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La cabeza del italiano

Music by Antonio Scatasso, lyrics by Francisco Bastardi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1927.
1924: 1 · danced 0 times1927: 1 · danced 0 times
19241927
records made· our catalogue

1924: 1, 0; 1927: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1924 and 1927.

    How we know

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

La cabeza del italiano is a tango.† La cabeza del italiano was published in 1923.† La cabeza del italiano was composed by Antonio Scatasso.†† The lyrics of La cabeza del italiano are by Francisco Bastardi.††

Credit

Music
Antonio Scatasso
Lyrics
Francisco Bastardi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1920

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon1924
  2. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Nov 231927
  3. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  4. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza1954
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/1695

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tango.info · T0370115039

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1923

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Composer1

Composed by Antonio Scatasso

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Francisco Bastardi

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Listen

  1. La cabeza del italianoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1924
  2. La cabeza del italianoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1927

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