Carlos Gardel

Carlos Gardel was an Argentine singer, songwriter, composer, and actor, and the most prominent figure in tango history.

In 1887 he was born in Toulouse, France, and his original name was Charles Gardes.

He moved to Argentina when he was four years old with his mother.

He created tango cancion with a song <Mi noche triste> in 1917.

With his tango cancion, all the people could enjoy tango as everyone’s popular music and Gardel was a very famous singer at that time.

In 1934, he made his last movie <El dia que me quieras>, and in this movie he presented young ‘Astor Piazzolla’ , the legend of Nuevo Tango as a bandoneon player. 

He was dead due to unexpected plane accident in 1935, and the golden age of tango was closed.

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