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Song

Carro viejo

Music by Fernando Montoni, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1949.
1928: 3 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 0 times1949: 1 · danced 2 times
1928’30’401949
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 3, 0; 1942: 1, 0; 1949: 1, 2

Carro viejo was composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo.† The lyrics of Carro viejo are by Enrique Santos Discepolo and Alfredo Le Pera.†

Credit

Music
Fernando Montoni
Lyrics
Enrique Santos Discepolo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 28 more we know of

1920’30’40

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

  1. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno · Odeon · Apr 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  2. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedJulio Martel · Odeon · Dec 13
    2 dances
    1949
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdLuis Scalon · Odeon · Feb 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  4. Julio De Caro
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  5. Juan MaglioCarlos Viván · Feb 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  6. Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino1930
  7. Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino1931
  8. Alberto CastellanoNot in our catalogueTania1931
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Gómez · Apr 11931
  10. Orquesta Típica VictorNot in our catalogueErnesto Famá · Jun 91931
  11. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueTeófilo Ibáñez · Jul 71931
  12. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Sep 41931
  13. Roberto FirpoNot in our cataloguePríncipe Azul · Sep 171931
  14. Rodolfo BiagiNot in our catalogueJorge Ortiz · Sep 261941
  15. Héctor María ArtolaNot in our catalogueAlberto Marino · Aug 221950
  16. Cristóbal HerrerosNot in our catalogueRodolfo Diaz1953
  17. Cristóbal HerrerosNot in our catalogueRodolfo Diaz1954
  18. Vieri FidanziniNot in our catalogueLita Morales · Oct 61955
  19. Alfredo De AngelisNot in our catalogueCarlos Dante · Sep 181957
  20. Florindo SassoneNot in our catalogueMay 51970

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

tango.info · T0370006033

Single source

tango.info · T0370086386

Single source

TodoTango · tema/156

Single source

MusicBrainz · 46f3e22f-d916-4558-bb73-47c2ca4f228fsource

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Sources disagree

Lyricist2

Lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo

Single source

Lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera

Single source

Listen

  1. Carro viejoFrancisco Canaro · Luis Scalon · no clip yet1928
  2. Carro viejoJuan Maglio · Carlos Viván1928
  3. Carro viejoJulio De Caro · no clip yet1928
  4. Carro viejoEnrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno1942
  5. Carro viejoAlfredo De Angelis · Julio Martel1949

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