Vicente Salerno

Real name: Salerno, Vicente
Nicknames: Príncipe
Violinist and composer
(18 July 1907 - 30 December 1974)
Place of birth:
Buenos Aires Argentina
By
Néstor Pinsón

iolinist born in Buenos Aires in 1907. He soon had his own orchestra which appeared on radio stations. Later he joined the orchestras led by Raúl Kaplún, Nicolás D´Alessandro, Francisco Lauro and, especially, for over twenty-five years he was the lead violinist for Ricardo Tanturi. His work as composer and author was interesting and succeeded in recording, with Tanturi, eight of his numbers: “La serenata (Mi amor)”, waltz; “Qué podrán decir”, “Yo sé lo que te digo”, “No la nombres, corazón”, “El corazón me decía”, “Anselmo Laguna”, “Esta noche hay una fiesta”, “Qué bien te queda (Cómo has cambiado)”. Also “Estas chicas se quieren casar” and “Muchachos escuchen” with lyrics by Carlos Lucero.