This is a list of notable tango singers, that is, notable singers who are accomplished in the tango genre. Many tango musicians have been both musicians and singers, but this does not exclude from this list. While the vast majority of earlier tango singers were Argentines, this list illustrates the diversification of tango over time, with the growth in female stars such as Susana Rinaldi and the spread of tango around the world, as far as Russia (Pyotr Leshchenko), Poland (Jerzy Petersburski), and Turkey (İbrahim Özgür).
Jorge Abril Chile.
Alberto Acuña Argentina (1896–1975) from Buenos Aires, formed a famous duo with René Ruiz and was also a guitar player and composer.
Carlos Acuña Argentina (1915–1999) was known for his deep, high and expressive voice. His foreign travels brought him success in Uruguay, Mexico, Italy and Spain, where he became a close friend of the exiled Juan Perón.
Eduardo Adrián Argentina (1923–1989) from Mar del Plata was also a writer, lecturer and theater director.
Pepe Aguirre Chile.
Carlos Almada
Oscar Alonso
Alberto Amor
Francisco Amor
Alberto Arenas
Imperio Argentina
Ernesto Ariel
Roberto Arrieta
Daniel Aste
Carmelita Aubert
Mariana Avena
Roberto Ayala
Amelita Baltar
Lito Bayardo
Alfredo Belusi
Carlos Bermudez
Carlos Bernal
Elba Berón
Raúl Berón
José Betinotti
Beba Bidart
Eladia Blázquez
Armando Bonasco Chile.
Sofía Bozán
Mario Bustos
Roberto Caló
Aldo Campoamor
Enrique Campos
Enrique Carbel
Luis Cardei
Ángel Cárdenas
Mercedes Carné
Cármen Carol Chile.
Carlos Casado
Jorge Casal
Horacio Casares
Cacho Castaña
Alberto Castillo
Higínio Cazón
Roberto Chanel
Charlo
Juan Carlos Cobos
Alberto Cosentino
Pascual Contursi
Guillermo Coral
Abel Córdoba
Luis Correa
Ignacio Corsini
Carlos Cristal
Alfredo Dalton
Carlos Dante
Héctor Darío
Dorita Davis
Elvira De Grey's
María de la Fuente
Héctor De Rosas
Hugo del Carril
Olga Delgrossi
Carmen Del Moral
Alfredo Del Río
Soledad del Valle
María José Demare
Horacio Deval
Santiago Devin
Ángel Díaz (singer)
Fernando Díaz
Luis Díaz
Patrocinio Díaz
Roberto Díaz
Enrique Dumas
Jorge Durán
Carmen Duval
Hugo Duval
Alberto Echagüe
Eduardo Espinoza
Gabino Ezeiza
Néstor Fabián
Rosanna Falasca
Ada Falcón
Adhelma Falcón
Jorge Falcón Argentina (1949–1987)
Andrés Falgás
Ernesto Famá
Chito Faró (Valparaiso, April 8, 1915 - Santiago, April 28, 1986) was an outstanding composer, actor film and theater, singer and Chilean poet.
Héctor Farrel
Néstor Feria
Guillermo Fernández
Oscar Ferrari
Francisco Fiorentino
Roberto Flores
Roberto Florio
Roxana Fontán
Magalí Fontana
Roberto Fugazot
Ranko FujisawaJapan.
Tita Galatro
Rodolfo Galé
Guillermo Galvé
María Garay
Carlos Gardel
Armando Garrido
Romeo Gavioli
Alfredo y Flora Gobbi
Juan Carlos Godoy
Alberto Gómez
Roberto Goyeneche
Juan Carlos Granelli
María Graña
Adrián Guida
Seyyan Hanim Turkey (1913–1989) was a major figure of women's emancipation in Turkey, taking advantage of Atatürk's secularization (and personal protection) to become one of the earliest Muslim women to appear on stage there. Her singing repertoire also included rumba and foxtrot, but tango made her reputation, and she recorded the first Turkish language tango, Necip Celal's Mazi ("The Past") in 1932. She recorded around 50 LPs for HMV and several more for Odeon.
Carlos Heredia
Teófilo Ibáñez
Raúl Iriarte
Agustín Irusta
Rubén Juárez
José "Pepe" Kokubu
Armando Laborde
Carlos Lafuente
Alberto Lago
Libertad Lamarque
Juanita Larrauri
Oscar Larroca
Patricia Lasala
Raúl Lavié
Enrique Lear
Amanda Ledesma
Argentino Ledesma
Susy Leiva
Rodolfo Lesica
Pyotr Leshchenko Russia (1898–1954) The "King of Russian Tango" enjoyed great popularity both in Russia and abroad despite being suppressed in the Soviet Union. He sang mainly in Russian, also singing gypsy music. He died in a prison camp near Bucharest.
