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Sombra de humo · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1951

Osvaldo FresedoArmando GarridotangoColumbia
Music by Roberto Pansera. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1951.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1951

  1. Osvaldo FresedoArmando Garrido1951

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · 3 applied periods in gold

Sombra de humo · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1951 was sung by Armando Garrido.† Sombra de humo · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1951 is a tango.† Sombra de humo · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1951 lasts 03:25.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

54 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Roberto Pansera
Words
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1951 to 1951.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMost dancedSombra de humoOsvaldo FresedoArmando GarridotangoColumbia
    54 dances
    1951

One recording

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

Osvaldo Fresedo

Sombra de humoOsvaldo FresedoArmando GarridotangoColumbia

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 55 Performances

Mariano Chicho Frúmboli & Moira CastellanoBrussels Tango Festival · 2018 · 4:02

Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Fresedo recorded on Nov 21, 1951.

  1. TanguangoOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia

Danced to it

Music from 1951 · danced on film 2012–2026

20122026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 3, 2013: 1, 2015: 3, 2017: 2, 2018: 7, 2019: 5, 2022: 3, 2023: 7, 2024: 2, 2025: 6, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Moira CastellanoBrussels Tango Festival · 2018
  2. The 2020sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepulveda2022

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. Juana Sepulveda and Mariano Chicho Frúmboli

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Unión CívicaRodolfo Biagi, 1938
    2. 2Milonga de mis amoresPedro Laurenz, 1937
    3. 3Sombra de humoOsvaldo Fresedo, 1951
    4. 4La bicocaJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1El motivoAníbal Troilo, 1961 · danced together in 6 Performances
  2. 2El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 4 Performances
  3. 3A Evaristo CarriegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1985 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4TemoTípica Victor, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5El espianteJulio De Caro, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  6. 6Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8RawsonJuan D'Arienzo, 1936 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9ShushetaCarlos Di Sarli, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Ficha de oroAníbal Troilo, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances

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In other catalogues6

tango.info · 02480002043935-1-18

tango.info · 02480002028918-1-2

tango.info · 04024236201839-1-5

tango.info · 00724349537729-1-17

tango.info · 02480002031345-1-11

tango.info · 05099964049120-5-3

Singers1

Sung by Armando Garrido

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:25

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Sombra de humoOsvaldo FresedoArmando Garrido

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