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Al pie de la Santa Cruz · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949

Alfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon
Music by Enrique Delfino, lyrics by Mario Battistella. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1949.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Típica Victor, 1933

  1. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante1949
  2. Típica VictorAlberto Gómez1933
  3. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz1949

Pinned at 1949 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Alfredo De Angelis recordings indexed 1943–1985 · 1 applied periods in gold

Al pie de la Santa Cruz · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949 was sung by Carlos Dante.†† Al pie de la Santa Cruz · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949 is a tango.† Al pie de la Santa Cruz · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949 lasts 02:51.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Delfino
Words
Mario Battistella
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1949 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1933 to 1949.
1930’40
Recordings of Al pie de la Santa Cruz · Alfredo De Angelis · 1949 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

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  1. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedAl pie de la Santa CruzAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1949
  2. Típica VictorEarliest we holdAl pie de la Santa CruzTípica VictorAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1933
  3. Francisco RotundoAl pie de la Santa CruzFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1949
  4. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 181933
  5. Francisco RotundoNot in our catalogueFloreal Ruíz1950

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

Al pie de la Santa CruzAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Alfredo De Angelis recorded on Dec 23, 1949.

  1. Adiós vidalitaAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon

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Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Carlos DanteDec 23, 1949

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 02480002027089-1-9

tango.info · 00724347388927-1-9

tango.info · 04038912150823-1-15

tango.info · 08427328140126-1-7

tango.info · 08427328146029-2-8

tango.info · 02480002101222-2-131

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:51

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Al pie de la Santa CruzTípica VictorAlberto Gómez

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