List of tango singers
This is a list of notable tango singers, that is, notable singers who are accomplished in the tango genre. Many tango musicians have been both musicians and singers, but this does not exclude from this list. While the vast majority of earlier tango singers were Argentines, this list illustrates the diversification of tango over time, with the growth in female stars such as Susana Rinaldi and the spread of tango around the world, as far as Russia (Pyotr Leshchenko), Poland (Jerzy Petersburski), and Turkey (İbrahim Özgür).
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- [TT] Chile.
- [ti] [TT] (1896–1975) from Buenos Aires, formed a famous duo with and was also a guitar player and composer.[1]
- Carlos Acuña[TT] [ti] (1915–1999) was known for his deep, high and expressive voice. His foreign travels brought him success in Uruguay, Mexico, Italy and Spain, where he became a close friend of the exiled Juan Perón.[2]
- [TT] (1923–1989) from Mar del Plata was also a writer, lecturer and theater director.[3]
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- Alberto Arenas[ti] [TT]
- Imperio Argentina[TT]
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- Roberto Ayala [TT]
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- Amelita Baltar[TT]
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- Alfredo Belusi[ti] [TT]
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- Beba Bidart[TT]
- Eladia Blázquez[ti]
- [TT] Chile.
- Sofía Bozán[TT]
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- Enrique Campos[ti] [TT]
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- Luis Cardei[TT]
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- Alberto Castillo[ti] [TT]
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- Pascual Contursi[ti]
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- Luis Correa[TT]
- Ignacio Corsini[ti] [TT]
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- María de la Fuente[ti] [TT]
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- Hugo del Carril[ti] [TT]
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- Ángel Díaz (singer)[ti] [TT]
- Fernando Díaz[ti] [TT]
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- Roberto Díaz[ti] [TT]
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- Jorge Durán[ti] [TT]
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- Néstor Fabián[TT]
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- Ada Falcón[ti] [TT]
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- [TT] (1949–1987)
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- [TT] (Valparaiso, 8 April 1915 – Santiago, 28 April 1986) outstanding composer, actor film and theater, singer and Chilean poet
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- Roberto Flores[ti] [TT]
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- Roberto Fugazot[TT]
- [TT]Japan.
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- Carlos Gardel[ti]
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- Roberto Goyeneche[ti] [TT]
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- (1913–1989) was a major figure of women's emancipation in Turkey, taking advantage of Atatürk's secularization (and personal protection) to become one of the earliest Muslim women to appear on stage there.[4] Her singing repertoire also included rumba and foxtrot, but tango made her reputation, and she recorded the first Turkish language tango, 's Mazi ("The Past") in 1932. She recorded around 50 LPs for HMV and several more for Odeon.[5]
- Carlos Heredia[ti]
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- [ti] [TT]
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- Libertad Lamarque[ti] [TT]
- Juanita Larrauri[TT]
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- Raúl Lavié[TT]
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- Amanda Ledesma[TT]
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- Pyotr Leshchenko (1898–1954) The "King of Russian Tango" enjoyed great popularity both in Russia and abroad despite being suppressed in the Soviet Union. He sang mainly in Russian, also singing gypsy music. He died in a prison camp near Bucharest.[6]
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- Mario Luna[TT]
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- Virginia Luque[TT]
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- [ti] [TT]
- Agustín Magaldi[ti] [TT]
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- Azucena Maizani[ti] [TT]
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- Tita Merello[TT]
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- Nina Miranda[ti] [TT]
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- Miguel Montero[ti] [TT]
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- Alberto Morán[ti] [TT]
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- Daniel Melingo
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- Sabina Olmos[TT]
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- Nelly Omar[ti] [TT]
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- İbrahim Özgür (1905–1959) was dubbed "The King of Turkish Tango" for his singing and composition, after an earlier successful career in jazz. He began tango recordings in 1938. His nostalgic, "velvet" voice was well-suited for his mournful songs, haunted by his unrequited love for an Indian princess he met during his grand tour of Asia in the 1930s. His most famous such song, Mavi Kelebek ("Blue Butterfly"), won him a legion of female fans.[4] Özgür was the first male tango singer to rise to prominence in Turkey, where the tango tradition had been dominated by women.[7]
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- [ti] [TT]
- José Razzano[TT]
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- Susana Rinaldi[TT] (1935–), known as "la passionaria du tango",[8] is also an actress. To avoid military rule, she settled in France where she has enjoyed a successful career.[9] A UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and social justice campaigner, she has been active in the artists' rights movement.[10]
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- Edmundo Rivero[ti] [TT]
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- Carlos Saavedra[ti]
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- Mercedes Simone[ti] [TT]
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- Alba Solís[TT]
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- Julio Sosa[ti] [TT] (1926–1964) from Uruguay was one of the most important tango singers during tango's unhappy years in the 1950s and early 1960s. His passion for poetry led to his sole published book; his passion for fast cars led to his young death.[11]
- Hrysoula Stefanaki[TT] popular Greek singer / vocalist, and musician, born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, best known for her outstanding & unique performances on national & international retro songs such as "Tango Noturno", "Blue Haven", "The last waltz", "Regretting for wasted years"etc.
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- Jorge Valdez[ti] [TT]
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- Adriana Varela[TT]
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- Jorge Vázquez
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- Virginia Vera[TT]
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- Carlos Vidal[TT]
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- Ángel Villoldo[TT]
- Olavi Virta Finland.
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Source lists[]
ti ^ This person appears on this list of notable tango singers, tango.info (URL accessed 2006-09-19).
TT ^ This person appears in todotango.com (URL accessed 12 July 2006).
Individual references[]
- ^ Orlando del Greco, Alberto Acuña, todotango.com. Retrieved 12 July 2006
- ^ Jorge Palacio, Carlos Acuña Archived 26 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine, todotango.com. Retrieved 12 July 2006
- ^ Néstor Pinsón, Eduardo Adrián, todotango.com. Retrieved 12 July 2006
- ^ Jump up to: a b Uli Schumann, Turkish Tango : Seyyan Hanin and Ibrahim Özgür Archived 21 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine, kidojo.it (translated by E. Maresglia). Retrieved 13 July 2006
- ^ Aydogan-Sule Arkis (2002), Seyyan Hanim (Oskay 1913–1989) Archived 2 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, tangointurkey.com. Retrieved 13 July 2006
- ^ Uli Schumann, Russian Tango : Pjotr Konstantinowitsch Leschenko Archived 9 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine, kidojo.it. Retrieved 13 July 2006
- ^ From the inside cover of Özgür's Tangolar Archived 7 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine CD, Label Oriente Music. Reproduced online at oliversudden.com. Retrieved 13 July 2006.
- ^ UNESCO, Biography of Susana Rinaldi, UNESCO. Retrieved 13 July 2006
- ^ Julio Nudler, Susana Rinaldi Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. todotango.com. Retrieved 12 July 2006
- ^ UNESCO, Susana Rinaldi Archived 11 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine, UNESCO. Retrieved 13 July 2006
- ^ Roberto Selles. Julio Sosa. todotango.com. Retrieved 12 July 2006
- ^ Pinsón, Néstor. "Carlos Varela". todotango.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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