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Infamia · Francisco Rotundo · 1953

Francisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa
Music by Enrique Santos Discepolo, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1953.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1941

  1. Juan D'ArienzoHéctor Mauré1941
  2. Francisco CanaroEduardo Adrian1941
  3. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz1953
  4. Eduardo Del PianoMario Bustos1953

Recorded 1953 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Rotundo recordings indexed 1948–1957

Infamia · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 was sung by Floreal Ruiz.†† Infamia · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 is a tango.† Infamia · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 lasts 03:14.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

88 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

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

Lyrics

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La gente, que es brutal cuando se ensaña, la gente, que es feroz cuando hace un mal, buscó para hacer títeres en su guiñol, la imagen de tu amor y mi esperanza... A mí, ¿qué me importaba tu pasado...? si tu alma entraba pura a un porvenir. Dichoso abrí los brazos a tu afán y con mi amor salimos, de payasos, a vivir. Fue inútil gritar que querías ser buena. Fue estúpido aullar la promesa de tu redención... La gente es brutal y odia siempre al que sueña, lo burla y con risas despeña su intento mejor... Tu historia y mi honor desnudaos en la feria, bailaron su danza de horror, sin compasión... Tu angustia comprendió que era imposible, luchar contra la gente es infernal. Por eso me dejaste sin decirlo, ¡amor!... y fuiste a hundirte al fin en tu destino. Tu vida desde entonces fue un suicidio, vorágine de horrores y de alcohol. Anoche te mataste ya del todo y mi emoción te llora en tu descanso... ¡Corazón! Quisiera que Dios amparara tu sueño. muñeca de amor que no pudo alcanzar su ilusión. Yo quise hacer más pero sólo fue un ansia. Que tu alma perdone a mi vida su esfuerzo mejor. De blanco al morir, llegará tu esperanza, vestida de novia ante Dios... como soñó.

English · machine translation

People, who are brutal when they rage, people, who are fierce when they do wrong, sought to make puppets in their puppet show, the image of your love and my hope... What did I care about your past...? if your soul entered purely into a future. Fortunate I opened my arms to your eagerness and with my love we went out, as clowns, to live. It was useless to shout that you wanted to be good. It was stupid to howl the promise of your redemption... People are brutal and always hate the one who dreams, they mock him and with laughter their best attempt... Your story and my honor naked at the fair, danced their dance of horror, without compassion... Your anguish understood that it was impossible, to fight against people is hellish. That's why you left me without saying it, love!.... and you went to sink at last in your destiny. Your life from then on was a suicide, a maelstrom of horrors and alcohol. Last night you killed yourself already completely and my emotion mourns you in your rest... Heart! I wish God to protect your dream. doll of love that could not reach its illusion. I wanted to do more but it was only a longing. May your soul forgive my life its best effort. In white when I die, your hope will come, dressed as a bride before God... as she dreamed.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1941 to 1953.
1940’50
Recordings of Infamia · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1941, with 99% of the 88 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.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInfamiaJuan D'ArienzoHéctor MaurétangoRCA Victor
    87 dances · 99%
    1941
  2. Francisco RotundoInfamiaFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa
    1 dance · 1%
    1953
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInfamiaFrancisco CanaroEduardo AdriantangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1941
  4. Eduardo Del PianoInfamiaEduardo Del PianoMario Bustostango
    No match yet
    1953
  5. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue1954
  6. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré1954
  7. TaniaNot in our catalogue
  8. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  9. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
  11. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

One recording

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

Francisco Rotundo

InfamiaFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Rotundo recorded on Apr 6, 1953.

  1. Levanta la frenteFrancisco RotundoJulio SosatangoPampa

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Floreal RuizApr 6, 1953

In other catalogues9

tango.info · 00724383071821-1-2

tango.info · 02480002027256-1-3

tango.info · 08427328140089-1-18

tango.info · 02480002733829-1-1

tango.info · 00724354171123-1-1

tango.info · 00884385555658-2-7

tango.info · 07798108081917-2-12

tango.info · 08427328020688-1-8

tango.info · 02480002128427-1-14

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:14

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. InfamiaFrancisco CanaroEduardo Adrian

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