Benjamín Alfonso Tagle Lara (23 June 1892 – 9 November 1932) was an Argentine lyricist and composer of tangos who achieved popularity in the 1920s.
The song would later make its way to Spain, where it was popularized by the singers Agustín Irusta, Roberto Fugazot, and Lucio Demare, earning praise from the prominent Sevillian musician Joaquín Turina.
Tagle Lara composed a number of songs with fellow musician Geroni Flores, many of which were performed by the Argentine singer Ignacio Corsini, including "Acordes", "Como lloran los zorzales", "¡Huella...
The duo Magaldi and Noda helped further popularize Tagle Lara's music by featuring it on their 1926 record "Trapo Viejo", which both saw wide radio broadcast and was performed live at Pascual Contursi's "Maldito cabaret" ("Cursed cabaret") in Buenos Aires' Teatro Smart (today the Multiteatro theatre complex).
Benjamín Alfonso Tagle Lara collaborated with such composers as Francisco Pracánico, Roberto Firpo, Antonio Rodio, Rafael Tuegols, and Eduardo Pereyra during his lifetime.