangos like “Trenzas”, “Corazon No Le Hagas Caso”, “Cada Dia Te Estrano Mas”; he was to compose many beloved tangos in his career…Armando Pontier was born on August 29, 1917 (Virgo) in the town of Zarate just outside of Buenos Aires to [ READ MORE ]

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