He was one
of the best singers and gave "Lunfardo" great publicity
His
name was Leonel Edmundo Rivero, he was born on June 8th,1912 in
Buenos aires. He was a singer, a composer and a guitar player. He studied
singing in his teenage years at the National Conservatory of Belgrano suburb,
his low tone of voice was not fashionable at that time because in the 40's,
tango singers all had tenor voices. He started a duo with his sister and
sang with Agustin Irusta. He made some concerts
for Radio Cultura but he played Spanish and Classical music. He
made his debut as a tango singer with Jose De Caro and in 1935 he sang
with Julio de Caro.
After his participation in Cesar Bo's orchestra as a guitar player,
in 1944. The following year he played in Horacio Salgan´s orchestra.Unfortunately they could not record any
album because they had problems
with the recording company. Some time later Anibal
Troilo asked him to replace Alberto Marino.During that time he had
the chance to record an
album and his first tango was "Yira, yira" in 1947. Then he started
his career as a soloist, being one of the most important voices, he
travelled around Spain, EEUU; Japan and he recorded a lot of
albums.
He sang tangos like:"Desde la cana"(From prison); "Amablemente"(Kindly);
"Linea 9"(Line 9); "Para vos hermano tango"(To
you Brother tango);"¿Quien sino tu?(Who else but you); "Pobre
rico"(Poor rich);
"Malon de ausencia"(Malon of absence); "A Buenos
Aires"(To Buenos Aires); "La toalla mojada"(The wet
towell) and "Cafetin de Buenos Aires"(Buenos Aires Bar);
"Confesión" (Confession);"Sur"(South); "El
deschave". He also wrote an autobiographic book to defend "lunfardo". The book was
called "Una luz de almacen"(A grocery light) and he
appeared on different films as "Fortin Alto" (Tall
fortin); "Pampa y cielo"(Pampa and sky) and "El Ingles
de los guesos": He was a member of the Lunfardo Institute and
he died when he was 74 years old, on January 18th, 1986
His
name was Leonel Edmundo Rivero, he was born on June 8th,1912 in
Buenos aires. He was a singer, a composer and a guitar player. He studied
singing in his teenage years at the National Conservatory of Belgrano suburb,
his low tone of voice was not fashionable at that time because in the 40's,
tango singers all had tenor voices. He started a duo with his sister and
sang with Agustin Irusta. He made some concerts
for Radio Cultura but he played Spanish and Classical music. He
made his debut as a tango singer with Jose De Caro and in 1935 he sang
with Julio de Caro.
After his participation in Cesar Bo's orchestra as a guitar player,
in 1944. The following year he played in Horacio Salgan´s orchestra.Unfortunately they could not record any
album because they had problems
with the recording company. Some time later Anibal
Troilo asked him to replace Alberto Marino.During that time he had
the chance to record 
an
album and his first tango was "Yira, yira" in 1947. Then he started
his career as a soloist, being one of the most important voices, he
travelled around Spain, EEUU; Japan and he recorded a lot of
albums.
He sang tangos like:"Desde la cana"(From prison); "Amablemente"(Kindly);
"Linea 9"(Line 9); "Para vos hermano tango"(To
you Brother tango);"¿Quien sino tu?(Who else but you); "Pobre
rico"(Poor 
rich);
"Malon de ausencia"(Malon of absence); "A Buenos
Aires"(To Buenos Aires); "La toalla mojada"(The wet
towell) and "Cafetin de Buenos Aires"(Buenos Aires Bar);
"Confesión" (Confession);"Sur"(South); "El
deschave". He also wrote an autobiographic book to defend "lunfardo". The book was
called "Una luz de almacen"(A grocery light) and he
appeared on different films as "Fortin Alto" (Tall
fortin); "Pampa y cielo"(Pampa and sky) and "El Ingles
de los guesos": He was a member of the Lunfardo Institute and
he died when he was 74 years old, on January 18th, 1986