By the latter 1940s, tango had grown into the voice of the people in its own pictures, capable of sounding the depths of experience with almost no imagery at all, just a melody and a message of raw emotion. The song “Gracias” is one such example…
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Elías Randal
This giant 1942 hit from the Ricardo Tanturi orchestra put charismatic singer Alberto Castillo front and center—and sometimes down in the audience, as his bellicose delivery of the opening lines would sometimes start a quarrel with members of the audience.