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El soldado

Music by Roberto Chanel, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1950–1950.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Florindo Sassone, 1950

  1. Florindo SassoneRoberto Chanel1950

Versions of El soldado recorded 1950

El soldado was composed by Roberto Chanel.† The lyrics of El soldado are by Reinaldo Yiso.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Roberto Chanel
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 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1950 to 1950.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Florindo SassoneEarliest we holdEl soldadoFlorindo SassoneRoberto ChaneltangoRCA Victor1950
All recordings of El soldado

One recording

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

Florindo Sassone

El soldadoFlorindo SassoneRoberto ChaneltangoRCA Victor

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

In their words

  • Cuando uno hace la pausa y se mantiene... porque mucha gente interpreta que la pausa es para clavarse, tipo soldado, juntar los tacos, y no, no, no, no, no.

    Carlos Pérez · Carlos y Rosa Perez entrevista

    open at 0:51
  • Que habla sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y este personaje, curiosamente, es un soldado que se comunica a través de palomas mensajeras.

    Hugo Mastrolorenzo · 4/7 Hugo Mastrolorenzo | Hacé lo tuyo! | Entrevista | REVISTANGO.com | Tango | MIlonga

    open at 3:11

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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 · T0370159899

TodoTango · tema/2557

Composer1

Composed by Roberto Chanel

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso

Listen

  1. El soldadoFlorindo SassoneRoberto ChaneltangoRCA Victor

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