“Mocosita”
Orquesta Tipica Victor
(Victor 79688-A) July 5, 1926
“Acordate”
Orquesta Tipica Victor
(Victor 79688-B) July 5, 1926
Here are two tango recordings from Argentina being added to Radio Dismuke’s playlist.
Orquesta Tipica Victor, i.e., the Victor Tango Orchestra, was an in-house studio band formed in 1925 by Adolfo Carabelli, the music director for the Buenos Aries branch of the Victor Talking Machine Company. Under the leadership of various directors, the band had well over 400 recordings to its credit before its last one was made in 1944.
“Mocosita” was a well-known tango composed in 1925 by Uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodríguez.
“Acordate” was composed by Raúl Ruiz Moreno. While I was able to find mention of a number of other songs he composed, I was not able to locate any biographical information about him.
Tango music was popular during the 1920s and 1930s, not just in South America but worldwide, especially in Germany and Eastern Europe. Both recordings here were also issued in the United States, Germany and Spain. My strong guess is they were also issued in the United Kingdom and probably other countries.