Gardel died in an airplane crash at the height of his career, becoming an archetypal tragic hero mourned throughout Latin America. [21] This statement agrees with the original birth certificate registered in Toulouse on 11 December 1890. - Edición Impresa - Opinión", "25 frases argentinas y que resumen a un argentino » Intriper", "Biography of Hugo Del Carril by Gaspar Astarita - Todotango.com", "Film Screening: "Doble o nada (Double or Nothing)" (1997, 93 min. He sold 70,000 records in the first three months of a 1928 visit to Paris. Leave feedback, Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardes; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was an Argentine tango singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. [30], Gardel appears as a fictionalized character in the play El día que me quieras (1979) by the Venezuelan writer José Ignacio Cabrujas. 11-024 (March 16, 2011), "1907, March 16 – BIRTH OF ISABEL DEL VALLE", "Fin del misterio: muestran la partida de nacimiento de Gardel", "¡Soy Gardel! Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. In an effort to seem as if he were available to any woman, he sought to keep his love life secret. Gardes took the boy with her back to France, where she was from. It is a fictional story about a struggling Argentine tango singer who looks and sings like Gardel, and a woman admirer of Gardel, who encounters Franchi. [34], Over the years, Argentina has issued several postal stamps honoring Gardel. Though he … All 20 tracks were remastered from the original 78s. At the age of three, Gardel and his mother moved to Buenos Aires. For many, Gardel embodies the soul of the tango style.

Together with lyricist and long-time collaborator Alfredo Le Pera, Gardel wrote several classic tangos. Carlos Gardel Biography - Carlos Gardel was a prominent French Argentine Singer, Songwriter and Composer. Gardel's baritone voice and the dramatic phrasing of his lyrics made miniature masterpieces of his hundreds of three-minute tango recordings. [1] The father of the baby boy was listed on his birth certificate as "unknown", but 11 days later Berthe Gardès signed a statement establishing the baby's father as Paul Laserre, a married man who left Toulouse a few months before the baby was born. Gardel spent his early childhood in poverty; he would roam the streets and the local marketplace in his free time. He met del Valle in late 1920 when she was fourteen years of age. While sentimental films such as Cuesta abajo (1934) and El día que me quieras (1935) lack lasting dramatic value, they were outstanding showcases of his tremendous singing talents and movie star looks. As a French citizen by birth, Gardel had been required to register with the French military during the Great War. [16], In 1967, writer Erasmo Silva Cabrera started the modern dispute over Gardel's birthplace when he published arguments describing Gardel as having been born in Tacuarembó, Uruguay. [31], In the 1939 biopic The Life of Carlos Gardel, he is portrayed by Hugo del Carril. Gardel had his lawyer stop making payments to del Valle, who later married another man and moved to Uruguay. Gardel's body was laid to rest in La Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires. For many, Gardel embodies the soul of the tango style. [20] This version of events conflicts with scholarly accounts describing Gardes as an ordinary woman who ironed and pressed clothing in Toulouse in 1890, not a touring dancer.[21]. Others who died included the pilot Ernesto Samper, lyricist Alfredo Le Pera, guitarists Guillermo Desiderio Barbieri and Ángel Domingo Riverol [es], several business associates, and other friends of the group. The recording sold 10,000 copies and was a hit throughout Latin America.[6]. For the metro station, see. A popular saying in Argentina, which serves as a testimony to his long-lived popularity, claims, "Gardel sings better every day." Gardel was aware of the fact that much of his popularity was based on his attractiveness to women. The unwanted boy, named Carlos, was offered to Bertha Gardes who was passing through the area on a cabaret dance tour. [12] The story is that Gardel was born in 1887 the son of influential Uruguayan landowner Carlos Escayola and Escayola's sister-in-law, 13-year-old Maria Lelia Oliva. [29], António Lobo Antunes wrote a novel entitled The Death of Carlos Gardel, in which one of the characters believes that Gardel did not die in the plane crash in 1935. Only Gardel's closest friends knew about it. Gardel teamed up with songwriter Pascual Contursi to write his most famous tango song ever, “My Sad Night”. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Gardel’s early career started in 1911 in collaboration with José Razzano and singer Francisco Martino, with whom he toured and performed in Argentina’s clubs and gatherings. Gardel had one major girlfriend in his life: Isabel del Valle.

[1], In his youth in Buenos Aires, Gardel's group of close friends called him "El francesito" (Frenchie), acknowledging his French origin.

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. "[5], Gardel began his singing career in bars and at private parties. [2] Berthe Gardès also left Toulouse, a little over a year later, likely to escape the social stigma of having a child born out of wedlock. Gardel was born out of wedlock of Berthe Gardes and Paul Laserre. [32][33], Doble o Nada starring Dario Grandinetti and Aitana Sánchez-Gijón was released by Maverick in April 2003. Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. On 1 May 1923 he took the oath of Argentine citizenship. Thousands rendered homage during the two days he lay in state in Montevideo, the city in which his mother lived at the time. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Carlos Gardel met a tragic end on June 24, 1935.

[26][27], In the neighborhood of Abasto, Buenos Aires, the Carlos Gardel Museum opened in 2003, in a house that Gardel bought for his mother in 1927, and where he also lived from 1927 to 1933. Gardel’s extensive success with his first tango record urged him to further his work in tango, and so by 1921, Gardel’s name was used in parallel to two of his biggest hits, “Medallita de la Suerte” and “Mi Noche Triste”.