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Shusheta · Horacio Salgan · 1963

Music by Juan Carlos Cobián, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 12 recordings in our catalogue, 1923–1987.
1923: 1 · danced 7 times1940: 1 · danced 73 times1945: 1 · danced 6 times1951: 2 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 2 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1963: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times1983: 1 · danced 0 times1987: 1 · danced 1 times
1923’30’40’50’60’70’801987
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1923: 1, 7; 1940: 1, 73; 1945: 1, 6; 1951: 2, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 2; 1958: 1, 0; 1963: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 0; 1983: 1, 0; 1987: 1, 1

  1. Horacio Salgan recorded it in 1951 and 1963.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Juan Carlos Cobián
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Oct 8
    73 dances
    1940
  2. Osvaldo Pugliese
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  3. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Apr 5
    6 dances
    1945
  4. Horacio SalganRCA Victor · May 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  5. Horacio SalganPhilips
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  6. Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)Philips
    1 dance
    1987
  7. Sexteto TangoRoberto Goyeneche · Dec 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1983
  8. Juan Carlos CobianEarliest we hold
    7 dances
    1923
  9. Ángel VargasRCA Victor · Aug 30
    2 dances
    1957
  10. Juan PolitoJul 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  11. Los Astros Del TangoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  12. Puglia-Pedroza
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  13. Alberto Oscar GentileNot in our catalogue1950
  14. Edelmiro D'AmarioNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Aug 301957
  15. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueMay 191988
  16. Héctor PachecoNot in our catalogue
  17. Alberto Oscar GentileNot in our catalogue
  18. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogue
  19. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueHéctor Pacheco
  20. Ernesto BaffaNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Toda la calle Florida lo vio con sus polainas, galera y bastón... Dicen que fue, allá por su juventud, un gran Don Juan del Buenos Aires de ayer. Engalanó la puerta del Jockey Club y en el ojal siempre llevaba un clavel. Toda la calle Florida lo vio con sus polainas, galera y bastón. Apellido distinguido, gran señor en las reuniones, por las damas suspiraba y conquistaba sus corazones. Y en las tardes de Palermo en su coche se paseaba y en procura de un encuentro iba el porteño conquistador. Ah, tiempos del Petit Salón... Cuánta locura juvenil... Ah, tiempo de la sección Champán Tango del 'Armenonville'. Todo pasó como un fugaz instante lleno de emoción... Hoy sólo quedan recuerdos de tu corazón... Toda la calle Florida lo vio con sus polainas, galera y bastón.

English · machine translation

The whole Florida Street saw him with his leggings, galley and cane... They say that he was, back in his youth, a great Don Juan of yesterday's Buenos Aires. He adorned the door of the Jockey Club and in his buttonhole he always wore a carnation. The whole Florida Street saw him with his leggings, galera and cane. Distinguished surname, great gentleman in the meetings, for the ladies he sighed and conquered their hearts. And in the afternoons of Palermo in his carriage he would ride and in search of a meeting went the porteño conqueror. Ah, the times of the Petit Salon... How much youthful madness... Ah, time of the Champagne Tango section of the 'Armenonville'. It all passed like a fleeting instant full of emotion... Today there are only memories of your heart... All of Florida Street saw him with his leggings, galera and cane.

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The day it was recorded.

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  1. ShushetaJuan Carlos Cobian1923

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