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Raúl Berón
Raúl Berón (March 30, 1920 – June 28, 1982) was an Argentines, Argentine tango singer who, between 1940 and 1955, was part of the orchestras of Miguel Caló, Lucio Demare, and Aníbal Troilo. Born into a family of musicians—his father was Manuel Berón and his siblings were Adolfo, Elba, Rosa, and José Berón—he moved to the city of Buenos Aires and, at the age of nineteen, made his debut with Miguel Caló, with whose orchestra he recorded ''Al compás del corazón'', ''Lejos de Buenos Aires'', ''Trasnochando'', ''Azabache'', and ''El vals soñador''. He later recorded ''El pescante'', ''Qué solo estoy'', and ''Una emoción'' with Demare, and ''De vuelta al bulín'' and ''Discepolín'' (a tribute by Homero Manzi to Enrique Discépolo) with Troilo. He also joined the orchestra of Enrique Mario Francini, Enrique Francini and Armando Pontier, with whom he recorded ''Como tú''. In his later years, he continued as a soloist, toured throughout Latin America, and made a few re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zárate, Buenos Aires
Zárate is a port city in the northeast of the . It lies on the western shore of the Paraná River, from Buenos Aires. Its population as per the is 101,271 inhabitants. It is the headquarters for and the only city in the '' partido'' of the same name. Zárate and Campana are main points of an important industrial region. The city is located at one end of the Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge, which joins Buenos Aires with the province of Entre Ríos and allows communication with the Argentine Mesopotamia and from there to Brazil and Uruguay. The city was founded on March 19, 1854. History Following European colonization, the lands were distributed in grants. The first Spanish owners weren't able to use them productively, so their ownership was passed to the Jesuits, who were then expelled by Charles III of Spain Charles III (; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Discépolo
Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dutch), Henri (French), and Henrique (Portuguese). Common nicknames of Enrique are Kiki, Kiko, Kike, Rick, Ricky, and Quique. Enrique is also a surname. A variant surname is '' Enriquez'' (son of Enrique). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enrique of Malacca (fl. 1511–1521), Malay slave who may have been the first person to travel around the world * Enrique Aguirre (born 1979), Argentine athlete * Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor * Enrique Bátiz (1942–2025), Mexican conductor and concert pianist * Enrique Bolaños (1928–2021), President of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007 * Enrique Bunbury (born 1967), Spanish singer and band member of Heroes Del Silencio * Enrique Campos (born 1961), Venezuelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., United States, then falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 people. * January 14–17, 2022 North American winter storm, January 14 – An Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 with an unknown registration crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 73 occupants on board. * January 18 – 1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash: Four Northrop T-38 aircraft of the United States Air Force crash at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, killing all 4 pilots. * January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland. * January 27 – The government of Garret FitzGerald in Republic of Ireland, Ireland is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil is dissolved. * January 30 – The first computer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own market town. * January 7 – Russian Civil War: The forces of White movement, Russian White Admiral Alexander Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk; the Great Siberian Ice March ensues. * January 10 ** The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. ** The League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16, the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris. * January 11 – The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic is recognised de facto by European powers in Palace of Versailles, Versailles. * January 13 – ''The New York Times'' Robert H. Goddard#Publicity and criticism, ridicules American rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard, which it will rescind following the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential interpreters of world popular music in the first half of the 20th century. Gardel is the most famous popular tango singer of all time and is recognized throughout the world. Described variously as a baritone or tenor because of his wide vocal range, he was known for his rich voice and dramatic phrasing. Together with lyricist and long-time collaborator Alfredo Le Pera, Gardel wrote several classic tangos. Gardel died in an airplane crash at the height of his career, becoming an archetypal tragic hero mourned throughout Latin America. For many, Gardel embodies the soul of the tango style. He is commonly referred to as "Carlitos", "El Zorzal" ("The Song Thrush"), "The King of Tango", "El Mago" ("The Wizard"), "El Morocho del Abasto" ("The Brunet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Siri
