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This photo shows Francisco Lomuto (to the right) and his two most emblematic singers, Fernando Díaz (centre of the picture, right) and Jorge Omar (centre of the picture, left), engaged in a seemingly quite amusing conversation with Adolfo Carabelli (left, … Continue reading →

I love being able to share pictures on which tango musicians aren’t posing for a portrait with a Hollywood-look on their face, but where instead they are shown in a more natural, normal way, sometimes so much that it gives … Continue reading →

Troilo is not only increasingly popular with tangueras nowadays, but according to this caption below he also had an enormous following of obsessed female fans who kept calling him all day. Apparently, he had even more fans than his singer … Continue reading →

”The big success of Biag(g)i” (image below, with Rodolfo Biagi on the left). Oh, they never get his name entirely right, like most relatively difficult Italian names in tango. In fact, many less complicated, Spanish-like surnames of tango singers are … Continue reading →

Every time I see a different picture of a very young Roberto Rufino (mostly from 1940), I find it even more absurd how someone who doesn’t look much older than 12 could sing so emphatically about typical tango themes like … Continue reading →

Quite a few tango musicians and singers spent some years touring Latin America, the United States or several European countries. Some major names, like Rafael Canaro, brother of the more famous Francisco, decided to stay overseas and left us some … Continue reading →

Hector Mauré is seen nowadays by (international) tango dancers as D’Arienzo’s second most prominent singer, only surpassed by Alberto Echagüe with his 1938 and 1939 recordings. However, after the orchestra of D’Arienzo imploded in early 1940 and everyone left, including … Continue reading →

Not recording anything is hard work. Sorry, I mean: only playing live, and never recording anything, is hard work. Back in the early 40s, a smoking break was inevitable, because everyone smoked like a chimney. I understand the smoking habit, … Continue reading →

Here’s a photo of one of my favourite singers (the one with the black suit and the smoking habit) of Laurenz  (left) who left some very interesting, danceable recordings in 1941-1942, like Al verla pasar and Quedáte tranquilo, examples of … Continue reading →

José García and his orchestra ”los Zorros Grises” (”Grey Foxes”) are usually associated with the voice of singer Alfredo Rojas, which is understandable, because if you ever hear Garcia in a milonga, it will most likely be a classic recording … Continue reading →