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Tristezas de la calle Corrientes

Music by Domingo Federico, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1952.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1942

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino1942
  2. Miguel CalóRaúl Berón1942
  3. Domingo FedericoCarlos Valdez · Julia de Alba1952

Versions of Tristezas de la calle Corrientes recorded 1942–1952

Tristezas de la calle Corrientes was composed by Domingo Federico.

Tristezas de la calle Corrientes is a tango.

Tristezas de la calle Corrientes was published in 1942.

The lyrics of Tristezas de la calle Corrientes are by Homero Expósito.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

58 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Domingo Federico
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Calle como valle de monedas para el pan... Río sin desvío donde sufre la ciudad... ¡Qué triste palidez tienen tus luces! ¡Tus letreros sueñan cruces! ¡Tus afiches carcajadas de cartón! Risa que precisa la confianza del alcohol. Llantos hechos cantos pa' vendernos un amor. Mercado de las tristes alegrías... ¡Cambalache de caricias donde cuelgan la ilusión! Triste. ¡Si por ser nuestra! Triste. ¡Si, porque sueñas! Tu alegría es tristeza y el dolor de la espera te atraviesa... ¡Y con pálida luz vivís llorando tus tristezas! Triste. ¡Si, por ser nuestra! Triste. ¡Si, por tu cruz! Vagos con halagos de bohemia mundanal. Pobres, sin más cobres que el anhelo de triunfar, ablandan el camino de la espera con la sangre toda llena de cortados, en la mesa de algún bar. Calle como valle de monedas para el pan... Río sin desvío donde sufre la ciudad... Los hombres te vendieron como a Cristo y el puñal del obelisco te desangra sin cesar.

English · machine translation

Street as a valley of coins for bread... River without detour where the city suffers... What a sad pallor your lights have! Your signs dream of crosses! Your posters cardboard laughter! Laughter that needs the confidence of alcohol. Cries made songs to sell us a love. Market of sad joys... A caresses' caches where they hang the illusion! Sad. Yes for being ours! Sad. Yes, because you dream! Your joy is sadness and the pain of waiting pierces you... And with pale light you live weeping for your sadness! Sad. Yes, for being ours! Sad. Yes, for your cross! Vague with flattery of worldly bohemia. Poor, with no other cash than the yearning to succeed, they soften the path of waiting with their blood all full on the table of some bar. Street like a valley of coins for bread... River without detour where the city suffers... Men sold you like Christ and the dagger of the obelisk bleeds you without ceasing.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1942 to 1952.
1940’50
Recordings of Tristezas de la calle Corrientes by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

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

The leader is Miguel Caló, 1942, with 88% of the 58 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

3 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedTristezas de la calle CorrientesMiguel CalóRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
    51 dances · 88%
    1942
  2. Domingo FedericoTristezas de la calle CorrientesDomingo FedericoCarlos Valdez, Julia de AlbatangoRCA Victor
    4 dances · 7%
    1952
  3. Aníbal TroiloTristezas de la calle CorrientesAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    3 dances · 5%
    1942
  4. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Jul 21976
  5. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  6. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  7. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque
  8. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueMiguel Montero
  9. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
All recordings of Tristezas de la calle Corrientes

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

Tristezas de la calle CorrientesMiguel CalóRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 55 Performances

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20052010 · 2:49

Danced to it

Music from 1942–1952 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 6, 2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 5, 2015: 2, 2016: 5, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 4, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 1, 2026: 4

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJunior Cervila & Maria Nieves2009
  2. The 2010sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2010
  3. The 2020sChristian Marquez & Morena Márquez2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    2 performances
  2. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  3. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

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.

3 of 5 complete sets on film

  1. Agustin Venturino and Natalia Agüero

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Pensalo bienJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    2. 2ArrabaleraQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1950
    3. 3Con tus besosEdgardo Donato, 1938
    4. 4Tristezas de la calle CorrientesMiguel Caló, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Natalia Almada and Pedro Ochoa

    2011 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Tristezas de la calle CorrientesMiguel Caló, 1942
    2. 2Parque PatriciosFrancisco Lomuto, 1941
    3. 3Dime mi amorJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Jesica Arfenoni and Maximiliano Cristiani

    Milonga La Baldosa, 2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mi vida en tus manosRodolfo Biagi, 1957
    2. 2No mientasJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    3. 3Tristezas de la calle CorrientesMiguel Caló, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

every sentence cites a published fact

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Domingo Federico

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/131

tango.info · T0370191040

MusicBrainz · 5f27e0d3-f5ab-49ff-b494-9dac6644d146source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1942

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Listen

  1. Tristezas de la calle CorrientesMiguel CalóRaúl BeróntangoOdeon
  2. Tristezas de la calle CorrientesAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
  3. Tristezas de la calle CorrientesDomingo FedericoCarlos Valdez, Julia de AlbatangoRCA Victor

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