he was allowed on the 26th of December 1985 to give a concert at the Teatro Colón, in Buenos Aires. He received 5 standing ovations. With characteristic humility he said: “The truth is... it’s a night of the people, of the masses, lovers of our genre, our beloved genre, tango.” The ceremony was led by Luis Brandoni and Héctor Larrea. The orchestra's members that night were: Roberto Álvarez, Alejandro Previgniano, Fabio Lapinta (bandoneons), Osvaldo Montermi, Fernando Rodríguez, Diego Lerendegui, Gabriel Rivas (violins), Merei Brain (Viola), Amílcar Tolosa (double bass) and Osvaldo Pugliese (piano). List of songs that were played: “Arrabal”. “Los mareados”. “Después” (Abel Cordoba). “Quinto año” (Adrian Guida). “Chacabuqueando”. “A Evaristo Carriego”. “Melodía de arrabal” (Abel Cordoba). “Almagro” (Adrián Guida). “Recuerdo”. “Chiqué”. “Mala junta”. “La canción de Buenos Aires” (Abel Cordoba). “Contame una historia” (Adrián Guida). “Copacabana”. “Protocoleando”. “Milonga para Gardel” (Adrián Guida, Abel Cordoba). “Desde el alma”. “La yumba”. “La mariposa”. "Toda mi vida". "El encopao". “La yumba” was played with his old orchestra members: Oscar Herrero, violin (1943–1978). Jorge Bruschi, violin (1980–1983). Kike Lano, violocelist (1963–1973). Silvio Pucci, violocelist (1973–1983). Norberto Bernasconi, viola (1954–1978). Alcides Rossi, contrabass (1970–1978). Oscar Castagnaro, bandoneon (1943–1951). Ismael Spitalnik, bandoneon (1956–1971). Arturo Penón, bandoneon (1961–1984). Julián Plaza, bandoneon (1959–1968). Osvaldo Ruggiero, bandoneon (1939–1968). Victor Lavallén, bandoneon (1959–1968). Daniel Binelli, bandoneon (1968–1982). Tango compositions The most famous tango composition of Osvaldo Pugliese are: Recuerdo (1924), Ausencia (Tango mío) (1931), El frenopático, Primera categoría, El encopao (1942), Recién (1943), Adiós Bardi (1944), Una vez (1946), Igual que una sombra (1946), La yumba, Negracha (1948), Malandraca (1949), Milonga para Fidel (1961), Para Eduardo Arolas. The first recording of "Recuerdo" was by the Julio De Caro orchestra, on December 9, 1926, in instrumental form. In 1927 the female singer Rosita Montemar recorded it sung for the first time, with the accompaniment of musicians from the Víctor label. The Bianco-Bachicha orchestra recorded it instrumentally in Paris in 1928. And in 1930, the Orquesta Típica Victor, with the voice of Roberto Díaz. All labels feature A. Pugliese. And even more, it still appears like this on the RCA-Víctor 39776 album, from Ricardo Tanturi's version of 1942. The famous tango "Recuerdo – a los amigos" was composed by Puglise in the honor of his friends: Torcuato Di Giorgio, Amadeo Pioriello, Alfredo Bianchi, Jose Tonareeli & Rogelio Boisselier. Pugliese had composed the immortal Recuerdo in 1924 – “a tango for