Humberto Vicente Castagna (born June 11, 1942), better known as Cacho Castaña and sometimes Cacho Castañeda, is an Argentine singer and actor.
Biography
Cacho Castaña showed interest for music since his early years; by the age of fourteen, he was a piano teacher. Castaneda made his debut as a musician in front of a life public during the late 1960s, on Canal 11 (today owned by and renamed as Telefe), one of Argentina's most influential television stations. Castaña became famous as a bolero singer during the decade of the 1970s, with such hits as "Lo Llaman el Matador" ("He's Nicknamed The Killer") and "Hay que Encontrar al Ladron" ("The Robber Must be Found"). He is much better known, however, for his contributions to tango music: some of his tango songs are considered classcs by his fans, such as "Garganta de Arena" ("Sand Throat", a homage to Roberto Goyeneche), and "Tita de Buenos Aires", ("Tita From Buenos Aires", dedicated to Tita Merello). Castaña accidentally became a participant of one of Argentine television's most famous moments, when, in the middle of a tour during the 1980s, a promoter insulted him on live national television. Castaña had a flight scheduled after the live concert to the next city on his tour; the promoter allegedly sent a van to pick him up at his hotel only one hour prior to the concert. When Castaña cut the concert in half, the promoter, thinking Castaña had left the area already and headed for the airport, apologized to the public and told them he had no idea why a singer like Castaña would do such a thing. Cacho Castaña had not left the building: he was just standing backstage. He reappeared on stage and explained to the crowd that the promoter had sent for him to be picked up at the hotel only one hour prior to the concert, and that he had a flight scheduled in less than an hour, while the promoter could be heard screaming for the sound on Castaña's microphone to be cut off. In 2004, Castaña made a cameo on the popular Argentine telenovela, Los Roldán.
External links
- Cacho Castaña at the Internet Movie Database
- Cacho Castaña at cinenacional.com
- Interview (in Spanish)
