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Tabaco · Armando Pontier · 1963

Music by Armando Pontier, lyrics by José María Contursi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2004.
1944: 2 · danced 26 times1963: 1 · danced 10 times2003: 1 · danced 0 times2004: 1 · danced 0 times
1944’50’60’70’80’90’002004
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1944: 2, 26; 1963: 1, 10; 2003: 1, 0; 2004: 1, 0

  1. Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro recorded it in 2003 and 2004.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Armando Pontier
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Mar 30
    6 dances
    1944
  2. Miguel CalóMost dancedRaúl Iriarte · Odeon · Jun 14
    20 dances
    1944
  3. Armando PontierHéctor Dario
    10 dances
    1963
  4. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Laborde
    Not danced on film yet
    2003
  5. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Laborde · Nov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2004
  6. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · May 211944
  7. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Apr 231963
  8. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche1966
  9. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  10. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  11. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

Lyrics

Español

Tu voz surgió de las sombras como un lejano reproche; tu voz que llora y me nombra mientras más aún se asombran los fantasmas de esta noche. Están mis ojos cerrados por el terror del silencio; mi corazón, desgarrado porque no me he perdonado todo el mal que te causé. Más, muchísimo más extrañan mis manos tus manos amantes... Más, muchísimo más me aturdo al saberte tan cerca y tan distante... Y mientras fumo forma el humo tu figura y en el aroma del tabaco tu fragancia me conversa de distancias, de tu olvido y mi locura... Tú que vives feliz tal vez esta noche te acuerdes de mí. Parece un sueño de angustias del que despierto temblando y están tiradas y mustias las violetas de esa angustia y mis ojos sollazando. Los pobres siguen cerrados por el terror del silencio... Mi corazón, desgarrado porque no me he perdonado todo el mal que te causé.

English · machine translation

Your voice came out of the shadows like a distant reproach; your voice that cries and names me while still more the ghosts of this night the ghosts of this night. My eyes are closed by the terror of silence; my heart, torn apart because I have not forgiven myself all the evil I caused you. More, much, much more my hands miss your loving hands... The more, the more I am stunned to know you so close and yet so distant... And while I smoke, your figure forms the smoke and in the aroma of tobacco your fragrance speaks to me of distances, of your oblivion and my madness... You who live happily perhaps tonight you will remember me. It seems like a dream of anguish from which I wake up trembling and the violets of that anguish the violets of that anguish and my eyes are drooping. The poor ones are still closed by the terror of silence... My heart, torn apart because I have not forgiven myself all the evil I caused you.

Danced to it

Music from 1963 · danced on film 2010–2021

20102021
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2021: 2

Giggio Giovanni2010 · 7:24

From TangoTube's videos · our data

What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

The day it was recorded, the record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Single source

Listen

  1. TabacoAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1944

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