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Te llaman Malevo · Aníbal Troilo · 1965

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1957–2001.
1957: 1 · danced 1 times1965: 1 · danced 16 times2001: 1 · danced 0 times
1957’70’80’902001
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1957: 1, 1; 1965: 1, 16; 2001: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1957 and 1965.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Te llaman Malevo · Aníbal Troilo · 1965 was sung by Tito Reyes.†† Te llaman Malevo · Aníbal Troilo · 1965 is a tango.† Te llaman Malevo · Aníbal Troilo · 1965 lasts 03:20.†

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

1950’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdÁngel Cardenas · Odeon · Jul 10
    1 dance
    1957
  2. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedTito Reyes · RCA Victor · Oct 1
    16 dances
    1965
  3. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Laborde · Nov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2001
  4. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1983
  5. Jorge SobralNot in our catalogue
  6. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Nació en un barrio con malvón y luna por donde el hambre suele hacer gambetas y desde fue poniendo el hombro y anchó a trabajo su sonrisa buena. La sal del tiempo le oxidó la cara cuando una mina lo dejó en chancleta y entonces solo, para siempre solo, largó el y se metió en la huella. Malevo, te olvidaste en los boliches los anhelos de tu vieja. Malevo, se agrandaron tus hazañas con las copas de ginebra. Por ella, tan sólo por ella, dejaste una huella de amargo rencor. Malevo, ¡qué triste! jugaste y perdiste tan sólo por ella que nunca volvió. Tambor de tacos redoblando calles para que se entren las muchachas buenas y allí el silencio que mastica el pucho dejando siempre la mirada a cuenta. Dicen que dicen que una noche zurda con el cuchillo deshojó la espera y entonces solo, como flor de orilla, largó el cansancio y se mató por ella.

English · machine translation

He was born in a neighborhood with mallow and moon where hunger usually wanders and since he was a child he put his shoulder to work and widened his good smile to work. The salt of time oxidized his face when a girl left him in his flip-flops and then alone, forever alone, he left his job and got into the track. Malevo, you forgot in the nightclubs the yearnings of your old lady. Malevo, your exploits were enlarged with the glasses of gin. For her, just for her, you left a trace of bitter resentment. Malevo, how sad! you played and lost just for her who never came back. Drum of tacos redoubling the streets for the good girls to enter and there the silence that chews on the cigarette always leaving the look on account. They say that they say that one night left-handed with the knife he stripped the wait and then alone, like a flower on the shore, he released his tiredness and killed himself for her.

Danced to it

Music from 1965 · danced on film 2011–2018

20112018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 1

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Tito ReyesOct 1, 1965

Supported · 2

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 00828766221428-1-6

Single source

tango.info · 02480002102335-1-10

Single source

tango.info · 00743216249329-1-9

Single source

tango.info · 02480002330738-2-6

Single source

tango.info · 00743217136727-1-8

Single source

tango.info · 00743216375325-1-5

Single source

Is a1

Is a tango

Single source

Duration1

Duration 03:20

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Single source

Listen

  1. Te llaman MalevoAníbal Troilo · Ángel Cardenas1957

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