Tango Ole Guapa - Hans Busch Tanz Orch., 1942

Hans Busch Tanz-Orchester - Olé Guapa (Hello Lovely!) Tango (A. Malando) Polydor 1942 (German) NOTE: Hans BUSCH (1909 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany - 1996 in Stockholm) - German violinist and bandleader. Son of the Rhein region musician, Hans Busch was taught playing violin early in his life and in age 15 he became a concert master in the local theatre. He studied music in the Essen Conservatory but gave up studies after the sudden death of his father. To support family, Busch started playing violin in the bars and cabarets throughout Germany and in 1931, he founded his own chamber music ensamble which performed in Hamburg. Soon he changed style and assembled a typical dance band, which started performing in Berlin since 1933. In the same year he joined the Nazi Party what accelerated his career. Hans Busch orchestra started playing in the best dance halls, such as the Café Luitpold and the Regina-Palast-Hotel in Munich, the Georgspalast in Hanover, and the Alsterpavillon in Hamburg. His performances were broadcast on the radio Deutschlandsender, where he was presented as "Germany's youngest radio conductor". In 1936 Busch signed long-term contract with Deutsche Grammophon and from 1937 to 1943, he made over 250 recordings of dance and salon music. He also wrote songs and his "Dideldideldum," "Nights of Hawaii," and "Today I Feel So Good" became hits in Germany. After outbreak of the 2nd World War, Busch started touring for the army, often accompanied by well-known singers such as Rudi Schuricke or Lale Andersen. At the end of 1942, the orchestra was ordered to Gdansk (Danzig) where Busch stayed until the end of the war. In 1944, he was honoured by including it in the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda's "List of God-Gifted Artists." After the war, Hans Busch orchestra performed in the newly-formed Radio In the American Sector, until he was banned from performing when his mambership in the NSDAP was found out by Americans. He therefore moved to the Sovier occupation zone, where he continued career with the Dresden radio orchestra, which he established. In 1950, back in the western zones of Germany, Hans Busch started touring throughout the country with his orchestra, until he received invitation from Stockholm, to conduct a 12-piece orchestra of the famous restaurant Berns Salonger. He also worked in the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, recorded records, and founded his own music publishing company. From 1980 onward, he withdrew from the active performances and devoted himself entirely to publishing. --------------------- Tango Olé Guapa was composed and published in 1936 by Dutch composer and accordionist Ari Maasland, who used the nick A. Malando for commercial purposes. Therefore, and thanks to its rhythmical structure typical for milonga, it is often considered a typical Argentine tango and is published as such.