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Sandía calada · Juan D'Arienzo · 1928

Juan D'ArienzoCarlos DantetangoElectra
Music by Arturo Francisco Aieta. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1928.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1928

  1. Juan D'ArienzoCarlos Dante1928
  2. Francisco CanaroCharlo1928

Pinned at 1928 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: Sexteto, 1928–1929

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Arturo Francisco Aieta
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1928 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, 1928 to 1928.
1920
Recordings of Sandía calada · Juan D'Arienzo · 1928 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 · 3 more we know of

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoSandía caladaJuan D'ArienzoCarlos DantetangoElectra1928
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdSandía caladaFrancisco CanaroCharlotangoOdeon1928
  3. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogue1930
  4. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogueJosé E. Galarza1930
  5. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogueLuis Scalón1930

One recording

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Juan D'Arienzo

Sandía caladaJuan D'ArienzoCarlos DantetangoElectra

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  1. Sandía caladaFrancisco CanaroCharlo

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