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Al mundo le falta un tornillo

Music by José María Aguilar, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1959–1959.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Armando Pontier, 1959

  1. Alfredo De AngelisLalo Martel1959
  2. Armando PontierJulio Sosa1959

Versions of Al mundo le falta un tornillo recorded 1959

Al mundo le falta un tornillo was composed by José María Aguilar.

Al mundo le falta un tornillo is a tango.

Al mundo le falta un tornillo was published in 1933.

The lyrics of Al mundo le falta un tornillo are by Enrique Cadícamo.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José María Aguilar
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1959 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1959 to 1959.
1950
Recordings of Al mundo le falta un tornillo by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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  1. Alfredo De AngelisAl mundo le falta un tornilloAlfredo De AngelisLalo MarteltangoOdeon1959
  2. Armando PontierEarliest we holdAl mundo le falta un tornilloArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia1959
  3. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Feb 221933
  4. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  5. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
All recordings of Al mundo le falta un tornillo

One recording

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Alfredo De Angelis

Al mundo le falta un tornilloAlfredo De AngelisLalo MarteltangoOdeon
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Composer1

Composed by José María Aguilar

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/58

tango.info · T0370085941

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1933

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

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  1. Al mundo le falta un tornilloArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia
  2. Al mundo le falta un tornilloAlfredo De AngelisLalo MarteltangoOdeon

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