Ángel Díaz ''(né'' Ángel Paya Díaz; 25 April 1929 in

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– 11 December 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an

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singer. In 1945, he joined the

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orchestra – in 1949,

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, then

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(es), and in 1950,

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, where he remained until 1956. Díaz composed songs and collaborated with many others.

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