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Song

Tortazos

Music by José Razzano, lyrics by Enrique Maroni. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1988.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1942

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel1944
  2. Lucio DemareJuan Carlos Miranda1942
  3. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa1942
  4. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter Gutiérrez1988
  5. Rafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaJorge Cardozo1945

Versions of Tortazos recorded 1942–1988

Tortazos is a milonga.

Tortazos was published in 1930.

Tortazos was composed by José Razzano.

The lyrics of Tortazos are by Enrique Maroni.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

3 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José Razzano
Words
Enrique Maroni
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1944 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1942 to 1988.
1940’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Tortazos by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedTortazosOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChanelmilongaOdeon
    3 dances
    1944
  2. Lucio DemareEarliest we holdTortazosLucio DemareJuan Carlos MirandamilongaOdeon
    No match yet
    1942
  3. Osvaldo FresedoTortazosOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpamilongaRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1942
  4. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoTortazosLos Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter GutiérrezmilongaMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1988
  5. Rafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaTortazosRafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaJorge Cardozomilonga
    No match yet
    1945
  6. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jun 171930
  7. Ángel F. CondercuriNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1965
  8. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  9. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero
All recordings of Tortazos

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

TortazosOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChanelmilongaOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Octavio Fernández & Samantha Dispari2009 · 2:37

Danced to it

Music from 1942–1988 · danced on film 2009–2010

20092010
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOctavio Fernández & Samantha Dispari2009
  2. The 2010sMat MaMoody2010

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. Octavio Fernández and Samantha Dispari

    2009 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1TortazosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    2. 2Que falta que me hacésMiguel Caló, 1963
    3. 3Café DomínguezÁngel D'Agostino, 1955
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1641

tango.info · T0370176376

MusicBrainz · 18ba1727-8425-41cf-9697-044665b3802dsource

Is a1

Is a Milonga

Published1

Published 1930

Composer1

Composed by José Razzano

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Maroni

Listen

  1. TortazosLucio DemareJuan Carlos MirandamilongaOdeon
  2. TortazosOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpamilongaRCA Victor
  3. TortazosOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChanelmilongaOdeon
  4. TortazosJorge Cardozomilonga
  5. TortazosLos Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter GutiérrezmilongaMusic Hall

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