There are many tangos that take place over a glass of something terrible that happened in life, but it’s surprising that nobody wrote this one until Héctor Marcó absolutely nailed it to the wall in 1957.
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Some tangos achieve fame by their influence on the genre, and some win their stature by their power to move us on the dance floor. Among the latter, we can securely count this gripping 1944 number “Tú, el cielo y tú,” by longtime Di Sarli collaborator Héctor Marcó.
Héctor Marcó had a knack for writing lyrics of touching sentiment, offering a refreshingly positive vision of romance. The songs almost defy the genre and break the conventions of the tango, except that they actually succeed so completely in their aims.
The romantic tango “Esta noche de luna” was among the biggest hits of 1943, overwhelming the charts with its infectious operatic melody and its pure expression of desire.
Lyricist Héctor Marcó was the frequent songwriting partner of Carlos Di Sarli, and wrote a long list of songs made famous by the maestro’s orchestra. Teaming up with bandoneonist Graciano Gómez, he produced this sentimental 1945 number “Tu íntimo secreto”—a follow-up to the same duo’s giant 1943 hit “Esta noche de luna.”