

He was starred in two films: La Próxima Vez que Vivamos, with Ana Mariscal and Fernando Rey later in La Guitarra de Gardel, with Carmen Sevilla and Agustín Irusta.

In 1947, he joined the Celia Gámez’s theater company as singing lead actor. There the singer was widely acclaimed to such an extent that he decided to settle in the Spanish peninsula. Thereafter they embarked on a tour across Spain. With the composer of “ Mi refugio” he cut three recordings: “ Rubí”, “Rosa carmín” (Cobián and Cadícamo) and “ No hay barrio como mi barrio” ( Orestes Cúfaro, Francisco De Lorenzo and Carlos Bahr).īy the end of that year he was summoned by Rafael Canaro with whom he recorded “ Garúa”, “ Trenzas”, “ Tortazos” and “ Sin palabras”. In the early 1944, he split with Zerrillo and switched to the orchestra fronted by Juan Carlos Cobián who had recently returned from the United States. By that time they used to appear at the cabaret Casanovas on Maipú Street to great acclaim. Federico “ Aquel preludio de amor” “Nunca y siempre” by Zerrillo, Fernando Martín and Héctor Marcó the foxtrot “Yo te canto” by Charles Trenet and Paul Misraki the milongas “El Pardo Anselmo” by Roberto Ratti, and “Negrito mazamorrero” by Mario Perini and Julián Ortiz, and “Ahí va Catanga” by Humberto and Atilio Constanzo and Celedonio Flores. Some of these recordings were: “ Melodía oriental” the pasodoble “Radioamor” written by Juan Carlos Howard, Zerrillo and Enrique Cadícamo the polka “Federico a casa”, by the above composers and words by F. Croce (bandoneons), Francisco Vitali (double bass).Īs from 1940, the orchestra began to record for the RCA-Victor company and the vocalist was featured in several numbers of an uneven and eclectic songbook which, I think, was quite poor. Asandú (violins), Armando Brunini, Alberto García, Alberto San Miguel and O. The other members of the aggregation were Juan Bibiloni, Jacobo Dojman, Reynaldo Nichele and N. The pianist Emilio Barbato quit and was replaced by the Uruguayan César Zagnoli. Two years later there were some changes in the orchestra personnel.

In 1937, he made his debut in the Roberto Zerrillo orchestra alongside the female singer Elsa Medina on Radio Belgrano. For him, singing was something he was able to do without effort, naturally, without hesitation. He was a virile interpreter with a clearly-defined baritone range and possessed a delicate phrasing and subtle expressiveness. In the early thirties he decided to settle in Buenos Aires to make true his dream of being a tango singer.

E was born in the city of Santa Rosa, province of La Pampa.
