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following information was sent by an Ribó’s admirer, referred to the
biography of this artist published in El Portal del Tango. We thought
her corrections were very precise, so we decided to publish them
textually. Thank you very much, MMer610048@aol.com
for helping us to make a better Portal every day.
- As a fan of Osvaldo Ribo,
I’ll tell you that he doesn’t have nine brothers, but ten, and that he
is the sixth son. When I found out that they were organizing an homage to
Ribó at the Tortoni café on May 14, I travelled to Buenos Aires,
specially for being there. I have to tell you that he sings now better
than ever. In September 1999, he recorded a CD called “Papel picado”
(“Stung paper”), which is also the name of the tango is most often
asked to sing in his shows. Besides, he is the only singer who interprets
this song. The songs included in this CD are:
- 1)
Papel picado (Stung paper)
- 2)
Shusheta
- 3)
Cortando caminos (Cutting roads)
- 4)
Tormento (Torture)
- 5)
Se llama mujer (It is called woman)
- 6)
Seguíme corazón (Follow me, heart)
- 7)
Milonga que peina canas (A very old milonga)
- 8)
A una mujer (To a woman)
- 9)
Equipaje (Baggage)
- 10)
Guitarra mayor (Major guitar) Lyrics and music by Osvaldo Ribó, dedicated
to the great guitarist Roberto Grela.
- 11)
Bohardilla (Attic)
- 12)
Alfred Arnold
- 13)
Una emoción (One emotion)
- 14)
No quiero verte llorar (I don’t want to see you cry)
- 15)
Temblando (Trembling)
- 16)
Una lágrima (One tear)
- From the song 13 to the
16, Ribó is accompanied by the brilliant guitar of the late Roberto
Grela, and in the rest of the songs, he is accompanied by Hugo Rivas.
- Subsequently, I’ll send
you a biography written as a homage to this singer:
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- Osvaldo
Ribó: An emotion turned into Tango
- This
is the four meeting of “Contáme una historia” (“Tell me a
story”), and in it we find one of the voices of the 40s: Osvaldo Ribó.
In a tight synthesis, we can say that he complied with the career of an
orchestra singer, and started his soloist career with a defined style and
repertory. On August 27th, 1946 he made his debut at Victor
company, when he recorded “Sombras” (“Shadows”) by Pracánico and
Servetto, and “Una lágrima” (“One tear”) by Verona and Cárdenas,
accompanied by the orchestra of Ricardo Tanturi. From that moment on, he
was the singer of Tanturi’s orchestra, sharing his duty with Roberto
Videla, in replacement of the Uruguayan singer Enrique Campos. Some of the
songs that left a mark on the four years he spent with Tanturi were
“Alma de bohemio” (“Bohemian soul”), “Remembranza”
(“Remembrance”), “Vagabundo” (“Wanderer”) and “Ana Lucía”.
But his biggest success, the song that is most related to him is “Papel
picado” (“Stung paper”), by Cátulo Castillo. Besides his
participation in Tanturi’s orchestra, he worked in many more, such as
the orchestras of Alfredo Gobbi, Mariano Mores and Lorenzo Barbero, among
others, and he had a soloist career, in which he was accompanied by
Roberto Grela. Up to this point, this is a biography of the singer, the
artist. From now on, we are going to talk about the friend, the tango
lover who had a conduct during his career and who continues singing with
pleasure the tango lyrics. “Contáme una historia” wants to thank
Osvaldo Ribó for his career, and we thought that the best way of doing
that would be in the company of his friends, his family and his audience.
That is why, tonight, memories won’t be “Papel picado” (“Stung
paper”) but “Puñado de emociones” (“A fistful of emotions”),
which are brought by the voice of a “Zorzal entrerriano” (“Thrush
from Entre Ríos”), who is more “porteño” (from Buenos Aires) than
“Corrientes y Esmeralda” (“Corrientes and Esmeralda Streets”).
- Thank
you Osvaldo Ribo… This is your night!
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- Gabriel
Soria
- Titular
Academic from the National Tango Academy
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