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My Take
Goyeneche is, frankly, my kind of legend. Before the fame he drove buses and taxis, and that lived hardship is precisely what I hear in a great tango voice: a depth no sheet music can notate. Nicknamed El Polaco for his pale hair and gauntness, he became the very embodiment of 1950s Buenos Aires bohemian life and a living myth in his homeland. Born in 1926 in Entre Rios and gone in 1994, he left a raspy, world-weary sound that still tightens my chest just to imagine. He understood, and proved, that tango is not a song but a whole way of living.
Overview
Roberto Goyeneche (January 29, 1926 in Saavedra, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires – August 27, 1994 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango singer who epitomized the archetype of 1950s Buenos Aires' bohemian life, and became a living legend in the local music scene. Despite being of Basque descent, he was known as El Polaco ("the Pole") due to his light hair and thinness, like young Polish people of the time.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Roberto Goyeneche
- Name (Japanese)
- ロベルト・ゴジェネチェ
- Reading
- ろべると・ごじぇねちぇ
- Born
- January 29, 1926 – August 27, 1994
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Urdinarrain, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / guitarist / bus driver / taxi driver
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.