Here's something delightful that I found in the El Mundo Dance Guide for 1 October 1944. It's an ad for one of the Club Porvenir's regular dances at the Salón Renacimiento in Avellaneda, this one featuring Enrique Rodriguez.
Then, in really small type below that it says:
"ALSO PLAYING, THE YOUNG LADIES' ORCHESTRA ROLAND CHAVES."
Perhaps you're aware that there were quite a few women's orchestras operating in Buenos Aires back in 1940s. It seems that they weren't exactly orquestas típicas (tango orchestras); they played tango and other rhythms. None of them ever recorded. I've heard of these orchestras before, but this is the first time I've seen one advertised. Just goes to show you, you gotta read the small print!
The fact that the leader of the band was a guy named Rolando? Not ideal, but understandable in that faraway time and place.
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