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La cara de la luna · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1959

Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)milongaOdeon
Music by Manuel Campoamor. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1971.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1941

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1971
  2. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)19411959
  3. Juan Carlos Caviello1955

Pinned at 1959 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) recordings indexed 1940–1964

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

13 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Manuel Campoamor
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1941 to 1971.
1940’50’60’70
Recordings of La cara de la luna · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1959 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 · 5 more we know of

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

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoLa cara de la lunaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1971
  3. Juan Carlos CavielloLa cara de la lunaJuan Carlos Caviellotango
    No match yet
    1955
  4. Vicente GrecoNot in our catalogue1911
  5. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueNov 51941
  6. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 91959
  7. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogue
  8. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)

La cara de la lunaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)milongaOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) recorded on Apr 9, 1959.

  1. El porteñitoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
  2. El irresistibleQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
  3. Gran Hotel VictoriaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon

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