The Argentinian tango singer died in a plane crash 80 years ago, but he remains his country's most famous pop star. Critic Milo Miles considers a new introductory collection of Gardel recordings.

Ricardo Fuentes (Carlos Gardel) leaves Buenos Aires after loosing in horse races to go to Barcelona, where he plans to open a tango bar, a new concept of tango dance show and dance saloon.

At the peak of his career in the 1930s, Carlos Gardel's fans used to gather at the curb outside his home, hoping to hear one of Argentina's greatest tango singers practice a tune before a show.

Horacio Torres, director of the Carlos Gardel Museum, says Gardel was a thoroughly modern figure who revolutionized tango and created a sensation in the 1920s and '30s.

This is FRESH AIR. In Argentina, tango singer Carlos Gardel remains the country's most famous pop-star, even though he died young in a plane crash 80 years ago.

On the streets of Buenos Aires, Carlos Gardel's image is everywhere: the suave singer who introduced tango, a symbol of Argentina's "Golden Age," to the world. His life and death are the stuff of ...

The Argentinian tango singer died in a plane crash 80 years ago, but he remains his country's most famous pop star. Critic Milo Miles considers a new introductory collection of Gardel recordings.