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Cómo se pianta la vida

Music by Carlos Viván, lyrics by Carlos Viván. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1981.
1940: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 6 times1950: 1 · danced 1 times1963: 1 · danced 1 times1981: 1 · danced 0 times
1940’50’60’701981
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1940: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 6; 1950: 1, 1; 1963: 1, 1; 1981: 1, 0

Cómo se pianta la vida was composed by Carlos Viván.

Cómo se pianta la vida is a tango.

Cómo se pianta la vida was published in 1929.

The lyrics of Cómo se pianta la vida are by Carlos Viván.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Carlos Viván
Lyrics
Carlos Viván

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · Apr 30
    1 dance
    1963
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba · Odeon · Jul 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1981
  3. Ricardo TanturiMost dancedAlberto Castillo · RCA Victor · Sep 15
    6 dances
    1942
  4. Edgardo DonatoCarlos Almada · Pampa · Dec 26
    1 dance
    1950
  5. Enrique Rodríguez con su Orquesta De Todos Los RitmosEarliest we holdArmando Moreno · Odeon · Aug 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1940
  6. Azucena MaizaniNot in our catalogue1930
  7. Roberto MaidaNot in our catalogue1930
  8. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogueInstrumental1930
  9. Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueCarlos Viván1930
  10. Alberto CastellanoNot in our catalogueTania1930
  11. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAlberto Vila1930
  12. Luis PetrucelliNot in our catalogueRoberto Díaz · Mar 271930
  13. A. J. PesentiNot in our catalogueInstrumental1932
  14. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogue
  15. José LibertellaNot in our catalogueMiguel Montero

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1981 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2012: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Gabriel Angio & Natalia Games2012 · 3:10

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGabriel Angio & Natalia Games2012
  2. The 2020sRuben Veliz & Sabrina Veliz2024
Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Viván

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1422

Single source

tango.info · T0370086499

Single source

MusicBrainz · 927163cf-0e0c-4e1b-b4ba-f25397abf171source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Published1

Published 1929

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Carlos Viván

Single source

Listen

  1. Cómo se pianta la vidaArmando Moreno · no clip yet1940
  2. Cómo se pianta la vidaRicardo Tanturi · Alberto Castillo1942
  3. Cómo se pianta la vidaEdgardo Donato · Carlos Almada1950
  4. Cómo se pianta la vidaAníbal Troilo · Roberto Goyeneche1963
  5. Cómo se pianta la vidaOsvaldo Pugliese · Abel Córdoba · no clip yet1981

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