Monday, October 20, 2008

Argentina - Carlos Gardel

Carlos Gardel was born on December 11, 1890 with the name of Charles Garde in Toulouse, France. When the popular vocalist Carlos Gardel was two years of age, his mother took him to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She then changed his last name from Gardes to Gardel. When he got older, he changed his first name from Charles to Carlos to make it sound more Latin. He tried to hide his French origins by saying he was born in Uruguay. He came from a poor working class family in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His mother worked as a cleaner. Despite the rough lifestyle he was forced to face, he began singing gigs at weddings, birthdays and other family receptions in his early years. He studied at a trade school known as Colegio Pio X.

Gardel started spending time at theatres and opera houses and that is when his interest in music began to show. He was ready to do any job that might get his foot in the door such has setting up a stage or participating in a cheering section for a concert.

In 1911, Gardel made his first recordings for the Columbia label and formed a trio to go on tour with Jose Razzano from Uruguay and with singer Francisco Martino. Gardel and Razzano sang as a duet when Martino left the trio in 1913. Gardel got into a bar brawl with Che Guevara’s father, Ernesto Guevara Lynch in 1915 and was wounded by a gun shot in Buenos Aires. In August 1924 he was asked to sing for the visiting Prince of Wales in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gardel became a solo artist in 1925 after Rozzano started to have throat problems and went on tour through Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, and also made appearances in Paris, New York, Barcelona and Madrid. He sold more than 60,000 records in the first couple of months in his visit to Paris in 1928.

Carlos Gardel’s film debut took place in 1931 in the film, "Luces de Buenos Aires”. He traveled to New York where his film career grew. In 1934 he made the films, “El Día Que Me Quieras” and “Cuesta Abajo”. His success as popular tango vocalist came to an end abruptly in 1935. Carlos Gardel went on tour in Caribbean and northern South America but never completed it. Gardel, LePera, and other members of his staff embarked a plane in Medellin, Colombia. As the plane was attempting to depart from the ground, it crashed into another plane and burst into flames, killing almost everyone on board.

Source:
http://latinmusic.about.com/od/artistsen/p/PROGARDEL.htm
http://www.todotango.com/english/gardel/discografia.html


List of Works

A Mi Madre (Con Los Amigos), Song, Solo,1919.
A Mi Madre Querida (Pobre mi Madre Querida),Vidalita, Solo, 1912
A Mitre, Vals, Solo,1912
Adios Que me Voy Llorando,Song, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
Amargura (El Florindense), Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
Aurora,Vals, Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
Ay Ay Ay, Song, Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
Ay Elena, Vals, Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
Brisas (Brisas de La Tarde), Song, Solo, 1912.
Cantar Eterno,Song, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
El Almohadon, Vals, Solo, 1912
El Cardo Azul,Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
El Moro, Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
El Pangare, Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
El Senuelo, Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
El Sol del Veinticinco, Gato, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
El Sueno, Style, Solo, 1912.
El Tirador Plateado (Sos mi Tirador Plateado), Style, Solo,1917.
Es en Vano, Song, Solo, 1912.
La China Fiera, Song, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
La Criolla, Milonga, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
La Huella, Song,Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
La Madrugada, Song, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
La Mananita (Lo Que Fui), Style, Solo,1912.
La Mariposa (Gorjeos),Style,Solo, 1912.
La Yeguecita, Cueca, Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
Lo Que Fui, Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
Me Dejaste, (El Poncho del Olvido), Style, Solo, 1912.
Mi China Cabrera (Palanganeando), Style,Solo, 1912.
Mi Madre Querida (Pobre Mi Madre Querida), Vidalita, Solo, 1912.
Mi Noche Triste,Tango,Solo,1917
Mis Perros, Bambuco,Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
Pavadas, Media cifra, Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
Pobre Flor, Style, Solo, 1912.
Puntana, Zamba, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
Que Suerte la Del Ingles, Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1919
Sanjuanina de Mi Amor, Tonada, Duo with J. Razzano,1919
Sos Mi Tirador Plateado (El Tirador Plateado), Style, Solo,1912.
Suena Guitarra Querida, Style, Duo with J. Razzano,1919.
Te Acordas, Zamba, Duo with J. Razzano,1917.
Una Rosa Para mi Rosa (La Rosa Encarnada), Song, Duo with J. Rozzano, 1917.
Ya Canta el Gallo, Zamba, Duo with J. Rozzano,1917.
Yo Se Hacer, Cifra, Solo,1912.

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