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Sobre el pucho · Aníbal Troilo · 1968

Music by Sebastián Piana, lyrics by José González Castillo. 12 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1969.
1924: 1 · danced 0 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times1931: 1 · danced 0 times1941: 1 · danced 39 times1944: 1 · danced 1 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1961: 1 · danced 1 times1968: 2 · danced 0 times1969: 3 · danced 0 times
1924’30’40’50’601969
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1924: 1, 0; 1927: 1, 0; 1931: 1, 0; 1941: 1, 39; 1944: 1, 1; 1951: 1, 0; 1961: 1, 1; 1968: 2, 0; 1969: 3, 0

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo recorded it in 1944, 1961, 1968 and 1969. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Sobre el pucho · Aníbal Troilo · 1968 is a tango.† Sobre el pucho · Aníbal Troilo · 1968 lasts 02:51.†

Credit

Music
Sebastián Piana
Lyrics
José González Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedHéctor Mauré · RCA Victor · Sep 12
    39 dances
    1941
  2. Carlos Di SarliErnesto Famá · RCA Victor · Jun 3
    Not danced on film yet
    1931
  3. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  4. Osvaldo FresedoRCA Victor · Jun 15
    1 dance
    1944
  5. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Luna · Columbia · Jun 1
    1 dance
    1961
  6. Osvaldo FresedoOsvaldo Arana · Arte
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  7. Osvaldo FresedoOsvaldo Arana · Show Records
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  8. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1924
  9. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  10. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz · Odeon · Sep 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  11. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · Philips
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  12. Osvaldo Manzi Y El Octeto MarabúMicrofon
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  13. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1923
  14. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogue1925
  15. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueSep 21925
  16. Cuarteto Troilo-GrelaNot in our catalogue1953
  17. Lita MoralesNot in our catalogueMar 211956
  18. Carlos FigariNot in our catalogueTita Merello1964
  19. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogueAlberto Echagüe1983
  20. Tita MerelloNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Un callejón de Pompeya y un farolito plateando el fango y allí un malevo que fuma, y un organito moliendo un tango; y al son de aquella milonga, más que su vida mistonga, meditando, aquel malevo recordó la canción de su dolor. Yo soy aquel que, en Corrales, -los carnavales de mis amores- hizo brillar tus bellezas con las lindezas de sus primores; pero tu inconstancia loca me arrebató de tu boca, como pucho que se tira cuando ya ni sabor ni aroma da. Tango querido que ya pa'siempre pasó, como pucho consumió las delicias de mi vida que hoy cenizas sólo son. Tango querido que ya pa'siempre calló, ¿quién entonces me diría que vos te llevarías mi única ilusión?

English · machine translation

An alley in Pompeii and a streetlamp silvering the mud and there a malevo smoking and a little organ grinding a tango; and to the sound of that milonga, more than his mistonga life, meditating, that malevo remembered the song of his pain. I am he who, in Corrales, -the carnivals of my loves- made your beauties shine with the beauty of its primors; but your crazy inconstancy snatched me from your mouth, like a fag that is thrown away when it no longer neither taste nor scent. Dear tango that's gone forever, like a cigarette consumed the delights of my life that today are only ashes. Dear tango that has fallen silent forever, who then would tell me that you would take away my only illusion?

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 03561302533223-1-16

Single source

tango.info · 02480002330905-2-2

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tango.info · 00828766269529-1-9

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tango.info · 00743212353822-1-8

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tango.info · 00743217671129-1-22

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Is a1

Is a tango

Single source

Duration1

Duration 02:51

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Single source

Listen

  1. Sobre el puchoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924

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