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Estrellita mía · Edgardo Donato · 1940

Edgardo DonatoLita Morales, Horacio Lagos, Romeo GaviolivalsRCA Victor
Music by Alberto Soifer. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1940.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1940

  1. Edgardo DonatoLita Morales · Horacio Lagos …1940
  2. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1940

Pinned at 1940 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Edgardo Donato recordings indexed 1930–1961

Estrellita mía · Edgardo Donato · 1940 was sung by Horacio Lagos, Lita Morales, and Romeo Gavioli.† Estrellita mía · Edgardo Donato · 1940 is a vals.† Estrellita mía · Edgardo Donato · 1940 lasts 02:39.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

23 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberto Soifer
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Edgardo Donato’s 1940 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1940 to 1940.
1940
Recordings of Estrellita mía · Edgardo Donato · 1940 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

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

  1. Edgardo DonatoMost dancedEstrellita míaEdgardo DonatoLita Morales, Horacio Lagos, Romeo GaviolivalsRCA Victor
    23 dances
    1940
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEstrellita míaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamávalsOdeon
    No match yet
    1940
  3. Amanda LedesmaNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Edgardo Donato

Estrellita míaEdgardo DonatoLita Morales, Horacio Lagos, Romeo GaviolivalsRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 24 Performances

Veronica Palacios & Pibe Avellaneda3:10

Recorded the same day

What else Edgardo Donato recorded on Sep 30, 1940.

  1. Yo te amoEdgardo DonatoRomeo Gavioli, Lita MoralestangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2010–2023

20102023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFelipe Zarzar & Mamié Sancy2011
  2. The 2020sCristian Correa & Natalia GalainCampeonato de Baile de la Ciudad · 2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Joanna Jabłońska and Piotr Bochiński

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Tus labios me diránCarlos Di Sarli, 1945
    2. 2El porteñitoÁngel D'Agostino, 1943
    3. 3Pocas palabrasRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    4. 4Estrellita míaEdgardo Donato, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Cristian Correa and Natalia Galain

    Campeonato de Baile de la Ciudad, 2023 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Pedacito de cieloMiguel Caló, 1942
    2. 2Estrellita míaEdgardo Donato, 1940
    3. 3MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

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From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings1

Recorded by Edgardo DonatoSep 30, 1940

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 02480002041542-1-2

tango.info · 00828766124224-1-16

tango.info · 04024236202508-1-4

tango.info · 02480002152088-1-16

tango.info · 08427328130950-1-13

tango.info · 02480002002444-1-13

Singers3

Sung by Horacio Lagos

Sung by Lita Morales

Sung by Romeo Gavioli

Is a1

Is a vals

Duration1

Duration 02:39

Audio feature15

Audio feature 103.4

Audio feature 0.938

Audio feature A

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.851

Audio feature -20.4

Audio feature 0.434

Audio feature 0.491

Audio feature 0.267

Audio feature 0.005

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.728

Audio feature 103.7

Audio feature 69.2

Audio feature bar

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Estrellita míaFrancisco CanaroErnesto Famá

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