Julio Sosa

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Julio María Sosa Venturini (Las Piedras, February 2, 1926 – Buenos Aires, November 26, 1964), better known as Julio Sosa, was a singer of Uruguayan tango who achieved fame in the 1950s and 1960s, being one of the greatest icons in the history of the genre, nicknamed "El varón del tango".

Biography

Mural in tribute to Julio Sosa in Banfield (Argentina), where the singer lived.

He was born into a humble family, the son of Luciano Sosa, a field laborer, and Ana María Venturini, a laundress. In his youth, due to poverty, he worked various informal jobs (popularly known as "changas"). In 1942 he married his girlfriend Aída Acosta with only 16 years old, they separated three years later, in 1945.

Musical career

His professional beginnings were as a vocalist in the Carlos Gilardoni orchestra in the city of La Paz. She then moved to Montevideo, to sing with those of Hugo Di Carlo, Epifanio Chaín, Edelmiro D'Amario and Luis Caruso. With the latter, she reached the record, where she left five performances for the Sondor label in 1948.

He went to Buenos Aires in June 1949. He came to triumph in the Río de la Plata, being considered one of the most important tango singers of the second half of the 20th century.

During his 15-year career in Argentina, Sosa was a singer in three orchestras. The first, Francini-Pontier (1949-1953), with which he made 15 recordings for RCA Victor, including For a Follower and for a Faithful, They Say They Say, Viejo tuxedo and El hijo triste (the only duo recording of his discography, together with Alberto Podestá); the second, that of Francisco Rotundo (1953-1955), with whom he recorded 12 songs on the Pampa label, among them Justo el 31, Bad luck, Secret, I am that boy and Well bohemian; and the third, that of Armando Pontier (1955-1960), already separated from Francini. At this stage Sosa recorded a total of 33 records, 8 of them for RCA Victor (1955-1957) and the remaining 23 on the CBS Columbia label (1957-1960). Some outstanding songs are: Old Times, Araca París, Cambalache, The world is missing a screw, Padrino pelao, I'm scared, Margo, The rose bush of the hills, Brindis de sangre and Azabache. At the beginning of 1960, separated from Armando Pontier's orchestra and determined to face the solo stage, he summoned the bandoneonist Leopoldo Federico as an instrumental framework for his performances. With Federico's orchestra he begins a cycle of outstanding recordings, confirming his great success and public acceptance. Versions of the tangos Nada, Qué falta que me hacés, On this gray afternoon and his recitation of La cumparsita on verses by the poet Celedonio Flores (recorded twice: 1961 and 1964) are some of the great events of this period. In 1962, accompanied by the guitar ensemble led by Héctor Arbelo, he recorded twelve pieces of criolla music for the Columbia record company, with Leopoldo Federico's orchestra he will remain until his death.

The only film in which he participated was Buenas noches, Buenos Aires, a musical film directed in 1964 by Hugo del Carril. He was baptized by the journalist Ricardo Gaspari as "El Varón del Tango", thus also calling himself his first long-playing record. Leopoldo Federico made the singer famous through his compositions.

Private life

In 1958, he married Nora Edith Ulfeldt, with whom he had a daughter, Ana María, divorcing shortly after and becoming a partner with Susana "Beba" Merighi In 1960 he wrote his only book, Two hours before dawn .

Death

Julio María Sosa Venturini, Sculpture of J.U. Habegger-1963 located opposite José Batlle and Ordóñez Square, Las Piedras, Canelones, Uruguay.

Photo tour of the Revista Así In the wake of Julio Sosa.

Camino de Villa del Parque, at the wheel of a red DKW Fissore, collided at considerable speed against the traffic light at Avenida Figueroa Alcorta and Mariscal Castilla (city of Buenos Aires, Argentina) on November 26, 1964. The car it passed over the monolith that protected the traffic light (which was broken) and stopped against the Orthodox Archbishopric, 50 meters further on.

He was admitted to the Fernández hospital and transferred to the Anchorena sanatorium, at 7 AM. He had 4 collapsed ribs, a severe left lung injury, and a concussion. In the afternoon they operated on him twice to release a lung from the pressure on two ribs, but he died at 9:30 p.m. on the 26th.

His wife, Susana Merighi, stated some time later that her husband's car had been hit by another vehicle before colliding with the traffic light. Said statement was based on a mechanical expert report and led to a new summary titled &# 34;Wrongful Homicide".

The burial took place first in the Salón La Argentina, but the amount of public made it move to Luna Park, from where the procession left at 4:00 p.m. under a torrential rain. The police officers had to prevent the entry of the tumultuous public at whom gas bombs were thrown. Already closed, they had to bury it on the morning of the 28th.

Hours before the accident, he had coincidentally participated in a television program where he performed the tango "La gayola", sung many years before by Carlos Gardel, who in his last stanza of the tango says:

"I'm glad the bliss over you, I'm going to the field to do it, I'll put together a few pa' coppers that don't miss flowers when I'm in the drawer."

On his death, journalist Eduardo Rafael wrote in the weekly the team :

His death was tremendous and full of legend nuances: it was a farewell dinner. Sosa never sang in meetings. But that night, yes. And he sang sad tangos that hardly knew him. And he, who had a perfect diction had to sing nine times "That one covered with armor" because he could not pronounce "I could finally buy you". He was surprisingly fond of his companions: “You are my family”. (...) At five minutes, already alone in his car, he focused on the broad avenue, exactly on the demarcation line. A vigilante saw that he was approaching 120 per hour to the beacon. Right, straight line. To death.
Eduardo Rafael, "Varón, pa' wantte mucho".

He was buried in the Cemetery of La Chacarita, however, in 1987, his remains were repatriated to Uruguay, currently his remains rest in the cemetery of the stones, Canelones.

Discography

albums

1961: El Varón del Tango
1962: Tango is so sorry
1963:
1963: With Permission I am El Tango
1964: El Firulete
1964: Milonga Triste (guitar)
1964: Guapo and Varón
1964: So he sang Julio Sosa (unpublished, posthumous)

Notes

All the albums accompanied by the Orchestra of Leopoldo Federico. Except "Milonga Triste" Guitars.

television

1963: Tango collection musical show with Elena Medrano and invited figures. It was transmitted by Canal 13 at 21 hs.

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