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Sombras · Alfredo Gobbi · 1949

Music by Francisco Pracánico, lyrics by Verminio Servetto. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1949.
1924: 1 · danced 0 times1946: 1 · danced 0 times1949: 1 · danced 4 times
1924’30’401949
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1924: 1, 0; 1946: 1, 0; 1949: 1, 4

Sombras · Alfredo Gobbi · 1949 was sung by Jorge Maciel.† Sombras · Alfredo Gobbi · 1949: An ordinary lyric lifted by Maciel's remarkable phrasing and note-bending.†

Credit

Music
Francisco Pracánico
Lyrics
Verminio Servetto

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

1920’30’40

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

  1. Ricardo TanturiOsvaldo Ribo · RCA Victor · Aug 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1924
  3. Alfredo GobbiMost dancedJorge Maciel · Dec 21
    4 dances
    1949
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  5. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1924
  6. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1930
  7. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel · Dec 211949
  8. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1949 · danced on film 2015–2018

20152018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2018: 1

Diego Chandia & Nadia Ibañez2015 · 3:54

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Videos danced in

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Jorge MacielDec 21, 1949

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Audio feature15

Audio feature 117.5

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Audio feature 0.932

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Audio feature D

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Audio feature minor

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Audio feature 0.753

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Audio feature -23.1

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Audio feature 0.416

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Audio feature 0.162

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Audio feature 0.686

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Audio feature 0.008

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Audio feature 0.0

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Audio feature 0.306

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Audio feature 120.9

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Audio feature 60.4

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Audio feature step

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Notes1

An ordinary lyric lifted by Maciel's remarkable phrasing and note-bending.

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Single source

Listen

  1. SombrasFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924

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