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Carlos Acuña
Person · male · Argentina · Buenos Aires · born 1914 · died 1999 · recording since 1969
Argentine tango composer and vocalist
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1910s
1960s
· Debut release
Debut release: Tangos de oro, un homenaje a Carlos Gardel
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1990s
2000s
Biography
English biography173 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1341786635
Biography
Carlos Acuña (November 4, 1915 – February 19, 1999) was an Argentine Tango singer and composer. As a vocalist, he was best known for his performance of La Calesita ("The Merry-Go-Round"); and as a composer, for Un boliche ("A Tavern").
Born Carlos Ernesto di Loreto, Acuña began his career in the 1930s and became known for his deep and highly expressive voice. He performed with orchestra leaders such as Ernesto de la Cruz, Carlos di Sarli, and Mariano Mores; the poet and tango lyricist Celedonio Flores, his closest friend, introduced many of his performances until his own death in 1947.
Acuña joined Mores' orchestra in 1955, with whom he recorded 15 albums for Odeon Records. His foreign travels as a performer brought him success in Uruguay, Mexico, Italy and Spain, where he became a close friend of the exiled Juan Perón. He lived in Spain for 17 years, where he obtained great success, then returned to Argentina in 1978.
He died in Buenos Aires in 1999, and was interred in La Chacarita Cemetery.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
Tangos de oro, un homenaje a Carlos Gardel
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Mano a manoA2Cuesta abajoA3VolverA4AmarguraA5SilencioB1Amores de estudianteB2Por una cabezaB3Volvió una nocheB4El día que me quierasB5Mi Buenos Aires querido2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 34:38
1Cuando el amor muere2:502A la luz del candil2:383Lonjazos2:284Yo tengo un puñal2:435Barrio reo2:326Canción de rango2:537Soy del 902:178Adiós, te vas2:139Sueño de juventud2:4010Uno3:1911Tu voz2:2912Sosiego en la noche2:5913A suerte y verdad2:37
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Carlos Acuña head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 30 | 66.1th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carlos-Acu%C3%B1a-playing-guitar.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/03bdad2b-ea57-444f-b093-709501592b9fdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/03bdad2b-ea57-444f-b093-709501592b9fcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5041668genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5041668seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Acu%C3%B1abiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Acu%C3%B1a
Why this artist is in the database
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Wikidata: Q5041668 · MusicBrainz: 03bdad2b-ea57-444f-b093-709501592b9f
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