- He performed in Paris with his orchestra in 1925, and a success among local audiences, he remained in Europe for a decade.
- Canaro composed the music for the 1915 Argentine classic film Nobleza gaucha.
- Becoming a naturalized Argentine citizen in 1940, much of his recorded music is in the classic salon style of that decade, but he is also considered a member of the old guard, and some of his later recordings contributed to the transition to concert tango.
- He was romantically attached to Argentine actress and tango vocalist Ada Falcón, but the relationship, which began in the early 1920s, grew apart a decade later.
- Canaro was active in the cause of intellectual property rights from 1918 onwards, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Argentine Society of Composers and Songwriters (SADAIC), in 1935, purchasing the downtown Buenos Aires lot where its headquarters were built.
- Performing in seedy bars initially, he ultimately forged a career that spanned many decades, and his orchestra was one of the most recorded.
- As a young man he found work in a factory, where an empty oil can, in his skilled hands, became his first violin.
- His introduction to the tango came by orquesta típica leader Vicente Greco in 1908, and in 1912 he composed "Pinta brava" ("Fierce Look").
- He was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.
- His parents were Italian immigrants, and later, when he was less than 10 years old, they emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late nineteenth century.
- Canaro authored his memoirs, Mis 50 años con el tango (My Fifty Years with the Tango) in 1956, but later developed Paget's disease, and was forced to retire.
- He had a well-known romance with the Argentine actress and vedette Morenita Galé .
- In 1920 Canaro discovered Azucena Maizani, who rapidly developed into a major tango star.
- Canaro's orchestra became a fixture on Argentine radio during the 1940s and early 1950s, though for many contemporary dancers and listeners, his early golden age recordings remained the best in their genre.
- When he was 56 years old, he met a choir girl named Irma Erna Gay, sister of the singer Isabel de Grana , with whom he had his daughters Rafaela and Argentina Canaro. In 1964, on Canaro's death, Marta, his lawful wife, reached an agreement regarding the succession with the composer's daughters. One of them, Argentina, tragically died in 1998 in a car accident.
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