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Besos brujos

Music by Alfredo Malerba, Rodolfo Sciammarella, lyrics by Rodolfo Sciammarella. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2018.
1937: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 1 · danced 4 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times2018: 1 · danced 4 times
1937’50’60’70’80’90’00’102018
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1937: 1, 0; 1956: 1, 4; 1967: 1, 0; 2018: 1, 4

Besos brujos was composed by Alfredo Malerba.† The lyrics of Besos brujos are by Rodolfo Sciammarella.†

Credit

Music
Alfredo Malerba, Rodolfo Sciammarella
Lyrics
Rodolfo Sciammarella

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Ricardo TanturiMost dancedElsa Rivas · RCA Victor · Oct 22
    4 dances
    1956
  2. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdRoberto Ray · RCA Victor · Jul 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1937
  3. José BassoCarlos Rossi · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  4. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraHache De Huilen · Oct 1
    4 dances
    2018
  5. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · May 281937
  6. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueElsa Rivas · Jun 21960
  7. QuinTangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1998
  8. Ana MedranoNot in our catalogue
  9. Tita MerelloNot in our catalogue
  10. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  11. Juan José PazNot in our catalogueElsa Rivas
  12. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  13. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque

Danced to it

Music from 1937–2018 · danced on film 2012–2022

20122022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 2, 2018: 1, 2020: 2, 2022: 1

Fabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20062012 · 3:25

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina Bermúdez2012
  2. The 2020sJavier Antar & Patricie Porakova2020

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370004048

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1796

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Alfredo Malerba

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Rodolfo Sciammarella

Single source

Listen

  1. Besos brujosOsvaldo Fresedo · Roberto Ray1937
  2. Besos brujosRicardo Tanturi · Elsa Rivas1956
  3. Besos brujosJosé Basso · Carlos Rossi · no clip yet1967
  4. Besos brujosOrquesta Romantica Milonguera · Hache De Huilen2018

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