MUSICIAN

Enrique Santos Discépolo

1901 - 1951

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Enrique Santos Discépolo (Discepolín) (27 March 1901 – 23 December 1951) was an Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer, author of famous tangos like Cambalache and many others performed by several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enrique Santos Discépolo has received more than 72,062 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Enrique Santos Discépolo is the 1,207th most popular musician (down from 1,051st in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Argentina (down from 271st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Argentinean Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Enrique Santos Discépolo ranks 1,207 out of 3,175Before him are Eberhard Weber, Ignaz Brüll, Paquito D'Rivera, Viktoria Mullova, Donald Fagen, and Gram Parsons. After him are Wilko Johnson, Rosalyn Tureck, Fazıl Say, Parov Stelar, Ross the Boss, and Larry Van Kriedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Enrique Santos Discépolo ranks 218Before him are Florence Green, Andrée Brunet, Gerhard von Rad, Ivar Lo-Johansson, Cyril of Bulgaria, and Louis Clarke. After him are Otto Kaiser, Jakub Berman, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Paul Verhoeven, Mark Donskoy, and Harry Partch. Among people deceased in 1951, Enrique Santos Discépolo ranks 125Before him are Henry Carton de Wiart, Peter Cheyney, Miyamoto Yuriko, Anna Tumarkin, Fritz Julius Kuhn, and Pamela Colman Smith. After him are Hasrat Mohani, Leopold Andrian, Richard Schorr, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, Nils Rosén, and Levon Shant.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Enrique Santos Discépolo ranks 371 out of 1,154Before him are Daniel Killer (1949), Christian Bach (1959), Oscar Alberto Ortiz (1953), Ricardo Infante (1924), Roberto Abbondanzieri (1972), and José Ramos Delgado (1935). After him are Emiliano Martínez (1992), Rubén Ayala (1950), Miguel Ángel Brindisi (1950), Ariel Dorfman (1942), Julio Ricardo Cruz (1974), and Olga Orozco (1920).

Among MUSICIANS In Argentina

Among musicians born in Argentina, Enrique Santos Discépolo ranks 11Before him are Gato Barbieri (1932), Charly García (1951), Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), Aníbal Troilo (1914), Gustavo Cerati (1959), and Juan d'Arienzo (1900). After him are José Cura (1962), Fito Páez (1963), Dominic Miller (1960), Paz Lenchantin (1973), and Sol Gabetta (1981).