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Song

Dejame ser así

Music by Enrique Rodríguez, lyrics by Francisco Gorrindo. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1938.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Enrique Rodríguez, 1938

  1. Enrique RodríguezRoberto Flores1938

Versions of Dejame ser así recorded 1938

Dejame ser así was composed by Enrique Rodríguez.†† The lyrics of Dejame ser así are by Francisco Gorrindo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

31 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Rodríguez
Words
Francisco Gorrindo
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, 1938 to 1938.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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  1. Enrique RodríguezEarliest we holdMost dancedDejame ser asíEnrique RodríguezRoberto FlorestangoOdeon
    31 dances
    1938
All recordings of Dejame ser así

One recording

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

Enrique Rodríguez

Dejame ser asíEnrique RodríguezRoberto FlorestangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 31 Performances

Jose Fernandez & Martina WaldmanWorld Champion · Tango Escenario 20082014 · 2:27

Danced to it

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2009–2024

20092024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 2, 2010: 4, 2011: 3, 2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 4, 2016: 1, 2019: 2, 2023: 1, 2024: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFernando Sanchez & Ariadna Naveira2009
  2. The 2010sJose Fernandez & Martina Waldman2014
  3. The 2020sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  3. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Eugenia Eberhardt and Sebastian Posadas

    White Tango Festival, 2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El puntazoJuan D'Arienzo, 1952
    2. 2Tristeza marinaCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    3. 3El abrojitoNuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán), 1987
    4. 4Dejame ser asíEnrique Rodríguez, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Maja Petrović and Marko Miljevic

    2011 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Se dice de miQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1954
    2. 2IsabelitaEnrique Rodríguez, 1940
    3. 3Dejame ser asíEnrique Rodríguez, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Rodríguez

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370009703

MusicBrainz · a2f43f74-aeb1-40d6-b0b9-be32186e4947source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Francisco Gorrindo

Listen

  1. Dejame ser asíEnrique RodríguezRoberto FlorestangoOdeon

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