Claudia Levy
Mario Luna
Sandra Luna
Virginia Luque
Mabel Mabel
Jorge Maciel
Agustín Magaldi
Antonio Maida
Roberto Maida
Azucena Maizani
Roberto Mancini
Amadeo Mandarino
Juan Carlos Marambio Catán
Hugo Marcel
Aníbal Marconi
Alberto Marino
Julio Martel
Lalo Martel
Reynaldo Martín
Alberto Mastra
Héctor Mauré
Orlando Medina
Ana Medrano
María José Mentana
Tita Merello
Lucrecia Merico
Juan Carlos Miranda
Nina Miranda
Unto Mononen Finland.
Rosita Montemar
Miguel Montero
María Estela Monti
Marikena Monti
Blanca Mooney
Alberto Morán
Roxana Morán
Victoria Morán
Carlos Morel
Alberto Moreno
Armando Moreno
Carlos Moreno
Osvaldo Moreno
Pablo Moreno
Melingo
Gustavo Nocetti Uruguay (1959–2002)
Silvia Nieves
Quique Ojeda
Carlos Olmedo
Sabina Olmos
Jorge Omar
Nelly Omar
Jorge Ortíz
İbrahim Özgür Turkey (1905–1959) was dubbed "The King of Turkish Tango" for his singing and composition, after an earlier successful career in jazz. He began tango recordings in 1938. His nostalgic, "velvet" voice was well-suited for his mournful songs, haunted by his unrequited love for an Indian princess he met during his grand tour of Asia in the 1930s. His most famous such song, Mavi Kelebek ("Blue Butterfly"), won him a legion of female fans. Özgür was the first male tango singer to rise to prominence in Turkey, where the tango tradition had been dominated by women.
Héctor Pacheco
Carlos Paiva
Héctor Palacios
Anita Palmero
Ricardo "Chiqui" Pereyra
Jerzy Petersburski
Ástor Piazzolla(March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. He is known in his native land as "El Gran Ástor" ("The Great Astor").
Alberto Podestá
Mario Pomar
Néstor Prado
Príncipe Azul
Horacio Quintana
Roberto Quiroga
Rosita Quiroga
Roberto Ray
José Razzano
Néstor Real
Carlos Reyes
Tito Reyes
Gabriel Reynal
Osvaldo Ribó
Guillermo Rico
Susana Rinaldi Argentina (1935–), known as "la passionaria du tango", is also an actress. To avoid military rule, she settled in France where she has enjoyed a successful career. A UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and social justice campaigner, she has been active in the artists' rights movement.
Marcela Ríos
Alberto Rivas
Osvaldo Ramos
Pablo Ramos
Lágrima Ríos Uruguay.
Elsa Rivas
Osvaldo Rivas
Edmundo Rivero
Zulema Robles
Antonio Rodríguez Lesende
Néstor Rolán
Carlos Roldán
Oscar Rorra Uruguay.
Roberto Rufino
Floreal Ruiz
Ricardo Ruiz
Carlos Saavedra
Alfredo Sáez
Mario Saladino
Hernán Salinas
Oscar Serpa
Mercedes Simone
Jorge Sobral
Alba Solís
Diego Solís
Julio Sosa Uruguay (1926–1964) from Uruguay was one of the most important tango singers during tango's unhappy years in the 1950s and early 1960s. His passion for poetry led to his sole published book; his passion for fast cars led to his young death.
Hrysoula Stefanaki Greece popular Greek singer / vocalist, and musician, born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, best known for her outstanding & unique performances on national & international retro songs such as "Tango Noturno", "Blue Haven", "The last waltz", "Regretting for wasted years"etc.
Giovanna Tango
Tania
Linda Thelma
Juan Carlos Thorry
Jorge Valdez
Enzo Valentino
Adriana Varela
Carlos Varela
Angel Vargas
Jorge Vázquez
Nelly Vázquez
Leopoldo Díaz Vélez
Virginia Vera
Virginia Verónica
Orlando Verri
Carlos Vidal
Jorge Vidal
Alberto Vila
Ángel Villoldo
Olavi Virta Finland.
Carlos Viván
María Volonté
Walter Yonsky
Julia Zenko
TI ^ This person appears on this list of notable tango singers, tango.info (URL accessed 2006-09-19).
TT ^ This person appears on this list of notable tango singers, todotango.com (URL accessed July 12, 2006).
