Carlos Di Sarli

Certainly he was one of the biggest artists from the 40's. Cayetano Di Sarli Russomano, Carlos Di Sarli, was born in Bahia Blanca on January 7th, 1903. He played with the orchestra of Anselmo Arieta and Osvaldo Fresedo. He was called "El señor del Tango" (The Tango man). He studied at the Williams conservatory in Bahia Blanca, and he made his debut when he was 13 and a musical comedy took him around the country to play the piano. Three years later he made a presentation as a piano soloist in a cinema of La Pampa. He was wearing his clasic brown glasses, which hid the scar of an accident (A casual shoot in his father shop when he was 13). He formed his first orchestra in Bahia Blanca, he acted in "Cafe Express", "Cafe Moka" and he played in some provinces and composed his first tango "Meditacion" (Meditation). The following year he went to Buenos Aires where he acted in some small cafes. In 1925 he formed his first sextet, and he made his debut in "Cabaret Chantecler" where he played only four days. In 1929 he recorded his first album  in Victor company, and he made radial shows both in El Mundo radio and
Belgrano radio. He was a romantic composer as we can see in "Milonguero Viejo" (Old dancer of popular song) and "Bahia Blanca" and "A la gran Muñeca" (To the big doll), instrumental songs. He left many tangos as "Loco lindo" (Nice crazy) (Lyrics by Conrado Nale Roxlo); "Otra vez carnaval" (Carnival again) (Lyrics by Reynaldo Pignataro); "Chiquetera" (Lyrics by Guillermo Nacarelli); "Verdemar" (Green sea)(Lyrics by Jose Maria Contursi, 1943); "Al pan pan y al vino vino" (To call a spade a spade) (Lyrics by Rodolfo Sciamerella); "Cayorda" (Lyrics by Luis Vaccarezza); "Asi era mi novia" ( My girlfriend was like this); "Nido Gaucho" (Gaucho nest) (1942); "Bien Frappe" (1941); "Corazon"( Heart) (1939); "Whisky" (1951); "Porteño y bailarin" (Porteño and dancer); "La capilla blanca" (The white hood); "En un beso la vida" (In a kiss the life); "Juan porteño" (all with Hector Marco) are tangos that belong to 
popular music. He left the direction in 1959 because he was suffering
from cancer which killed him om January 12th, 1960.