Talk:Agustín Magaldi

Evita
Is Magaldi's only enduring claim to fame his part in Evita? If so, I don't think this really deserves its own article, but maybe just a section on the Evita article. J.J. Bustamante 21:28, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * In Argentina he was second only to Carlos Gardel in fame as a tango singer. So, outside of Argentina, yes, he's only known for the Evita connection. Inside Argentina, to tango enthusiasts, he is perhaps remembered as a big star. -- Andrew Parodi (talk) 01:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I have moved the Evita connection to a sub section and tagged it as being undue weight. Google books gave a couple of other concrete pieces of information about him in English- someone who can translate from the Spanish could likely find more than the blurbs I found describing him as "one of the top three tango singers" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.86.226.28 (talk) 21:39, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I came to this article for the exact reason to learn about the truth of his relationship with Evita. That section, which is now pretty much the entirety of this article, was precisely what I sought. If nobody has "fixed" this article in the four years since someone first had a problem with it, then perhaps it's not broken. My anonymous opinion is that the banner can be safely removed. 24.240.64.104 (talk) 16:32, 27 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Just for the record, the claim of Evita manipuling Magaldi to leave Junin was not stated by the musical, but by the antiperonist libels of the time. The musical simply assumed it to be a confirmed fact and worked upon it, it was not the result of any investigation, Webber and Rice are not historians or journalists. Cambalachero (talk) 14:57, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The idea that Eva Peron manipulated Magaldi into taking her out of Junin wasn't originated by the musical, but it does in fact state it rather plainly. (It also states Magaldi performed at a benefit concert that was held in 1944, six years after he died.) In any event, I think the anonymous editor above is right in thinking that outside of Argentina, Magaldi is best known by his portrayal in Evita, and that since his depiction is by all reliable account ahistorical, it is fairly important to discuss it in some detail. Given how the article is currently composed, it may have undue weight, but I think the solution to that problem is to beef up the rest of the article. John (talk) 02:40, 29 August 2011 (UTC)