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Gil a rayas

Music by Juan Carlos Guyot, Rafael Herraiz, lyrics by Rafael Herraiz. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1963.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 1 times1953: 1 · danced 0 times1963: 1 · danced 0 times
1927’30’40’50’601963
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 1; 1953: 1, 0; 1963: 1, 0

  1. Ángel D'Agostino recorded it in 1942, 1953 and 1963.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Gil a rayas was composed by Juan Carlos Guyot.† The lyrics of Gil a rayas are by Rafael Herraiz.†

Credit

Music
Juan Carlos Guyot, Rafael Herraiz
Lyrics
Rafael Herraiz

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1920’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 11
    1 dance
    1942
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  3. Ángel D'AgostinoInstrumental · RCA Victor · May 6
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  4. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 28
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  5. Enrique DelfinoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1922
  6. Ángel D'AgostinoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · May 61962

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1963 · danced on film 2009

Hiroshi Yamao & Kyoko YamaoWorld Champions · Tango de Salón 2009Mundial de Baile de Tango · 2009 · 3:56

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370436660

Single source

TodoTango · tema/727

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Juan Carlos Guyot

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Rafael Herraiz

Single source

Listen

  1. Gil a rayasFrancisco Lomuto1927
  2. Gil a rayasÁngel D'Agostino1942
  3. Gil a rayasÁngel D'Agostino1953
  4. Gil a rayasÁngel D'Agostino1963

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