Carlos Gardel

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Carlos Gardel (1890 – 1935) was an enormously popular tango singer killed in an aeroplane crash at the height of his career. For many music fans, Gardel embodies the soul of the tango, a musical form and dance which evolved in the barrios of Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the end of the 19th century.

Gardel possessed a baritone voice deployed with unerring musicality and dramatic phrasing, creating miniature masterpieces among the hundreds of three-minute tangos which he recorded during his lifetime. Together with his long-term collaborator, lyricist Alfredo Le Pera, Gardel also wrote several classic tangos, notably ‘Mi Buenos Aires querido’, ‘Amores de Estudiante’, ‘Soledad’, ‘Volver’, ‘Por una cabeza’ and ‘El día que me quieras’.

Gardel began his career singing in bars and at private parties, and in 1911 formed a duet with Francisco Martino, and after with José Razzano (which would last until 1925), singing a wide repertory. Gardel made the music his own by inventing the tango-canción in 1917 with ‘Mi Noche Triste’, a theme by Pascual Contursi and Samuel Castriota, which sold 100,000 copies and was a hit throughout Latin America. Gardel went on to tour Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia and made appearances in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and New York. He sold 70,000 records in the first three months of a 1928 visit to Paris. As his popularity grew, he made a number of films for the Paramount in France and the USA, which were essentially vehicles for his singing and matinée-idol looks.

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  • GrandHibou

    Sexy music.

    29 Nov 2012 Reply
  • eseFasy

    Grande.

    9 Nov 2012 Reply
  • GilbranoS

    Tengo miedo del encuentro con el pasado que vuelve a enfrentarse con mi vida. Tengo miedo de las noches que pobladas de recuerdos encadenen mi soñar. Pero el viajero que huye, tarde o temprano detiene su andar. Y aunque el olvido, que todo destruye, haya matado mi vieja ilusión; guardo escondida una esperanza humilde, que es toda la fortuna de mi corazón ♫. Tremendo.

    15 Oct 2012 Reply
  • top20fanatico

    El Rey del Tango! <3

    11 Oct 2012 Reply
  • memristor

    as if we care that much, strangefeeling

    26 Sep 2012 Reply
  • memristor

    so handsome

    26 Sep 2012 Reply
  • icaroecv

    "Argentino, Uruguayo, Francés,... cuantas veces nació este tipo?" Gardel puede nacer todos los dias en todos lugares. Es necesario tan solo que alguien escuche su musica

    8 Sep 2012 Reply
  • StrayDogInDelhi

    Childhood memories...

    23 Aug 2012 Reply
  • RafaelDivoz

    Genio !

    26 Jun 2012 Reply
  • chyosan

    а попугай-гадалка всё на свете знает!

    1 Jun 2012 Reply
  • Ao6

    <3

    19 Mar 2012 Reply
  • musageta

    I excuse myself to any Sinatra fans, but such a stupid comment deserved such an answer

    12 Mar 2012 Reply
  • musageta

    Roc_Melo completely, a non-boring version of Sinatra:P or since Gardel is older, Sinatra is a completely boring version of Gardel, yeah. that sounds better:)

    11 Mar 2012 Reply
  • Roc_Melo

    He looks a lot like Sinatra

    26 Feb 2012 Reply
  • n4ckskott

    Por Una Cabeza is a masterpiece!

    19 Feb 2012 Reply
  • cisnenegro

    Siempre que paso por aquí, no importa cuánto tiempo haya pasado, siempre me encuentro con la misma puta discusión... ¿de verdad importa tanto de dónde fuera o dónde naciera?

    23 Jan 2012 Reply
  • Charles_Heres

    Pues parece que Por una cabeza gana por más de una cabeza a Volver. Es igual, indudablemente estamos ante un gran maestro. Disfruten y no discutan, ya saben. ^^

    24 Dec 2011 Reply
  • makaronena

    ох хорош

    11 Dec 2011 Reply
  • okeijo

    Creo que los documentos no mienten cuando dicen claritto (Tacuarembo') (uruguay) pero lo mas importante es que pasan los años y seguimos disfrutando de su voz incomparable

    5 Dec 2011 Reply
  • okeijo

    creo que los documentos no mienten, dicen clarito (Tacuarembo') pero lo mas importante es que pasan los años y seguimos disfrutando de su voz incomparable.

    5 Dec 2011 Reply
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