Cambalache Explained

Cambalache
Type:Song
Artist:Enrique Santos Discépolo
Language:Argentine Spanish
Genre:Tango

Cambalache (Southern Cone Spanish for bazaar or "junkshop") is an Argentine slang-language tango song written in 1934 by Enrique Santos Discépolo for the movie The Soul of the Accordion, released the following year.[1] It is explicitly critical of 20th-century corruption and, having been written during the Infamous Decade, was banned by a succession of dictatorial governments before censorship was relaxed under General Juan Peron.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Pujol S. Enrique Santos Discépolo at todotango.com
  2. http://www.planet-tango.com/lyrics/cambalac.htm Cambalache