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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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  • StrangeFeelin

    Way to make yourself look like a complete jackass, musageta.

    last week

  • Ao6

    <3

    March 2012

  • musageta

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

    March 2012

  • 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:)

    March 2012

  • Roc_Melo

    He looks a lot like Sinatra

    February 2012

  • n4ckskott

    Por Una Cabeza is a masterpiece!

    February 2012

  • 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?

    January 2012

  • Oneirology9

    Quizás les interese escuchar este genial cover que hizo una cantante japonesa, suena raro pero prueben ;) http://www.lastfm.de/music/Sumi+Jo/_/Por+Una+Cabeza

    January 2012
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