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Melodía oriental

Music by Juan Carlos Howard, Roberto Zerrillo, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1940.

Melodía oriental was composed by Juan Carlos Howard and Roberto Zerrillo.† The lyrics of Melodía oriental are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Juan Carlos Howard, Roberto Zerrillo
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdFrancisco Amor · Odeon · May 161940
  2. Roberto ZerrilloNot in our catalogueJorge Cardozo · Jul 161940
  3. Enrique FranciniNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Apr 31957
  4. Héctor PachecoNot in our catalogue
  5. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueHéctor Pacheco
  6. José LibertellaNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  7. Roberto ZerrilloNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  8. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueHéctor Pacheco

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19401940

1940: 1

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370091067

Single source

TodoTango · tema/2271

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Juan Carlos Howard

Single source

Composed by Roberto Zerrillo

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Listen

  1. Melodía orientalFrancisco Canaro · Francisco Amor · no clip yet1940

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