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Cualquier cosa

Music by Herminia Velich, Juan Velich, lyrics by Juan Velich. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1965.
1928: 1 · danced 1 times1951: 1 · danced 20 times1952: 5 · danced 14 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times
1928’40’50’601965
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 1, 1; 1951: 1, 20; 1952: 5, 14; 1965: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1928 and 1952. 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.

Cualquier cosa was composed by Juan Velich.† The lyrics of Cualquier cosa are by Juan Velich.†

Credit

Music
Herminia Velich, Juan Velich
Lyrics
Juan Velich

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloRaúl Berón · TK
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán · Odeon · Jan 28
    1 dance
    1952
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCharlo · Odeon · Aug 23
    1 dance
    1928
  4. Francisco CanaroMario Alonso · Odeon · May 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  5. Domingo FedericoMost dancedEnzo Valentino · RCA Victor · Apr 10
    20 dances
    1951
  6. Domingo FedericoRubén Sánchez · Fuentes (Colombia)
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  7. Alfredo AttadiaEnzo Valentino · Apr 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  8. Ángel VargasRCA Victor · Jul 3
    13 dances
    1952
  9. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1928
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Sep 241928
  11. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueTeófilo Ibáñez · Sep 271928
  12. Guillermo Barbieri, José Ricardo, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Oct 201928
  13. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1929
  14. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogueCarlos Roldán1950
  15. Jaime VilaNot in our catalogueJorge Vidal · Aug 81951
  16. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Jul 31952
  17. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogueCarlos Roldán
  18. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini

Danced to it

Music from 1928–1965 · danced on film 2011–2024

20112024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 4, 2018: 4, 2022: 3, 2023: 2, 2024: 2

Pablo Inza & Sofia Saborido2017 · 3:44

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sPablo Inza & Sofia Saborido2017
  2. The 2020sGianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Lo de Celia Tango ClubSan Cristóbal
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370126490

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1434

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Juan Velich

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Juan Velich

Single source

Listen

  1. Cualquier cosaFrancisco Canaro · Charlo1928
  2. Cualquier cosaDomingo Federico · Enzo Valentino1951
  3. Cualquier cosaOsvaldo Pugliese · Alberto Morán1952
  4. Cualquier cosaAlfredo Attadia · Enzo Valentino · no clip yet1952
  5. Cualquier cosaFrancisco Canaro · Mario Alonso1952
  6. Cualquier cosaÁngel Vargas · Ángel Vargas1952
  7. Cualquier cosaAníbal Troilo · Raúl Berón1952
  8. Cualquier cosaDomingo Federico · Rubén Sánchez1965

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