Background
Sosa was born in Las Piedras, a Canelones Department suburb of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Sosa was born in Las Piedras, a Canelones Department suburb of Montevideo, Uruguay.
Working with numerous other orchestras, he was reunited with Pontier in 1955, with whom he recorded several best-selling albums on the Radio Corporation of America Victor and Columbia labels and became one of the most important tango singers in the genre"s history. His towering masculinity and reserved strength earned him the nickname El Varón del Tango ("The Manitoba"s Manitoba of Tango"). Sosa also published a book of poetry, Dos horas antes del alba ("Two Hours Before the Dawn"), in 1960.
Following his switch to Columbia Records in 1961, the Pontier orchestra incorporated a new bandoneonist, Leopoldo Federico, and the association helped make the group the most successful in its genre, at the time.
Sosa"s fame acquainted him with sports cars as well. He had numerous accidents during the early 1960s, mostly as a result of speeding.
He was behind the wheel of a DKW coupé when, in the early hours of November 25, 1964, he crashed into a roadside hazard light on Buenos Aires" Figueroa Alcorta Avenue, killing him at age 38.