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Desorientado · Miguel Caló · 1956

Miguel CalóCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
Music by Miguel Caló, lyrics by Elizardo Martínez Vilas. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1955–1986.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1955

  1. Miguel CalóCarlos Roldán1956
  2. Edgardo DonatoOscar Peralta1955
  3. José BassoJorge Durán · Eduardo Borda19621986

Pinned at 1956 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Miguel Caló recordings indexed 1933–1972 · 2 applied periods in gold

Desorientado · Miguel Caló · 1956 was sung by Carlos Roldán.†† Desorientado · Miguel Caló · 1956 is a tango.† Desorientado · Miguel Caló · 1956 lasts 03:15.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

7 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Miguel Caló
Words
Elizardo Martínez Vilas
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Miguel Caló’s 1956 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1955 to 1986.
1950’60’70’80
Recordings of Desorientado · Miguel Caló · 1956 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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

  1. Miguel CalóMost dancedDesorientadoMiguel CalóCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    6 dances
    1956
  2. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdDesorientadoEdgardo DonatoOscar PeraltatangoPampa
    1 dance
    1955

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

DesorientadoMiguel CalóCarlos RoldántangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Gianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino3:33

Danced to it

Music from 1956 · danced on film 2014–2023

20142023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2023: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFausto Carpino & Stephanie Fesneau2014
  2. The 2020sGianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino2023

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. Fausto Carpino and Stephanie Fesneau

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1SerenataFrancisco Lomuto, 1934
    2. 2Alma doloridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3DesorientadoMiguel Caló, 1956
    4. 4La cachilaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952
    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 puntazoJuan D'Arienzo, 1952 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2Pedacito de cieloMiguel Caló, 1942 · danced together in 3 Performances

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Carlos RoldánApr 6, 1956

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 02480002043508-1-18

tango.info · 04024236202270-1-5

tango.info · 00094638988427-1-17

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:15

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. DesorientadoEdgardo DonatoOscar Peralta

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