Roberto is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish variation of the male given name Robert. Notable people named Roberto include: * Roberto (footballer, born 1912) * Roberto (footballer, born 1977) * Roberto (footballer, born 1978) * Roberto (footballer, born 1979) * Roberto (footballer, born 1988) * Roberto (footballer, born January 1990) * Roberto (footballer, born December 1990) * Roberto (footballer, born 1998) * Roberto Abbondanzieri (born 1972), Argentine footballer * Roberto Acuña (born 1972), Paraguayan footballer * Roberto Alagna (born 1963), French operatic tenor * Roberto Alomar (born 1968), Puerto Rican baseball player * Roberto Alvarado (born 1998), Mexican footballer * Roberto Amadio (born 1963), Italian cyclist * Roberto d'Amico (born 1967), Belgian politician * Roberto Ayala (born 1973), Argentine footballer * Roberto Badiani (born 1949), Italian footballer * Roberto Baggio (born 1967), Italian footballer * Roberto Ballini (born 1944), Italian footballer * Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Salcedo (actor)
Jorge Salcedo (June 2, 1915 – April 12, 1988) was a popular Argentine actor of radio, television and feature films, who appeared in film between 1941 and 1980, including the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He made over 40 film appearances in Argentina playing lead roles in films such as the 1949 '' Hardly a Criminal'' and '' Los Evadidos'' (1964) for which he won a Silver Condor for best actor. For a time, he served as the president of the Argentine Actors Associations. Filmography *''El diablo metió la pata'' (1980) dir. Carlos Rinaldi. *''Los drogadictos'' (1979) dir. Enrique Carreras. *''Los superagentes y el tesoro maldito'' (1978) dir. Adrián Quioga (Mario Sábato) *''Los chantas'' (1975) dir. José A. Martínez Suárez. * Ceferino Indio Santo (''Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá'') (1972) dir. Jorge Mobaied * A Bravo of the 1900s (''Un guapo del 900'') (1971) dir. Lautaro Murúa. * '' The Neurotics'' (''Los psexoanalizados'' or ''Los neuróticos'') (1971) dir. Héctor Oliv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Mario Francini
Enrique Mario Francini (14 January 1916 in San Fernando – 27 August 1978 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango orchestra director, composer and violinist who played in various tango ensembles including the Orquesta Francini-Pontier and Ástor Piazzolla's Octeto Buenos Aires. Early years Born in the city of San Fernando in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina and 20 km north the city of Buenos Aires, Francini spent his childhood and adolescence in the city of Campana on the Paraná River. Here he studied the violin with the German violinist Juan Ehlert and in 1933, when Carlos Gardel gave a concert in Campana, Francini and his friend Héctor Stamponi, the same age as him, presented Gardel with a tango which the friends, had composed together. Musical career Francini started his musical career when he joined the orchestra of Ehlert, which included Héctor Stamponi and Armando Pontier, and performed on a well-known afternoon programme on Radio Prieto. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homero Manzi
Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907 – May 3, 1951) was an Argentine tango lyricist, author of various famous tangos. He was also a filmmaker, notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema. He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero), Argentina. Manzi was interested in literature and tango since he was young. After a brief incursion in journalism, he worked as a literature and Spanish professor but for political reasons (in addition to his membership in the Unión Cívica Radical) he was expelled from his professorship and decided to dedicate himself to the arts. In 1935 he participated in the beginnings of FORJA (Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina – Force of Radical Orientation of the Young in Argentina), group whose position has been classified as “people's nationalism”. It was centered almost exclusively in the problems in Argentina and Latin Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aníbal Troilo
Aníbal Carmelo Troilo (11 July 1914 – 18 May 1975), also known as Pichuco, was an Argentine tango musician. Troilo was a bandoneon player, composer, arranger, and bandleader in Argentina. His orquesta típica was among the most popular with social dancers during the golden age of tango (1940–1955), but he changed to a concert sound by the late 1950s. Troilo's orchestra is best known for its instrumentals, though he also recorded with many well-known vocalists such as Roberto Goyeneche, Edmundo Rivero and Francisco Fiorentino. His rhythmic instrumentals and the recordings he made with vocalist Francisco Fiorentino from 1941 to 1943, known as milongas, were some of the favourites in tango salons. The renowned bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla played in and arranged for Troilo's orquesta típica during the period of 1939–1944. Biography Aníbal Troilo was born on 11 July 1914, to Felisa Bagnoli and Aníbal Troilo, in the well-known barrio of Abasto. His father nicknamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucio Demare
Lucio Demare (August 9, 1906 – March 6, 1974) was an Argentine composer who worked on a number of film scores.Finkielman p.231 He was the brother of the film director Lucas Demare, and scored several of his films. Selected filmography *'' Prisoners of the Earth'' (1939) *''The Gaucho Priest'' (1941) *''The Gaucho War'' (1942) *''His Best Student'' (1944) * '' The Corpse Breaks a Date'' (1944) *'' Savage Pampas'' (1945) *''Behind a Long Wall ''Behind a Long Wall'' (Spanish: ''Detrás de un largo muro'') is a 1958 Argentine drama film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Susana Campos, Gloria Ferrandiz and Ricardo Argemí. A rural family emigrate to Buenos Aires but are disillusioned ...'' (1958) References Bibliography *Finkielman, Jorge. ''The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History''. McFarland, 2003. External links * 1906 births 1974 deaths 20th-century Argentine composers Argentine composers Composers from Buenos Aires {{Argentina-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
