Tanguito
| José Alberto "Tanguito" Iglesias | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | José Alberto Iglesias |
| Also known as | Tanguito |
| Born |
September 16, 1945 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | May 19, 1972 (aged 26) Buenos Aires |
| Genres | rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, Guitarist |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1965–1972 |
José Alberto Iglesias (September 16, 1945 – May 19, 1972), better known as Tango or Tanguito, was an Argentine rock composer and singer. His short career was pivotal in the first years of Argentine rock nacional, the earliest incarnation of rock en Español.
José Alberto Iglesias was born September 16, 1945, in the industrial town of San Martín, Buenos Aires Province. His family lived in a modest house in the town of Caseros, close to the city of Buenos Aires.
Iglesias showed no interest in school, and after flunking out at age 13 he tried different apprenticeships, including gardening school, but did not persevere. The only issue that held his interest was rock and roll. At age 17, José was a fixture of social ballrooms in the Mataderos and Flores neighborhoods, singing mostly rock and roll covers. He also gained local fame as a rock and roll dancer, while most people in the suburbs were tango dancers. To highlight this contrast, his friends started calling him "Tango" or "Tanguito" (the diminutive of "tango").
With his first band, Los Duques, he recorded a few covers and one original song in 1963.
In 1965, Tanguito and his friend Horacio Martínez became regulars of a night club named La Cueva ("The Cave") in the Recoleta district. The club was to become the cradle of Argentine rock, with celebrities-to-be such as Moris, Sandro, and Litto Nebbia performing regularly, and other figures such as Pipo Lernoud, Miguel Grinberg and Miguel Abuelo sharing the limelight. Many of them were struggling with writing rock lyrics in Spanish, and Tanguito was initially perceived as a novelty act, who could sing energetic Elvis Presley covers in broken English.
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