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El relámpago

Music by Florindo Sassone. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1966.
1951: 1 · danced 0 times1964: 1 · danced 1 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times
1951’601966
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1951: 1, 0; 1964: 1, 1; 1966: 1, 0

  1. Florindo Sassone recorded it in 1951 and 1966.

    How we know

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

El relámpago was composed by Florindo Sassone.†

Credit

Music
Florindo Sassone

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1950’60

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Philips · Dec 1
    1 dance
    1964
  2. Florindo SassoneEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · May 30
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  3. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · Mar 24
    Not danced on film yet
    1966

Danced to it

Music from 1951–1966 · danced on film 2019

Paula Franciotti & Orlando Scarpelli2019 · 3:04

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370173184

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1470

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Florindo Sassone

Single source

Listen

  1. El relámpagoFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1951
  2. El relámpagoOsvaldo Pugliese1964
  3. El relámpagoFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1966

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