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El relámpago · Florindo Sassone · 1951

Music by Florindo Sassone. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1966.
1951: 1 · danced 0 times1964: 1 · danced 1 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times
1951’601966
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1951: 1, 0; 1964: 1, 1; 1966: 1, 0

  1. Florindo Sassone recorded it in 1951 and 1966.

    How we know

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

El relámpago · Florindo Sassone · 1951 is a tango.† El relámpago · Florindo Sassone · 1951 lasts 02:22.† El relámpago · Florindo Sassone · 1951: Sassone's own composition, surprisingly dramatic and atypical of his usual Di Sarli-imitating style; the only other orchestra known to have recorded it is Pugliese, in the 1960s.†

Credit

Music
Florindo Sassone

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1950’60

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedPhilips · Dec 1
    1 dance
    1964
  2. Florindo SassoneEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · May 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  3. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · Mar 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues9

tango.info · 00743211599726-1-12

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tango.info · 00743212874129-1-19

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tango.info · 00828765443029-1-14

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tango.info · 02480002030164-1-9

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tango.info · 02480002043232-1-3

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tango.info · 02480002113928-1-12

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tango.info · 02480002150527-1-7

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tango.info · 07798108081818-1-4

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tango.info · 08427328131056-1-11

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:22

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Notes1

Sassone's own composition, surprisingly dramatic and atypical of his usual Di Sarli-imitating style; the only other orchestra known to have recorded it is Pugliese, in the 1960s.

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Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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Listen

  1. El relámpagoFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1951

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