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Song

Dice un refrán

Music by Ángel D'Agostino, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Ángel D'Agostino, 1942

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1942

Versions of Dice un refrán recorded 1942

The lyrics of Dice un refrán are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

8 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Ángel D'Agostino
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ángel D'Agostino’s 1942 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1942 to 1942.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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  1. Ángel D'AgostinoEarliest we holdMost dancedDice un refránÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    8 dances
    1942
All recordings of Dice un refrán

One recording

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

Ángel D'Agostino

Dice un refránÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 9 Performances

Javier Rodríguez & Stella Missé2009 · 3:07

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2019: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJavier Rodríguez & Stella Missé2009
  2. The 2010sEl Chino Perico & Paola Tacchetti2019
  3. The 2020sGabriel Angio & Natalia Games2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    2 performances

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Gabriel Angio and Natalia Games

    2025 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El aeroplanoJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    2. 2Dice un refránÁngel D'Agostino, 1942
    3. 3Parque PatriciosFrancisco Lomuto, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370182265

TodoTango · tema/2203

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Listen

  1. Dice un refránÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor

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