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Al mundo le falta un tornillo · Armando Pontier · 1959

Armando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia
Music by José María Aguilar, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1959–1959.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Armando Pontier, 1959

  1. Alfredo De AngelisLalo Martel1959
  2. Armando PontierJulio Sosa1959

Pinned at 1959 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Armando Pontier recordings indexed 1955–1979

Al mundo le falta un tornillo · Armando Pontier · 1959 was sung by Julio Sosa.†† Al mundo le falta un tornillo · Armando Pontier · 1959 is a tango.† Al mundo le falta un tornillo · Armando Pontier · 1959 lasts 02:53.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José María Aguilar
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1959 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1959 to 1959.
1950
Recordings of Al mundo le falta un tornillo · Armando Pontier · 1959 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

  1. Alfredo De AngelisAl mundo le falta un tornilloAlfredo De AngelisLalo MarteltangoOdeon1959
  2. Armando PontierEarliest we holdAl mundo le falta un tornilloArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia1959
  3. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Feb 221933
  4. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  5. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

One recording

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

Armando Pontier

Al mundo le falta un tornilloArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Armando Pontier recorded on Jun 26, 1959.

  1. MargoArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Julio SosaJun 26, 1959

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 04024236201808-1-2

tango.info · 02480002030744-1-12

tango.info · 05099749393028-1-14

tango.info · 09789507826610-1-9

tango.info · 02480002041832-1-13

tango.info · 00828768362723-1-15

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:53

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Al mundo le falta un tornilloArmando PontierJulio Sosa

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