Carlos Torres Vila, Argentine folk singer, has died after a long illness. he was, 63

Carlos Torres Vila was an Argentinian folk singerhas died after a long illness. he was, 63.

(9 November 1946, Los Toldos, Buenos Aires – 16 July 2010, San Miguel, Buenos Aires)

Folklorist Carlos Torres Vila died he was 63 years old, after he for years was suffering from a terrible disease. Vila Torres has a history of more than 35 years in show business, beginning in 1969 in festival Baradero and Cosquín Festival in 1970. Torres Vila was one of the first to introduce the so-called “romantic folklore”

He was revelation in the festival of Baradero in 1969 and the Cosquín Festival 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 after a long illness.^[1] 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

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