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La porteñita

Music by Leo Lipesker, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1959–1959.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: José Libertella, 1959

  1. Fulvio SalamancaArmando Guerrico1959
  2. José LibertellaÁngel Vargas1959

Versions of La porteñita recorded 1959

La porteñita was composed by Leo Lipesker.† The lyrics of La porteñita are by Reinaldo Yiso.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Leo Lipesker
Words
Reinaldo Yiso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1959 to 1959.
1950
Recordings of La porteñita by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

  1. Fulvio SalamancaLa porteñitaFulvio SalamancaArmando Guerricomilonga1959
  2. José LibertellaEarliest we holdLa porteñitaJosé LibertellaÁngel VargasmilongaRCA Victor1959
  3. Leo LipeskerNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Jun 191959
All recordings of La porteñita

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Fulvio Salamanca

La porteñitaFulvio SalamancaArmando Guerricomilonga

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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 · T0370445398

TodoTango · tema/2927

Composer1

Composed by Leo Lipesker

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso

Listen

  1. La porteñitaJosé LibertellaÁngel VargasmilongaRCA Victor
  2. La porteñitaFulvio SalamancaArmando Guerricomilonga

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