Song
El refrán
Who recorded it
Every version3Earliest we hold: Alberto Mancione, 1951
Versions of El refrán recorded 1951
El refrán: El Refran, the tango Pugliese made famous, was composed by Roberto Pepe, who joined Pugliese's orchestra in 1952; before that he wrote it for another orchestra, revealed to be Lucho Demare's.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
3 orchestras recorded it
1 Dance filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Roberto Peppe
- Words
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- Written
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- First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
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3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance
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In their words
El Refran, the tango Pugliese made famous, was composed by Roberto Pepe, who joined Pugliese's orchestra in 1952; before that he wrote it for another orchestra, revealed to be Lucho Demare's.
What was said, in our words
Michael Lavocah · TBY Lost Afterparty IV - 1951
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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
The year it was written.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
In other catalogues2
tango.info · T0370158498
TodoTango · tema/1469
Notes1
El Refran, the tango Pugliese made famous, was composed by Roberto Pepe, who joined Pugliese's orchestra in 1952; before that he wrote it for another orchestra, revealed to be Lucho Demare's.
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