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Bolero

Music by Santos Lipesker, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1947–1948.

Bolero was composed by Santos Lipesker.† The lyrics of Bolero are by Reinaldo Yiso.† Bolero: Pugliese's Bolero (1947) dramatises postwar Latin music's rising competition with tango: a suitor visits his girl's family and loses interest when she plays nothing but boleros at the piano, then writes demanding she learn five named tangos — and that their wedding dance be La Cumparsita, not a bolero.†

Credit

Music
Santos Lipesker
Lyrics
Reinaldo Yiso

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdRoberto Chanel · Odeon · Dec 161947
  2. Ricardo TanturiRoberto Videla · RCA Victor · Jan 261948
  3. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogueCarlos Barbé1955

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

19471948

1947: 1, 1948: 1

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370257707

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TodoTango · tema/1400

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Composer1

Composed by Santos Lipesker

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso

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Notes1

Pugliese's Bolero (1947) dramatises postwar Latin music's rising competition with tango: a suitor visits his girl's family and loses interest when she plays nothing but boleros at the piano, then writes demanding she learn five named tangos — and that their wedding dance be La Cumparsita, not a bolero.

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Listen

  1. BoleroOsvaldo Pugliese · Roberto Chanel1947
  2. BoleroRicardo Tanturi · Roberto Videla1948

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