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Madre de los cabellos de plata

Music by Alejo Montoro. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1958–1958.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Tanturi, 1958

  1. Miguel CalóRaúl Ledesma1958
  2. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Guzmán1958

Versions of Madre de los cabellos de plata recorded 1958

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alejo Montoro
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Miguel Caló’s 1958 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

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The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1958 to 1958.
1950
Recordings of Madre de los cabellos de plata 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 · 2 more we know of

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  1. Miguel CalóMadre de los cabellos de plataMiguel CalóRaúl LedesmatangoOdeon1958
  2. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdMadre de los cabellos de plataRicardo TanturiAlberto GuzmántangoRCA Victor1958
  3. Eduardo RoviraNot in our catalogue
  4. Jorge DragoneNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma
All recordings of Madre de los cabellos de plata

One recording

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Miguel Caló

Madre de los cabellos de plataMiguel CalóRaúl LedesmatangoOdeon
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The year it was written.

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In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0410178185

TodoTango · tema/5383

Listen

  1. Madre de los cabellos de plataRicardo TanturiAlberto GuzmántangoRCA Victor
  2. Madre de los cabellos de plataMiguel CalóRaúl LedesmatangoOdeon

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