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Por qué la quise tanto · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1962

Osvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoPhilips
Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Rodolfo M. Taboada. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1961–1977.

Pinned at 1962 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Maciel shines, 1954–1967

The work

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Music
Mariano Mores
Lyrics
Rodolfo M. Taboada

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1961 to 1977.

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1960’70
Recordings of Por qué la quise tanto · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1962 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1963, with 55% of the 49 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. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedPor qué la quise tantoAníbal TroiloRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    27 dances · 55%
    1963
  2. Osvaldo PugliesePor qué la quise tantoOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoPhilips
    22 dances · 45%
    1962
  3. Mariano MoresEarliest we holdPor qué la quise tantoMariano MoresMiguel Monterotango
    No match yet
    1961
  4. Los Señores Del TangoPor qué la quise tantoLos Señores Del TangoMario PomartangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1962
  5. José BassoPor qué la quise tantoJosé BassoRoberto FloriotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1962
  6. Mariano MoresPor qué la quise tantoMariano MoresNito Morestango
    No match yet
    1977
  7. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1961
  8. Jorge DragoneNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma1963
  9. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  10. Argentino LedesmaNot in our catalogue
  11. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  12. Antonio De MayoNot in our catalogue

The versions dancers use

Music from 1962 · danced on film 2014–2023

20142023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 1, 2016: 3, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 2

Dmitry Vasin & Sagdiana HamzinaWorld Champions · Tango Escenario 2018Southern California Tango Championship · 2023 · 3:24

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJulian Sanchez & Bruna Estellita2019
  2. The 2020sDmitry Vasin & Sagdiana HamzinaSouthern California Tango Championship · 2023

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  1. Por qué la quise tantoMariano MoresMiguel Montero

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