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Balada para un loco · Orquesta Forever Tango · 1998

Orquesta Forever TangoCarlos Moreltango
Music by Astor Piazzolla. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1969–1998.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Astor Piazzolla, 1969

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese1970
  2. Astor PiazzollaRoberto Goyeneche · José Ángel Trelles196919761982
  3. Orquesta Forever TangoCarlos Morel1998

Pinned at 1998 · Revival 1985–1999 · Orquesta Forever Tango recordings indexed 1998–2013

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

111 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Astor Piazzolla
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Astor Piazzolla’s 1969 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1969 to 1998.
1960’70’80’90
Recordings of Balada para un loco · Orquesta Forever Tango · 1998 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

The leader is Astor Piazzolla, with 65% of the 111 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  2. Osvaldo PuglieseBalada para un locoOsvaldo PugliesetangoPhilips
    38 dances · 34%
    1970
  3. Orquesta Forever TangoBalada para un locoOrquesta Forever TangoCarlos Moreltango
    1 dance · <1%
    1998

One recording

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

Orquesta Forever Tango

Balada para un locoOrquesta Forever TangoCarlos Moreltango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Caio RodriguezTarbes en Tango · 2015 · 6:27

Danced to it

Music from 1998 · danced on film 2015

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What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

The day it was recorded, the record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Vocal1

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  1. Balada para un locoAstor PiazzollaRoberto Goyeneche

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