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Solamente ella · Carlos Di Sarli · 1945

Carlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor
Music by Lucio Demare, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2019.

Who recorded it

Every version7

Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1944

  1. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán1945
  2. Lucio DemareHoracio Quintana1944
  3. Francisco LomutoAlberto Rivera1944
  4. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1968
  5. Orquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardit2002
  6. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraMarisol Martínez2016

Recorded 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · Period in gold: Melodic, 1942–1949

Solamente ella · Carlos Di Sarli · 1945 was sung by Jorge Durán.† Solamente ella · Carlos Di Sarli · 1945 is a tango.† Solamente ella · Carlos Di Sarli · 1945 lasts 02:55.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

154 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Lucio Demare
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Ella vino una tarde y era triste fantasma de silencio y de canción, llegaba desde un mundo que no existe. Vacío de esperanza el corazón. Era nube, sin rumbo ni destino, tenía la ternura del adiós. Mi paso la siguió por cien caminos y un día mi fatiga la alcanzó. Ella, piel de sombra, voz ausente. Ella, en mis brazos se durmió. Juntos, sin saberlo torpemente, aprendimos duramente las verdades del amor. Ella, floreció bajo la luna. Ella, renació para mi afán. Juntos, sin angustias, sin reproche, sin pasado, noche a noche, aprendimos a soñar. Sus palabras que estaban ateridas. Entonces se encendieron de emoción. Con fuego de mi amor volvió a la vida, la que era sólo el eco de un adiós. Ella vino a mi mano en el invierno, vacío de esperanza el corazón. Hoy vive entre mis sueños y es eterno su sueño de mujer y de canción.

English · machine translation

She came one afternoon and was sad ghost of silence and song, she came from a world that does not exist. Her heart was empty of hope. She was a cloud, without direction or destination, she had the tenderness of goodbye. My step followed her along a hundred paths and one day my fatigue caught up with her. She, skin of shadow, absent voice. She, in my arms, fell asleep. Together, without knowing it clumsily we learned the hard way the truths of love. She, blossomed under the moon. She, reborn for my eagerness. Together, without anguish, without reproach, without past, night by night, we learned to dream. Her words, which were cold. Then they were ignited with emotion. With fire of my love she came back to life, which was only the echo of a goodbye. She came to my hand in the winter, empty of hope in my heart. Today she lives among my dreams and is eternal her dream of woman and song.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 7 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1944 to 2019.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Solamente ella · Carlos Di Sarli · 1945 by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Solamente ellaCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 28 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Carlos Di Sarli recorded on Mar 8, 1945.

  1. Tus labios me diránCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1945 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 1, 2013: 3, 2014: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 1, 2018: 5, 2019: 2, 2026: 1

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Antonella Fanfano and Davide Baldanza

    Auroville Holi Tango Festival, 2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1BailemosCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2Lo que vieron mis ojosFrancisco Lomuto, 1933
    3. 3Solamente ellaCarlos Di Sarli, 1945
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Gaby Mataloni and Guillermo Cerneaz

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Todo es amorRodolfo Biagi, 1958
    2. 2PaisajePedro Laurenz, 1943
    3. 3Solamente ellaCarlos Di Sarli, 1945
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Qué bien te quedaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 00828766035421-1-8

tango.info · 00743218369926-1-10

tango.info · 07898659721659-1-3

tango.info · 02480002005094-1-15

Singers1

Sung by Jorge Durán

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:55

Audio feature15

Audio feature 120.2

Audio feature 0.932

Audio feature F#

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.644

Audio feature -20.6

Audio feature 0.436

Audio feature 0.167

Audio feature 0.244

Audio feature 0.105

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.651

Audio feature 120.6

Audio feature 60.3

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Solamente ellaLucio DemareHoracio Quintana

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