Artist: Carlos Gardel
Author: Carlos Gardel/Alfredo Le Pera
Label: RCA
Year: 1935
Means: Coming Back. Tango written shortly before his death. Gardel, the ultimate tanguero, singing bird of Buenos Aires, was born in Toulouse (France) as Charles Romuald Gardès. In 1893, when he was only three, he moved with his single mother to Latin America, where his name was changed. In 1920 he obtained citizenship of Uruguay, in '23 of Argentina. Died in a plane crash near Medellin, Colombia with his entire tour crew on June 24th 1935. Fans committed suicide.
Covers:
Roberto Carlos [in Portuguese]
Julio Iglesias [on his Tango album]
Marcelo Alvarez [on Gardel tribute]
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Arnold Rypens
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