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José Rótulo
Real name: Rótulo, José
Lyricist
(29 October 1905 - 27 November 1965)
Place of birth:
Rocha Uruguay
SONGS IN THIS ARTICLE
Alelí
Tango
Belén
Tango
Como el hornero
Tango
Como tú
Tango
Esta noche me despido
Tango
Igual que Dios
Tango
Malambo
Tango
Mañanita linda
Tango
Mi cariñito
Vals
Mimí Pinsón
Tango
Nací en Pompeya
Tango
Parece un cuento
Tango
Pastora
Tango
Pregonera
Tango
Remolino
Tango
Santa mía
Tango
Sirva otra copa
Tango
Tu confidencia
Tango
Y no volvió
Tango
Yo también reí
Tango
ARTISTS IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfredo De Angelis
Ángel Domínguez
Aquiles Roggero
Arturo Gallucci
Astor Piazzolla
Carlos Cubría
Carlos Dante
Edgardo Donato
Francini-Pontier
Héctor Gentile
Horacio Lagos
Lalo Etchegoncelay
Lita Morales
Manuel Sucher
Mario Maurano
Natty Paredes
Raúl Berón
Romeo Gavioli
By
Horacio Loriente
is most important output was during the 40s and 50s and he is another representative of the romantic school of tango.
He grew up in Montevideo, and due to a common liking, cyclism, he came to know and became friends with the pianist
Lalo Etchegoncelay
who introduced him to the singer and musician
Romeo Gavioli
. At that time Rótulo’s connection with music and show business was born. Even though as a kid he had studied piano, his true vocation was poetry and lyrics.
In the early 40s he arrived in Buenos Aires, and
Romeo Gavioli
, who arrived soon later to join the
Edgardo Donato
orchestra, introduced him and his brother to the leader. Donato recorded his milonga “Repique del corazón”, with music by his brother Osvaldo,
Horacio Lagos
and
Lita Morales
were on vocals.
Soon he wrote other four numbers with music by
Romeo Gavioli
: “
Tu confidencia
”, “Cariño mío”, “Dónde estás arrabal” and “María del Carmen” and, later with
Edgardo Donato
, the milonga “Cara negra”.
The piece that followed was the one which would place Rótulo in the selected list of outstanding poets of the 40s: “
Parece un cuento
” with music by
Lalo Etchegoncelay
, winner at the contest organized by the Radio Canción magazine, it was recorded by the orchestras led by
Alfredo De Angelis
,
Mario Maurano
and Roberto Cuenca.
In 1944, with the bandoneonist
Ángel Domínguez
he composed the tango piece “Firuletear del bandoneón”, premiered simultaneously by Laurenz and De Angelis.
With De Angelis many hits were released: “
Pregonera
”, “
Remolino
”, “
Alelí
”, “
Pastora
” and the waltz “
Mi cariñito
”. As for “
Remolino
” we can state that it is the most polished work of this creative association with De Angelis; not only due to the delicacy of its lines, but also for its beautiful melody, masterfully played by the
Francini-Pontier
orchestra, with
Raúl Berón
on vocals, in an unsurpassable rendition.
Already based in Buenos Aires, he was member of the board of the Sociedad de Autores y Compositores (SADAIC) (Authors and Composers Society), and he carried out the duties of treasurer.
His output followed in collaboration with
Héctor Gentile
,
Carlos Cubría
,
Arturo Gallucci
,
Manuel Sucher
,
Carlos Dante
,
Aquiles Roggero
,
Natty Paredes
and others. In 1949, Borocotó encouraged him to write three songs that were included on the movie Con los Mismos Colores: the title tune “Con los mismos colores”, “
Belén
” and “Como las golondrinas”, with music composed by
Astor Piazzolla
.
Other creations that he wrote are: “En la bruma”, “
Como el hornero
”, “
Sirva otra copa
”, “
Como tú
”, “Canción de lluvia”, “Con este corazón”, “Coralí”, “Farol de esquina”, “
Igual que Dios
”, “Igual que Judas”, “
Malambo
”, “
Mañanita linda
”, “Mi amigo bandoneón”, “
Mimí Pinsón
”, “
Nací en Pompeya
”, “Oro en el barro”, “Pimpollo roto”, “
Santa mía
”, “
Esta noche me despido
”, “Que te cuente mi violín”, “
Yo también reí
”, “
Y no volvió
”.
Rótulo, born in Rocha, República Oriental del Uruguay, died in Buenos Aires.
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