Augusto Berto

Augusto Pedro Berto (Bahía Blanca, 4 February 1889 – 29 April 1953) was an Argentine composer and bandoneón player who was the first composer to spread popular Argentine music in Europe. He is best known for his tango compositions.

La payanca
The immensely popular "La payanca" made Berto's name. It is claimed to have been written in (1906) when Berto was only 17.

¿Dónde estás corazón?
His other signal success was es:¿Dónde estás corazón? (tango) (1928). The words and music of ¿Dónde estás corazón? were not in fact written by Berto but was adapted into a tango from a song (1924) by es:Luis Martínez Serrano. Berto's adaptation as a tango with lyrics by became a standard, being recorded first by Francisco Lomuto 1928, and Ignacio Corsini with guitars (1930).

Berto's lyrics begin: "I Yo la quería más que a mi vida. Más que a mi madre la amaba yo"

Other artists to record the tango include:


 * Juan Arvizu,
 * Alfredo Sadel
 * Miguel Caló with singer Raúl Del Mar and recitation by es:Héctor Gagliardi
 * Alberto Castillo,
 * Charlo (actor), with Francisco Canaro
 * Julio De Caro singing in French
 * Pedro and es:Juan Lauga,
 * Ada Falcón with the orchestra of Francisco Canaro,
 * Teófilo Ibáñez with the orchestra of Roberto Firpo,
 * es:Armando Pontier with the voice of es:Oscar Ferrari,
 * es:Agustín Irusta (artista)-Roberto Fugazot-Lucio Demare,
 * es:Leo Marini,
 * es:Blanca Mooney with es:Luis Stazo,
 * Azucena Maizani,
 * es:Antonio Rodio with the voice of Alberto Serna  1944,
 * Opera singer Tito Schipa,
 * es:Mercedes Simone
 * Natalio Tursi
 * Roberto Ledesma,
 * Vicente Fernández
 * Darío Gómez
 * The Castilians  	1952
 * Caterina Valente	1963
 * Complesso "Gli Aratros"
 * Laura Canales & Encanto
 * Renacimiento '74  	1977
 * Rubén Vela y su Conjunto
 * Jerry Ross, in English as "Where Is Your Love (Dónde Estás Corazón)"	1961