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Yo soy el tango · Armando Pontier · 1968

Music by Domingo Federico, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1968.
1941: 2 · danced 130 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times
1941’50’601968
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 2, 130; 1968: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo’s 1941 version holds 96% of its dancing (126 of 130).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 3 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Yo soy el tango · Armando Pontier · 1968 was sung by Jorge Durán.† Yo soy el tango · Armando Pontier · 1968 is a tango.† Yo soy el tango · Armando Pontier · 1968 lasts 03:01.†

Credit

Music
Domingo Federico
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

1940’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Mar 4
    126 dances
    1941
  2. Miguel CalóAlberto Podestá · Odeon · Jun 12
    4 dances
    1941
  3. Armando PontierJorge Durán · Apr 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Jun 171941

Lyrics

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Soy el tango milongón nacido en los suburbios malevos y turbios. Hoy, que estoy en el salón, me saben amansado, dulzón y cansado. Pa' qué creer, pa' qué mentir que estoy cambiado, si soy el mismo de ayer. Escuchen mi compás ¿No ven que soy gotán? Me quiebro en mi canción como un puñal de acero pa' cantar una traición. Me gusta , soy reo pa' bailar, escuchen mi compás: Yo soy el viejo tango que nació en el arrabal. Hoy, que tengo que callar, que sufro el desengaño, la moda y los años. Voy, costumbre de gotán, mordiendo en mis adentros la rabia que siento. Pa' qué creer, pa' qué mentir que estoy muriendo, si yo jamás moriré.

English · machine translation

I am the tango milongón born in the suburbs and murky suburbs. Today, I am in the salon, they know me tame, sweet and tired. Why believe, why lie that I've changed, if I'm the same as yesterday. Listen to my beat Can't you see that I'm a gotán? I break in my song like a steel dagger to sing a betrayal. I like to chum, I'm a prisoner to dance, listen to my beat: I am the old tango that was born in the slum. Today, I have to keep quiet, that I suffer the disillusionment, fashion and the years. I go, the custom of gotán, biting inside me the rage I feel. Why believe, why lie that I'm dying if I will never die.

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings1

Recorded in April 29, 1968

Single source

In other catalogues1

tango.info · 00828767208022-1-20

Single source

Singers1

Sung by Jorge Durán

Single source

Is a1

Is a tango

Single source

Duration1

Duration 03:01

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Single source

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  1. Yo soy el tangoAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1941

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