He was a Twelfth Night present for his parents, and maybe for this reason God gave him a talent for singing Tango. He was born on January 6th, 1922 in the Abasto suburb only 2 blocks away from the"El Zozal"'s house. He was Lorenzo Rufino's son (Slaughterman from the Abasto market and a fan of Gardel) and his mother was Agustina Guirin, a housewife. From his father he inherited his passion for music: they  used to share the afternoons, hummering some tangos that don Lorenzo played in his guitar. When he was only 13 years old he had to face two big loses, in the same year his father and Gardel died.The followig year, 1936, he made his debut in "The cafe El Nacional" as a vocalist of Francisco Rosse's orchestra; later he playedd in "Petit Salon" with Antonio Bonavena's orchestra. Antonio Bonavena was the author of "Pajaro ciego" (Blind bird) and the uncle of the future boxer. He then sang in different orchestras: "El Cieguito" Camilo Tarantini´s, José "Natalin" Filipetti´s and Anselmo Aieta´s. In 1938 Carlos Garay, Carlos Di Sarli's agent, heard him singing "Milonguero Viejo" and told the director about him, resulting in the inmediate incorporation of Rufino to the orchestra. On December 11th, 1939 he recorded a Di Sarli and Marco's Tango: "Corazon"(Heart) and he had a big success. He recorded 46 songs during the 5 years that he spent in the orchestra , with only two short interruptions: he sang with Alfredo Fanuele's orchestra (1941) and Emilio Orlando's (1942). In 1944 he started his career as soloist, making his debut in Belgrano radio with his orchestra which at that time was directed by Atilio Brui, and  later on by Alberto Camara and Porfidio Díaz. With Camara he recorded his first 78 with for the Sandor Company; and with Porfidio Diaz he recorded his second album for Victor company. He continued singing in the radio as a soloist. At that time people began to call him "El actor del tango" (The tango actor) till he started singing for Francini-Pontier's orchestra. In 1950, "Terremoto"(Earthquake)  which  was another of his nicknames, sang and recorded for Miguel Calo's orchestra. As he was restless he made a change:he started to sing with Elsa Rivas and Leopoldo Federico was their orchestral director, but this duet only lasted for a few moths. In 1957 he dedicated himself to business: he was one of the owners of "Libertad" radio and was in charge of the artistic direction. He started to sing melodic music using a pseudonymous: "El enmascarado Bobby Terre. He made some recordings between 1957 and 1960 and made some appearances in the auditorium of ¨El Mundo¨ radio station.  That same year he returned to Armando Pontier's orchestra, but he left it in 1963 to sing with Anibal Troilo. It is important for us to recognize Rufino´s capacity for sharing with his colleagues since he was involved in duets with Roberto Goyeneche, Nelly Vazquez y Tito Reyes. There are some recordings from  that times such as "Maria", "Desencuentro" ("Disencounter"), "Ninguna" ("No one"), "Mensaje" ("Message") and "Quién lo había de pensar" ("Who would have thought"). He also was a composer and a writer. He was the author of a lot of songs:"Muchachos arranquemos para el centro" ("Guys, let's go to downtown"); "Eras una flor" ("You were a flower"); "Como nos cambia la vida" ("How life changes us"); "Calla" ("Silent"); "Destino de flor" ("Flower destiny"); "Dejame vivir mi vida " ("Let me live my life"), "La novia del barrio" ("The suburb girlfriend"); "Soñemos" ("Let´s dream"); "Tabaco Rubio"; "El clavelito" ("Little carnation" ), "No hablen mal de las mujeres" ("Do not talk about women", "Los largos del pibe"; "En el lago azul" ("In the blue lake"); "Carpeta" ("Folder"), "El bazar de los juguetes" ("The toy shop"), "Julian Tango", "Manos adoradas" ("Beloved hands"), "Boliche"; "San Lorenzo Campeon" and other ones. His last years (as almost all of his life) were filled with work: he performed in Argentina and all around the world where his career was recognized as a very important one for the growth of Tango. In 1997 he was named Buenos Aires Illustrious Citizen and the following year "Illustrious Citizen of the National Culture".  On February 24th, 1999 his heart stopped working, he had been ill for more than 15 days in Favaloro's Fundation. The next day a lot of  people said goodbye to him in the Chacarita Cementery with a deep sorrow, while they sang "Malena"; a tango that Rufino had gave his own chaaaracter to.