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A la mujer argentina

Music by Alejandro Romay, lyrics by Roberto Giménez. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1956.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: José Basso, 1956

  1. José BassoFloreal Ruiz1956

Versions of A la mujer argentina recorded 1956

The lyrics of A la mujer argentina are by Roberto Giménez.†

The song

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1 orchestra recorded it

1 Dance filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alejandro Romay
Words
Roberto Giménez
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on José Basso’s 1956 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

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The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1956 to 1956.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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  1. José BassoEarliest we holdMost dancedA la mujer argentinaJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1956
  2. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogueLuis Mendoza1955
All recordings of A la mujer argentina

One recording

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José Basso

A la mujer argentinaJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon
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In their words

  • La mujer argentina elige con quién va a bailar, con el cabeceo.

    Nito García · Entrevista con Nito y Elba García, bailarines de tango argentino

    open at 25:03
  • acompañara a una entrevista con la presidenta Cristina Kirchner— y yo fui, y Cristina Kirchner me llevó al Salón de la Mujer, que está lleno de retratos de mujeres argentinas

    Horacio Ferrer · HORACIO FERRER Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 4:21

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370402008

TodoTango · tema/3633

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Roberto Giménez

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  1. A la mujer argentinaJosé BassoFloreal RuiztangoOdeon

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