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No me pregunten por qué · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953

Music by Carlos Di Sarli. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2020.
1935: 1 · danced 0 times1939: 1 · danced 0 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1953: 1 · danced 15 times1954: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1972: 1 · danced 1 times2020: 1 · danced 0 times
1935’50’60’70’80’90’00’102020
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1935: 1, 0; 1939: 1, 0; 1951: 1, 0; 1953: 1, 15; 1954: 1, 0; 1956: 1, 0; 1962: 1, 0; 1972: 1, 1; 2020: 1, 0

  1. Carlos Di Sarli recorded it in 1953, 1954 and 1956. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

No me pregunten por qué · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953 was sung by Mario Pomar.† No me pregunten por qué · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953 is a tango.† No me pregunten por qué · Carlos Di Sarli · 1953 lasts 03:30.†

Credit

Music
Carlos Di Sarli

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedMario Pomar · Music Hall · Mar 5
    15 dances
    1953
  2. Carlos Di SarliMario Pomar · RCA Victor · Jun 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  3. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán · RCA Victor · Apr 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseAlfredo Belusi · Philips · Apr 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  5. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba · Odeon · May 12
    1 dance
    1972
  6. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdRoberto Ray · RCA Victor · Dec 13
    Not danced on film yet
    1935
  7. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá · Odeon · Oct 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1939
  8. Orquesta Típica SilencioHernán Genovese · Jun 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2020
  9. Eduardo Del PianoHéctor de Rosas · Sep 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  10. Héctor María ArtolaNot in our catalogueOscar Alonso · Aug 181952
  11. Hugo MarcelNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

¡Muchachos!... Si cualquiera de estas noches me ven llegar al café, tambalenado medio 'colo' babeando y hablando solo, ¡no me pregunten por qué! Borracho... Con la melena revuelta, la corbata floja y suelta y con rencor al mirar, no me pregunten, muchachos, por qué he venido borracho y de mi tengan piedad. En la luz de unos ojos divinos se embriagaba mi alma y mi fe y en la copa de miel sus labios hasta ayer de pasión me embriagué. Hoy que vivo de nuevo en tinieblas añorando la luz de su amor necesito hundir mi existencia y es por eso que busco el alcohol. ¡Muchachos!... Si cualquiera de estas noches me ven llegar al café tambaleando medio 'colo' babeando y hablando solo ¡no me pregunten por qué! Borracho... Refugiado en el alivio del brebaje dulce y tibio que nos prodiga el licor. tal vez me olvide de aquella que hasta ayer fuera mi estrella y hoy me mata de dolor.

English · machine translation

Guys!... If any of these nights you see me arrive at the café, staggering half 'colo' drooling and talking to myself, don't ask me why! Drunk... With his hair disheveled, his tie loose and loose and with a grudge to look at, don't ask me, boys, why I've come here drunk and have pity on me. In the light of divine eyes my soul and my faith were intoxicated and in the cup of honey her lips until yesterday I was intoxicated with passion. Today that I live again in darkness longing for the light of her love I need to sink my existence and that's why I look for alcohol. Boys!... If any of these nights you see me arrive at the café staggering half 'colo drooling and talking to myself don't ask me why! Drunk... Sheltered in the relief of the sweet and warm brew that liquor lavishes on us. Maybe I'll forget the one who until yesterday was my star and today she kills me with pain.

Danced to it

Music from 1953 · danced on film 2014–2022

20142022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 4, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2022: 1

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20053:20

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sChristian Marquez & Virginia Gomez2014
  2. The 2020sDiego Blanco & Carolina Balmaseda2022

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 08427328140034-1-6

Single source

tango.info · 00709735790421-1-16

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tango.info · 02480002005186-1-3

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tango.info · 02480002334682-1-1

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tango.info · 07798113060273-1-6

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tango.info · 00043011001826-1-10

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Singers1

Sung by Mario Pomar

Single source

Is a1

Is a tango

Single source

Duration1

Duration 03:30

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Single source

Listen

  1. No me pregunten por quéOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray1935

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