Edmundo Rivero
Leonel Edmundo Rivero ( born June 8, 1911 in Valentín Alsina, Argentina, † January 18, 1986 in Buenos Aires ) was a tango singer and impresario.
Life
Edmundo Rivero was born in Valentín Alsina, a suburb of Buenos Aires. As a companion of his father on several trips, he learned the lifestyle and music of the gauchos of Buenos Aires province already know at a young age.
As a teenager, Rivero moved with his family to Belgrano, a district in the north of Buenos Aires to. There he witnessed the growing popularity of Tango dance and the complex compositions, mainly known as " ABC" composer Arolas, Bardi and Cobián. At the same time, the lyrics to light-hearted Zotenreißerei change to more complex stories about love and male honor.
Rivero learn to play classical guitar and sing. He has a deep bass - baritone voice that will become his trademark. He was also known for his huge hands (due to acromegaly).
First, in smaller halls he performs as a singer, he has his first radio appearance at Radio Cultura in a duet with his sister Eva. In the 1930s, radio appearances change with performances from dance halls in.
In 1935, he was discovered by the bandleader José de Caro, he soon falls José's famous brother Julio de Caro, who poaches him. Its orchestra that is staffed with non - traditional instruments, was the root of the ballroom orchestra in Pueyrredón Theater of Flores. During this time, Rivero was known and also got his nickname " El Feo " ( The Ugly ).
Although Rivero appeared in many Argentine films of the 1930s and 1940s, the early 40s were an uncertain time for him, as many Bandleader ( among them Humberto Canaro ) Although wanted to work with him, but these collaborations were of short duration. Later Rivero stated that his deep voice was a handicap at that time.
In 1944, teamed up with Horacio Rivero Salgán. In the three years of cooperation no recordings have emerged since Salgáns music that was influenced by Béla Bartók, did not hit the taste of ordinary Tango handset. However, Rivero became renowned in avant-garde and jazz musicians. In order to pay the rent, Rivero took also duets with Carlos Bermúdez, more commercial tango music for the Colombian market.
1947 Rivero was hired by Aníbal Troilo. Troilo was very successful with new songs, some of which were developed in cooperation with lyricist Homero Manzi. In the three years with Troilo Rivero stood beside Floreal Ruiz and Aldo Calderón in the spotlight and took 22 songs, including the mega-hit Sur.
Finally become famous and rich, left Rivero Toilo 1950 and launched a solo career. His party alternated between guitar quartets and orchestras. The most famous musician with whom Rivero worked, was the guitarist Roberto Grela, who also cooperated with Troilo.
Guitar ensembles were used by milonga performer in the province, tango singers of an earlier era, and even by the young Carlos Gardel as an accompaniment, but in the 1950s, when large orchestra dominated the music scene, Riveros choice was very unusual. This cemented his identification with the silent manliness of the rural population as a contrast to the emphasis of lost love in " urban " Tango songs.
In the 1960s Salgán and Rivero learned satisfaction for their lack of commercial success in the late 40s and took on numerous recordings together. Rivero also worked with other artists who paid tribute to his generosity and his dedication to music. In 1966, he starred in the movie " Buenos Aires, verano 1912" on.
In the late 60s tango was mainly an "export product", since both the musicians and their audiences aged and fixes were on old songs and orchestral formats of the 1940s and 1950s. Many tango fans also rejected the music of Astor Piazzolla and his followers. Rivero himself admired Piazzolla and participated in several compositions by him. In these years, even well-known artists had difficulty finding gigs.
Concerned that the Tango could not survive, opened Rivero 1969, the " El viejo Almacén " ( The old shop) in the San Telmo district. His hospitality enjoyed many visitors to the city, the Riveros Club visited to enjoy tango music and dance. Among the frequent visitors were Joan Manuel Serrat and Camilo José Cela.
Rivero was an icon in Japan, where he undertook a tour in 1968. There he met many Japanese musicians and dancers know and wrote tangos such as " Arigato Japón " (Thanks, Japan) and " A lo Megata " ( Tsunayoshi Megata was a famous Japanese tango dancer). No Japanese tourist would have left Buenos Aires, without first at least once visited the Almacén.
In the early 1970s was Rivero hosted a TV show in which artists arose from his club, including Beba Bidart. Sent some of his reunions with Troilo and Grela from the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1980 Rivero at the concert on the occasion of Osvaldo Pugliese's 75th birthday part. Towards the end of 1985, Rivero was hospitalized. He died on 18 January 1986 after a heart attack.
Discography (selection)
- Sur ( probably the most popular Argentine Tango)
- El ciruja
- Amablemente ( a sonnet, sung as a milonga )
- Pucherito de gallina
- No te engañes corazón
- Malón de ausencia
- Yo te bendigo
- Falésia
- El último organito