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Rosa Rodgiguez Quiroga "Rosita" was born in Buenos Aires in 1898 and was the first female singer of tango. The tango (touch) originated in the lower class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the 1890s.. Around 1910, South American dancers and orchestras popularized the dance in Europe.
Rosita Quiroga began recording for Victor Talking Machine's Argentinian studios in 1922 and by 1931 had made exactly 200 sides. When Victor brought its' new electric microphone process to Buenos Aires in 1926, Quiroga was the first to embrace the technology and made the first electrically recorded tangos. Here, Quiroga sings En La Via recorded in the spring of 1929 and released as Victor matrix 44484, label 47052. En La Via was composed by Nicolas Vaccaro and Eduardo Escaris Mendez.
Rosita Quiroga died in Buenos Aires in 1984.
Rosa Rodgiguez Quiroga "Rosita" was born in Buenos Aires in 1898 and was the first female singer of tango. The tango (touch) originated in the lower class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the 1890s.. Around 1910, South American dancers and orchestras popularized the dance in Europe.
Rosita Quiroga began recording for Victor Talking Machine's Argentinian studios in 1922 and by 1931 had made exactly 200 sides. When Victor brought its' new electric microphone process to Buenos Aires in 1926, Quiroga was the first to embrace the technology and made the first electrically recorded tangos. Here, Quiroga sings En La Via recorded in the spring of 1929 and released as Victor matrix 44484, label 47052. En La Via was composed by Nicolas Vaccaro and Eduardo Escaris Mendez.
Rosita Quiroga died in Buenos Aires in 1984.
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