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Canción desesperada · Lita Morales · 1955

Lita MoralessungtangoRCA Victor
Music by Enrique Santos Discépolo, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 11 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–2006.

Who recorded it

Every version11

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1945

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1945
  2. Miguel CalóRaúl Iriarte19451969
  3. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Nelly Omar19451946
  4. Domingo FedericoCarlos Vidal1945
  5. Osmar MadernaLuis Tolosa1946
  6. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Laborde20042006

Pinned at 1955 · Nuevo 1955–1984

Canción desesperada · Lita Morales · 1955: Her first solo recording since splitting from Donato in the early 1940s and withdrawing from public life; a comeback the hosts feel the title fits.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

12 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Santos Discépolo
Words
Enrique Santos Discepolo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Miguel Caló’s 1945 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 11 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1945 to 2006.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Canción desesperada · Lita Morales · 1955 by year, taller the more they are danced · 11 of 11 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

11 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 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. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdCanción desesperadaAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    3 dances
    1945
  4. Domingo FedericoCanción desesperadaDomingo FedericoCarlos VidaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1945
  5. Osmar MadernaCanción desesperadaOsmar MadernaLuis Tolosatango
    No match yet
    1946
  7. Atilio StamponeCanción desesperadaAtilio StamponeRoberto Goyenechetango
    No match yet
    1972
  8. Quintin VerduCanción desesperadaQuintin VerduRobert Rodrigueztango
    No match yet
    1948
  9. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque1945
  10. Vieri FidanziniNot in our catalogueLita Morales · Oct 281955
  11. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueSusy Leiva · Oct 11959
  12. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  13. María GrañaNot in our catalogue
  14. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
  15. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  16. Sandra LunaNot in our catalogue
  17. Dalva de OliveiraNot in our catalogue

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Notes1

Her first solo recording since splitting from Donato in the early 1940s and withdrawing from public life; a comeback the hosts feel the title fits.

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  1. Canción desesperadaAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino

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