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Tortazos · Carlos Gardel · 1930

Music by José Razzano, lyrics by Enrique Maroni. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1988.

Tortazos · Carlos Gardel · 1930: One of the first milongas ever recorded, picked to show it is a folk rhythm, not yet dance music; the lyric is a jealous rant at an ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend. and A rare milonga campera, backed only by guitars; chosen to show a genuinely angry, street-attitude side of Gardel.††

Credit

Music
José Razzano
Lyrics
Enrique Maroni

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

  1. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jun 171930
  2. Lucio DemareEarliest we holdJuan Carlos Miranda · Odeon · Jan 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  3. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa · RCA Victor · Sep 4
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedRoberto Chanel · Odeon · Jun 1
    3 dances
    1944
  5. Rafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaJorge Cardozo
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  6. Ángel F. CondercuriNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1965
  7. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter Gutiérrez · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1988
  8. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  9. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19421988

1942: 2, 1944: 1, 1945: 1, 1988: 1

Notes2

One of the first milongas ever recorded, picked to show it is a folk rhythm, not yet dance music; the lyric is a jealous rant at an ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend.

Single source

A rare milonga campera, backed only by guitars; chosen to show a genuinely angry, street-attitude side of Gardel.

Single source

Listen

  1. TortazosLucio Demare · Juan Carlos Miranda1942

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