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Una lágrima tuya · Aníbal Troilo · 1949

Aníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero, Aldo CalderóntangoRCA Victor
Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1949–1968.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1949

  1. Aníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero · Aldo Calderón1949
  2. José BassoFrancisco Fiorentino · Ricardo Ruiz19491961
  3. Florindo Sassone1968
  4. Mariano MoresEnrique Lucero19531957

Pinned at 1949 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: Sentimental, 1944–1949

Una lágrima tuya · Aníbal Troilo · 1949 was sung by Aldo Calderón and Edmundo Rivero.† Una lágrima tuya · Aníbal Troilo · 1949 is a tango.† Una lágrima tuya · Aníbal Troilo · 1949 lasts 03:33.† Una lágrima tuya · Aníbal Troilo · 1949: A Mariano Mores song that would have belonged to Canaro had Troilo not recorded it; Calderón enters first, very tenderly, then Rivero.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Mariano Mores
Words
Homero Manzi
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’s 1949 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

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The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1949 to 1968.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Una lágrima tuya · Aníbal Troilo · 1949 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdUna lágrima tuyaAníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero, Aldo CalderóntangoRCA Victor1949
  3. Florindo SassoneUna lágrima tuyaFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeon1968
  5. BachichaNot in our catalogueJosé Duarte1948
  6. Atilio BruniNot in our catalogueHugo del Carril1949
  7. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMario Alonso · Oct 131949
  8. Atilio BruniNot in our catalogueHugo del Carril1950
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueCharlo · Dec 181951
  10. Cristóbal HerrerosNot in our catalogueBeatriz Maselli, Rodolfo Diaz1953
  11. Juan CanaroNot in our catalogueHéctor Insúa · Oct 41954
  12. Susy LeivaNot in our catalogue1962
  13. Rosanna FalascaNot in our catalogue1982
  14. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  15. Susy LeivaNot in our catalogue
  16. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  17. Dalva de OliveiraNot in our catalogue
  18. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueCharlo

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Una lágrima tuyaAníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero, Aldo CalderóntangoRCA Victor

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Aníbal Troilo recorded on Mar 30, 1949.

  1. PatéticoAníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor

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Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues10

tango.info · 00743215860327-1-7

tango.info · 02480002332749-2-6

tango.info · 02480002333470-2-6

tango.info · 00828766334326-1-17

tango.info · 07896423120622-1-17

tango.info · 08427328133142-1-5

tango.info · 00743214129425-1-19

tango.info · 02480002159100-1-19

tango.info · 07798108080286-2-9

tango.info · 04024236201402-1-6

Singers2

Sung by Aldo Calderón

Sung by Edmundo Rivero

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:33

Notes1

A Mariano Mores song that would have belonged to Canaro had Troilo not recorded it; Calderón enters first, very tenderly, then Rivero.

Audio feature15

Audio feature 114.8

Audio feature 0.94

Audio feature D

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.69

Audio feature -20.8

Audio feature 0.405

Audio feature 0.321

Audio feature 0.529

Audio feature 0.039

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.432

Audio feature 116.3

Audio feature 58.2

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Una lágrima tuyaAníbal TroiloEdmundo Rivero, Aldo Calderón

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