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Esta noche de luna · José Garcia · 1943

José GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
Music by José García, Graciano Gómez, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–2016.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: José Garcia, 1943

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1943
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel1955
  3. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1944
  4. Julio De CaroRoberto Medina1951
  5. José GarciaAlfredo Rojas1943
  6. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraMarisol Martínez2016

Pinned at 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · José Garcia recordings indexed 1942–1945

Esta noche de luna · José Garcia · 1943 was sung by Alfredo Rojas.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

597 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José García, Graciano Gómez
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1955 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1943 to 2016.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Esta noche de luna · José Garcia · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1955, with 51% of the 597 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedEsta noche de lunaOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoOdeon
    304 dances · 51%
    1955
  2. Carlos Di SarliEsta noche de lunaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    219 dances · 37%
    1943
  3. José GarciaEarliest we holdEsta noche de lunaJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
    44 dances · 7%
    1943
  4. Francisco CanaroEsta noche de lunaFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    13 dances · 2%
    1944
  5. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraEsta noche de lunaOrquesta Romantica MilongueraMarisol Martíneztango
    13 dances · 2%
    2016
  6. Julio De CaroEsta noche de lunaJulio De CaroRoberto Medinatango
    4 dances · <1%
    1951
  7. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · May 211944
  8. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda1950
  9. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel1962
  10. Carlos NoguésNot in our catalogue
  11. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  12. Alberto MarinoNot in our catalogue
  13. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueCarlos Nogués
  14. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda
  15. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque

One recording

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

José Garcia

Esta noche de lunaJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 39 Performances

Federico Naveira & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072010 · 3:34

Recorded the same day

What else José Garcia recorded on Aug 13, 1943.

  1. Anselmo Acuña el reseroJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2009–2024

20092024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 5, 2012: 5, 2014: 1, 2016: 2, 2018: 3, 2020: 1, 2024: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sIsmael Ludman & Maria Mondino2009
  2. The 2010sFederico Naveira & Ines Muzzopappa2010
  3. The 2020sRodrigo Fonti & Majo Martirena2024

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. Carolina Giannini and Octavio Fernández

    2012 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El chapuceroJuan D'Arienzo, 1961
    2. 2Esta noche de lunaJosé Garcia, 1943
    3. 3De floreoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1950
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Alfredo RojasAug 13, 1943

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Esta noche de lunaJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojas

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