Carlos Gardel (1887?, 1890? - 1935) is considered the creator of the tango vocal technique and the author of some of the most beautiful melodies in tango history. The people gave him some friendly nicknames that express the familiar admiration he have produced: “Carlitos”, “el zorzal criollo”, “el morocho del Abasto”, "La Sonrisa" and the ironic and humorous “el mudo” ("the mute").
A popular saying summarizes the quality of his singing: still after Gardel’s death, porteños say “Gardel cada día canta mejor” (“Gardel sings better and better each day”), as if his voice were something alive and always present among us.
He recorded between 1912 and 1935. Some of his well known songs are Mano a mano, Volver, El día que me quieras, Mi Buenos Aires querido, Melodía de arrabal, Por una cabeza, Lejana tierra mía, Golondrinas, Cuando tú no estás, Soledad.
CARLITOS IN THE STUDIO
"EL DÍA QUE ME QUIERAS", FROM THE FILM EL DÍA QUE ME QUIERAS (1935)
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