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Lágrimas y sonrisas

Music by Pascual de Gullo. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1932–1980.
1932: 1 · danced 3 times1936: 1 · danced 28 times1941: 1 · danced 84 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1954: 1 · danced 1 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times1974: 1 · danced 0 times1980: 1 · danced 0 times
1932’40’50’60’701980
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1932: 1, 3; 1936: 1, 28; 1941: 1, 84; 1951: 1, 0; 1954: 1, 1; 1970: 1, 0; 1974: 1, 0; 1980: 1, 0

  1. Rodolfo Biagi’s 1941 version holds 72% of its dancing (84 of 116).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 8 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Donato Racciatti recorded it in 1951 and 1980.

    How we know

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

Lágrimas y sonrisas was composed by Pascual De Gullo.†

Credit

Music
Pascual de Gullo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 29
    28 dances
    1936
  2. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Mar 26
    84 dances
    1941
  3. Alfredo De AngelisInstrumental · Odeon · Apr 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1974
  4. Alfredo GobbiDec 14
    1 dance
    1954
  5. Donato RacciattiMay 3
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  6. Donato Racciatti
    Not danced on film yet
    1980
  7. Trío Ciriaco OrtizEarliest we holdInstrumental · Dec 5
    3 dances
    1932
  8. Trío YumbaCBS Harmony
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  9. Genaro EspósitoNot in our catalogue1914
  10. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueOct 201934
  11. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1950
  12. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1950
  13. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogue1952
  14. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueDec 141954
  15. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1972
  16. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogue1975
  17. Quinteto ÁngelNot in our catalogueJul 122012
  18. Genaro EspósitoNot in our catalogue
  19. Eduardo ArolasNot in our catalogue
  20. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1932–1980 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 2, 2009: 2, 2011: 5, 2012: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 6, 2015: 8, 2016: 6, 2017: 14, 2018: 7, 2019: 4, 2020: 1, 2022: 4, 2023: 5, 2024: 5, 2025: 1, 2026: 5

Sebastian Jimenez & Ani MeskhiWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20102026 · 1:00

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sMaria Filali & Mazen KiwanBeirut International Tango Festival · 2009
  2. The 2010sAxel Arakaki & Agostina Tarchini2017
  3. The 2020sSebastian Jimenez & Ani Meskhi2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  2. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370183995

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3877

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Pascual De Gullo

Single source

Listen

  1. Lágrimas y sonrisasTrío Ciriaco Ortiz1932
  2. Lágrimas y sonrisasJuan D'Arienzo1936
  3. Lágrimas y sonrisasRodolfo Biagi1941
  4. Lágrimas y sonrisasDonato Racciatti1951
  5. Lágrimas y sonrisasAlfredo Gobbi1954
  6. Lágrimas y sonrisasTrío Yumba · no clip yet1970
  7. Lágrimas y sonrisasAlfredo De Angelis · no clip yet1974
  8. Lágrimas y sonrisasDonato Racciatti1980

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