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Caído del cielo

Music by Pedro Polito, Antonio Polito, lyrics by Pedro Polito. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1955.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1927

  1. Alfredo De Angelis1955
  2. Francisco Canaro1927
  3. Francisco Lomuto1927
  4. Roberto Firpo1927
  5. Alfredo Attadia1951

Versions of Caído del cielo recorded 1927–1955

Caído del cielo was composed by Antonio Polito.† The lyrics of Caído del cielo are by Pedro Polito.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Pedro Polito, Antonio Polito
Words
Pedro Polito
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1927 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1927 to 1955.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Caído del cielo by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

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

  1. Alfredo De AngelisCaído del cieloAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentaltangoOdeon1955
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCaído del cieloFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon1927
  3. Francisco LomutoCaído del cieloFrancisco LomutoinstrumentaltangoOdeon1927
  4. Roberto FirpoCaído del cieloRoberto FirpotangoOdeon1927
  5. Alfredo AttadiaCaído del cieloAlfredo Attadiainstrumentaltango1951
  6. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueOct 151927
  7. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1928
  8. Salvador PizarroNot in our catalogue1929
  9. Eduardo BiancoNot in our catalogue1930
  10. Salvador PizarroNot in our catalogue1938
  11. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini
All recordings of Caído del cielo

One recording

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Francisco Canaro

Caído del cieloFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370004899

TodoTango · tema/4936

MusicBrainz · d78b150b-0ba2-4953-a871-c77ee392bf1esource

Composer1

Composed by Antonio Polito

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Pedro Polito

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  1. Caído del cieloFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. Caído del cieloRoberto FirpotangoOdeon
  3. Caído del cieloFrancisco LomutoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  4. Caído del cieloAlfredo Attadiainstrumentaltango
  5. Caído del cieloAlfredo De AngelisinstrumentaltangoOdeon

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