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La cabeza del italiano · Francisco Canaro · 1924

Music by Antonio Scatasso, lyrics by Francisco Bastardi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1927.
1924: 1 · danced 0 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times
19241927
records made· our catalogue

1924: 1, 0; 1927: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1924 and 1927.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Antonio Scatasso
Lyrics
Francisco Bastardi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1920

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon1924
  2. Francisco CanaroOdeon · Nov 231927
  3. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  4. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza1954

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The day it was recorded.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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  1. La cabeza del italianoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924

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