Carlos Torres Vila (9 November 1946 in
Los Toldos, Buenos Aires – 16 July 2010 in
San Miguel, Buenos Aires
San Miguel is a city in the northwest region of Greater Buenos Aires, 30 km from the City of Buenos Aires. San Miguel is the county seat of San Miguel Partido, and has been a part of Greater Buenos Aires since the early 2000s. The number of i ...
) was an Argentinian
folk singer
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...
.
He was revelation in the festival of
Baradero in 1969 and the
Cosquín Festival
The Cosquín Folk Festival (not to be confused with the Cosquín Rock festival) is one of the most important folk music festivals of Argentina, and most important in Latin America.
It lasts nine days and takes place in the second half of January ...
in 1970.
He was one of the firsts solo to introduce the so-called "Romantic Folk", mix of traditional Argentine music and melodic songs.
Under this slope, he broke several sales records in the 1970s.
In 1977 he decided to dedicate only to the melodic music. His discs ''Consagración'', ''Que romántico'' and ''Me vas a echar de menos'' are the proof.
In 1982 his LP ''El retorno de Carlos Torres Vila'' marks his return to his style, that he never left.
He died in the noon of 16 July 2010 in the Sarmiento Clinic in the city of
San Miguel, Buenos Aires
San Miguel is a city in the northwest region of Greater Buenos Aires, 30 km from the City of Buenos Aires. San Miguel is the county seat of San Miguel Partido, and has been a part of Greater Buenos Aires since the early 2000s. The number of i ...
after a long illness.
He couldn't present his last disc edited in 2009 and called ''El Autor''.
Discography
* ''Muchacha'' - 1970
* ''La canción del te quiero'' - 1971
* ''Personalidad'' - 1972
* ''Que pasa entre los dos''- 1973
* ''Te quiero solo mía'' - 1974
* ''Carlos Torres Vila'' - 1975
* ''Muchas veces por ti lloro'' - 1976
* ''Consagración'' - 1977
* ''Que romántico'' - 1979
* ''Me vas a echar de menos'' - 1981
* ''El retorno de Carlos Torres Vila'' - 1982
* ''Como antes'' - 1983
* ''Soledad'' - 1984
* ''Torres Vila ´86'' - 1986
* ''Recuerdos'' - 1987
* ''Se me hace agüita la boca'' - 1990
* ''Sentimientos'' - 1994
* ''Regreso'' - 2000
* ''Ámame tal como soy'' - 2001
* ''La Historia de Carlos Torres Vila'' - 2005
* ''Carlos Torres Vila'' - 2005
* ''Por siempre romántico'' - 2007
* ''El Autor'' - 2009
References
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1946 births
2010 deaths
Argentine folk singers