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Cobardía

Music by Charlo, lyrics by Luis César Amadori. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1958.

Cobardía was composed by Charlo.† The lyrics of Cobardía are by Luis César Amadori.†

Credit

Music
Charlo
Lyrics
Luis César Amadori

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of

1930’40’50

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedAlberto Morán · Odeon · Oct 24
    14 dances
    1950
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdErnesto Famá · Odeon · Apr 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1933
  3. Francisco LomutoFernando Díaz · RCA Victor · Jul 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1933
  4. José BassoAlfredo Belusi · Odeon · May 28
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1933
  6. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Apr 41933
  7. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Aug 251933
  8. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueCharlo · May 291952
  9. CharloNot in our catalogue
  10. Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue
  11. Luis CardeiNot in our catalogue
  12. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueRodolfo Lesica
  13. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini

Danced to it

Music from 1933–1958 · danced on film 2011–2023

20112023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2014: 1, 2016: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 3

Jose Luis Salvo & Carla RossiWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20182019 · 3:23

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJose Luis Salvo & Carla Rossi2019
  2. The 2020sPablo Rodriguez & Anne Bertreau2021

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370006500

Single source

TodoTango · tema/465

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Charlo

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Luis César Amadori

Single source

Listen

  1. CobardíaFrancisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá · no clip yet1933
  2. CobardíaFrancisco Lomuto · Fernando Díaz1933
  3. CobardíaOsvaldo Pugliese · Alberto Morán1950
  4. CobardíaJosé Basso · Alfredo Belusi1958

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