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Pedacito de cielo

Music by Enrique Francini, Héctor Stamponi, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1972.
1942: 2 · danced 90 times1969: 1 · danced 1 times1972: 1 · danced 0 times
1942’50’60’701972
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1942: 2, 90; 1969: 1, 1; 1972: 1, 0

Pedacito de cielo was composed by Enrique Francini and Héctor Stamponi.† The lyrics of Pedacito de cielo are by Homero Expósito.†

Credit

Music
Enrique Francini, Héctor Stamponi
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 15 more we know of

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Sep 1
    13 dances
    1942
  2. Miguel CalóMost dancedAlberto Podestá · Odeon · Sep 2
    77 dances
    1942
  3. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · Philips
    1 dance
    1969
  4. Atilio StamponeRoberto Goyeneche · Oct 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1972
  5. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue1942
  6. Roberto GarzaNot in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Oct 81942
  7. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogue1969
  8. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogueInstrumental1969
  9. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogueInstrumental1973
  10. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue1991
  11. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  12. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
  13. Malena MuyalaNot in our catalogue
  14. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  15. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  16. María VolontéNot in our catalogue
  17. Trío CentralNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  18. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  19. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

Danced to it

Music from 1942–1972 · danced on film 2001–2026

20012026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2001: 1, 2008: 1, 2010: 5, 2011: 8, 2012: 11, 2013: 2, 2014: 5, 2015: 8, 2016: 8, 2017: 3, 2018: 5, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 8, 2023: 9, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 3

Suyay Quiroga & Jonny CarvajalWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20232023 · 3:04

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sAdriana Laplaca & Leonardo Santiago Barri2008
  2. The 2010sRoberto Zuccarino & Jesica Arfenoni2011
  3. The 2020sSuyay Quiroga & Jonny Carvajal2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  2. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  3. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  4. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  5. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  6. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370187317

Single source

TodoTango · tema/142

Single source

MusicBrainz · f703db93-2c50-4179-8855-70a3630e93d4source

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Enrique Francini

Single source

Composed by Héctor Stamponi

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Single source

Listen

  1. Pedacito de cieloAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1942
  2. Pedacito de cieloMiguel Caló · Alberto Podestá1942
  3. Pedacito de cieloHoracio Salgan · Edmundo Rivero · no clip yet1969
  4. Pedacito de cieloAtilio Stampone · Roberto Goyeneche · no clip yet1972

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