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Cuesta abajo · Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro · 2001

Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Labordetango
Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. 11 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–2011.

Who recorded it

Every version11

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1934

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo1963
  2. Francisco CanaroCarlos Galan · Argentino Ledesma19341969
  3. José BassoRodolfo Galé1953
  4. Héctor VarelaFernando Soler1975
  5. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Laborde20012004
  6. Hugo Diaz1975

Pinned at 2001 · Electronic and festival era 2000– · Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro recordings indexed 2001–2017

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

6 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Gardel
Words
Alfredo Le Pera
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Hugo Diaz’s 1975 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 11 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1934 to 2011.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Cuesta abajo · Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro · 2001 by year, taller the more they are danced · 11 of 11 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

11 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

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  1. Osvaldo FresedoCuesta abajoOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1963
  3. José BassoCuesta abajoJosé BassoRodolfo GalétangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1953
  4. Héctor VarelaCuesta abajoHéctor VarelaFernando Solertango
    1 dance
    1975
  6. Hugo DiazMost dancedCuesta abajoHugo Diaztango
    5 dances
    1975
  8. Trío Los ModernosCuesta abajoTrío Los ModernosRoberto GoyenechetangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1961
  9. Terig TucciNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jul 301934
  10. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueMar 261968
  11. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogue-unspecified male- · Mar 261968
  12. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue1971
  13. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  14. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogue
  15. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueHéctor De Rosas
  16. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang
  17. Raúl LaviéNot in our catalogue
  18. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

One recording

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

Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro

Cuesta abajoOrquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Labordetango

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  1. Cuesta abajoFrancisco CanaroCarlos Galan

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