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La mentirosa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1944

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Anselmo Aieta, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1972.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1944

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1944
  2. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal1952
  3. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán1954
  4. Miguel CalóRaúl Iriarte1972

Pinned at 1944 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: The king is back, 1944–1949

La mentirosa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1944 is a tango.† La mentirosa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1944 lasts 03:06.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

129 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Anselmo Aieta
Words
Francisco García Jiménez
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1954 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1944 to 1972.
1940’50’60’70
Recordings of La mentirosa · Juan D'Arienzo · 1944 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1954, with 98% of the 129 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedLa mentirosaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    127 dances · 98%
    1954
  2. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdLa mentirosaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    2 dances · 2%
    1944
  3. Aníbal TroiloLa mentirosaAníbal TroiloJorge CasaltangoTK
    No match yet
    1952
  4. Miguel CalóLa mentirosaMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoEmbassy
    No match yet
    1972
  5. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José Ricardo, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Oct 271928
  7. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · May 81953
  8. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
  9. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel
  10. Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueAgustín Irusta

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Juan D'Arienzo

La mentirosaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Gianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino2024 · 3:41

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2021–2024

20212024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2021: 1, 2024: 2

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In other catalogues8

tango.info · 00828766032321-1-20

tango.info · 02480002027744-1-22

tango.info · 07798108080446-1-5

tango.info · 02480002332077-2-7

tango.info · 02480002003120-1-5

tango.info · 02480002159070-1-2

tango.info · 02480002760078-2-1

tango.info · 02480002159148-1-8

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:06

Audio feature12

Audio feature 126.0

Audio feature 0.945

Audio feature A

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.821

Audio feature -21.0

Audio feature 0.354

Audio feature 0.487

Audio feature 0.004

Audio feature 0.036

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.961

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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