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Volver · José Basso · 1961

José BassoAlfredo del RiotangoOdeon
Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2006.

Pinned at 1961 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · José Basso recordings indexed 1948–1986

Volver · José Basso · 1961 was sung by Alfredo Del Rio.† Volver · José Basso · 1961 is a tango.† Volver · José Basso · 1961 lasts 02:37.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

10 orchestras recorded it

38 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Gardel
Words
Alfredo Le Pera
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Yo adivino el parpadeo de las luces que a lo lejos, van marcando mi retorno. Son las mismas que alumbraron, con sus pálidos reflejos, hondas horas de dolor. Y aunque no quise el regreso, siempre se vuelve al primer amor. La quieta calle donde el eco dijo: 'Tuya es su vida, tuyo es su querer', bajo el burlón mirar de las estrellas que con indiferencia hoy me ven volver. Volver, con la frente marchita, las nieves del tiempo platearon mi sien. Sentir, que es un soplo la vida, que veinte años no es nada, que febril la mirada errante en las sombras te busca y te nombra. Vivir, con el alma aferrada a un dulce recuerdo, que lloro otra vez. Tengo miedo del encuentro con el pasado que vuelve a enfrentarse con mi vida. Tengo miedo de las noches que, pobladas de recuerdos, encadenen mi soñar. Pero el viajero que huye, tarde o temprano detiene su andar. Y aunque el olvido que todo destruye, haya matado mi vieja ilusión, guarda escondida una esperanza humilde, que es toda la fortuna de mi corazón.

English · machine translation

I guess the flickering of the lights that in the distance are marking my return. They are the same ones that illuminated with their pale reflections, deep hours of pain. And although I did not want to return, one always returns to one's first love. The quiet street where the echo said: 'Yours is his life, yours is his want', under the mocking look of the stars that with indifference today see me return. To return, with withered forehead, the snows of time silvered my temple. To feel, that life is a breath, that twenty years is nothing, how feverish the gaze wandering in the shadows seeks you and names you. To live, with the soul clinging to a sweet memory, that I cry again. I am afraid of the encounter with the past that returns to confront my life. I am afraid of the nights that, full of memories, chain my dreaming. But the traveler who flees sooner or later stops his walk. And even if the oblivion that destroys everything has killed my old illusion, it keeps hidden a humble hope, which is all the fortune of my heart.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 10 recordings of this song by 10 orchestras, 1935 to 2006.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Volver · José Basso · 1961 by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 32 more we know of

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

The leader is Hugo Diaz, 1975, with 71% of the 38 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

40 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. Hugo DiazMost dancedVolverHugo Diazsinger unknowntango
    27 dances · 71%
    1975
  2. Miguel CalóVolverMiguel CalóMarga FontanatangoOdeon Colombia
    7 dances · 18%
    1965
  3. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdVolverOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
    2 dances · 5%
    1935
  4. Aníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollaVolverAníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    1 dance · 3%
    1970
  5. Osvaldo PuglieseVolverOsvaldo PuglieseAdrián GuidatangoOdeon
    1 dance · 3%
    1981
  6. Florindo SassoneVolverFlorindo SassoneJorge CasaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1947
  7. José BassoVolverJosé BassoAlfredo Del RiotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1961
  8. Francisco CanaroVolverFrancisco CanaroArgentino LedesmatangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1969
  9. Orquesta Forever TangoVolverOrquesta Forever TangoCarlos Moreltango
    No match yet
    1998
  10. Orquesta Típica ImperialVolverOrquesta Típica ImperialCristina De Los Angelestango
    No match yet
    2006
  11. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1932
  12. Terig TucciNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Mar 191935
  13. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueJan 291936
  14. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1963
  15. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  16. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1976
  17. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1983
  18. Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogueRamón Regueira1998
  19. QuinTangoNot in our catalogue2003
  20. Horacio DevalNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

José Basso

VolverJosé BassoAlfredo Del RiotangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 00094638988328-1-20

tango.info · 02480002042877-1-2

tango.info · 02480002150138-1-14

Singers1

Sung by Alfredo Del Rio

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:37

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. VolverOsvaldo FresedoRoberto Ray

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