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Qué importa · Francisco Canaro · 1939

Francisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
Music by Ricardo Tanturi, lyrics by Juan Carlos Thorry. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1939.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1939

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe1939
  2. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1939

Recorded 1939 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · Period in gold: Later years, 1939–1964

Qué importa · Francisco Canaro · 1939 was sung by Ernesto Famá.† Qué importa · Francisco Canaro · 1939 is a tango.† Qué importa · Francisco Canaro · 1939 lasts 02:24.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

138 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Ricardo Tanturi
Words
Juan Carlos Thorry
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Poco tiempo atrás era tu querer la luz que alumbraba mi existencia y para los dos, fue tan sólo ayer, mo existía la palabra ausencia. El nuestro era el amor de los veinte años, amor de Margarita y de Duval. Pero, lo de siempre, un desengaño al final nos tuvo que apartar. ¡Qué importa que me digan que has cambiado y un brillante has colocado en el sitio del corazón! ¡Qué importa si te fuiste de mi lado, sólo yo sé porque fue tu cariño lo pagué con maldad y con traición.

English · machine translation

A short time ago it was your love the light that illuminated my existence and for both of us, it was only yesterday, there was no such word as absence. Ours was the love of twenty years, love of Marguerite and Duval. But, as always, a disillusionment in the end had to separate us. What does it matter that they tell me that you have changed and a shining you have placed in the place of the heart! What does it matter if you left my side, only I know why it was your affection I paid for it with wickedness and betrayal.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1939 to 1939.
1930
Recordings of Qué importa · Francisco Canaro · 1939 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1939, with 99% of the 138 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

15 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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 dancedQué importaJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
    137 dances · 99%
    1939
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdQué importaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    1 dance · <1%
    1939

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Qué importaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Mar 28, 1939.

  1. TormentaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
  2. Noche de estrellasFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamávalsOdeon
  3. Tra la laFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamávalsOdeon
  4. VanidadFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1939 · danced on film 2010

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. Elena Chuvilina and Yury Alexeev

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Qué importaFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    2. 2Don JuanCarlos Di Sarli, 1941
    3. 3Sin rumbo fijoTípica Victor, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

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In other catalogues5

tango.info · 02480002102885-1-2

tango.info · 02480002102540-1-1

tango.info · 02480002007722-1-5

tango.info · 02480002153092-1-5

tango.info · 02480002040941-1-5

Singers1

Sung by Ernesto Famá

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:24

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Qué importaFrancisco CanaroErnesto Famá

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