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Gricel · Héctor Grané · 1957

Héctor GranéCarlos Marcotango
Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by José María Contursi. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1985.

Who recorded it

Every version9

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1942

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino1942
  2. Miguel CalóMarga Fontana1965
  3. Lucio Demare1957
  4. Alfredo De AngelisMarcelo Biondini1985
  5. Francisco CanaroEduardo Adrian1942
  6. Atilio StamponeRoberto Goyeneche1971

Pinned at 1957 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Héctor Grané recordings indexed 1955–1959

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

81 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Mariano Mores
Words
José María Contursi
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

No debí pensar jamás en lograr tu corazón y sin embargo te busqué hasta que un día te encontré y con mis besos te aturdí sin importarme que eras buena... Tu ilusión fue de cristal, se rompió cuando partí pues nunca, nunca más volví… ¡Qué amarga fue tu pena! No te olvides de mí, de tu Gricel, me dijiste al besar el Cristo aquel y hoy que vivo enloquecido porque no te olvidé ni te acuerdas de mí... ¡Gricel! ¡Gricel! Me faltó después tu voz y el calor de tu mirar y como un loco te busqué pero ya nunca te encontré y en otros besos me aturdí… ¡Mi vida toda fue un engaño! ¿Qué será, Gricel, de mí? Se cumplió la ley de Dios porque sus culpas ya pagó quien te hizo tanto daño.

English · machine translation

I should never have thought of getting your heart and yet I searched for you until one day I found you and with my kisses I stunned you without caring that you were good... Your illusion was made of glass, it shattered when I left because I never, never came back... How bitter was your sorrow! Don't forget me, of your Gricel, you told me when you kissed that Christ and today I live in madness because I did not forget you nor do you remember me... Gricel! Gricel! Then I missed your voice and the warmth of your gaze and like a madman I searched for you but I never found you and in other kisses I was dazed... My whole life was a deception! What will become of me, Gricel? God's law is fulfilled because he has already paid for his sins who hurt you so much.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1942 to 1985.
1940’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Gricel · Héctor Grané · 1957 by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

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

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1942, with 80% of the 81 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

45 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedGricelAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    65 dances · 80%
    1942
  2. Lucio DemareGricelLucio DemaretangoDisc Jockey
    9 dances · 11%
    1957
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdGricelFrancisco CanaroEduardo AdriantangoOdeon
    7 dances · 9%
    1942
  4. Mariano MoresGricelMariano Morestango
    No match yet
    1957
  5. Miguel CalóGricelMiguel CalóMarga FontanatangoOdeon Colombia
    No match yet
    1965
  6. Atilio StamponeGricelAtilio StamponeRoberto Goyenechetango
    No match yet
    1971
  7. Alfredo De AngelisGricelAlfredo De AngelisMarcelo BiondinitangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1985
  8. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Oct 61942
  9. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  10. Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueJul 301968
  11. Armando MorenoNot in our catalogue
  12. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  13. Hugo MarcelNot in our catalogue
  14. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  15. Antonio De MayoNot in our catalogue
  16. Ernesto FrancoNot in our catalogue
  17. Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue
  18. Jorge ArduhNot in our catalogueJavier Di Ciriaco
  19. José ColángeloNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Héctor Grané

GricelHéctor GranéCarlos Marcotango

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