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Here’s the man of a revolutionary rhythm together with one of the most famous ”softer”, higher male voices of the tango world, Hector Mauré (left). In the early 40s, Mauré gave a quite unique, lyrical character to D’Arienzo’s music compared … Continue reading →

I am proud to present what is probably the first available clear picture of Osvaldo Fresedo and his champion singer Roberto Ray together. These two men are some of my greatest heroes in tango music and whenever I am DJ-ing … Continue reading →

Francisco Canaro, one of the most famous and in any case most financially succesful orchestra leaders, was only one out of several brothers who were tango musicians themselves too: Rafael, Mario and Juan. Juan is definitely an example of the … Continue reading →

Tango music wasn’t just hard work, fierce competition and posing with inescapable female fans. Sometimes, you also had to pour drinks, cut some ham into slices for a sandwich, or receive a phone call by someone ordering his lunch. At … Continue reading →

Oh, it seems it wasn’t just D’Arienzo who was popular on the dance floor. Here we can see Edgardo Donato dancing in a reasonably close embrace with a movie star. He looks very confident as a ‘milonguero style dancer’, many … Continue reading →

Apparently, not only famous singers-movie stars like Carlos Gardel have been posing as admiration material for hordes of female fans. Here, we can see orchestra leader and pianist Lucio Demare just standing there like a sex symbol, and indeed in … Continue reading →

The following picture shows us Miguel Caló, a young Alberto Podestá (who was initially using another stage name, Juan Carlos Morel, mentioned below), and several other big names from this Orchestra of the Stars, an outburst of talented musicians in … Continue reading →

Here’s another new picture of Smiling Di Sarli’s winning team in the early 40s, including singer Roberto Rufino who, this time, looks as if he is only 14 years old, which is actually relatively quite mature compared to some other … Continue reading →

Pedro Laurenz, one of the greatest bandoneon players ever, is shown here playing on his instrument, joined by singer Martin Podestá, who seems busy trying to remember the text he should be singing while the boss rehearses some of those … Continue reading →

Here’s another picture of rhythm warlord Juan D’Arienzo together with his early 1940s champion Hector Mauré (right) and the lesser-known yet quite productive Alberto Reynal (left). The singers are shown looking each other in the eyes: what are their faces … Continue reading →