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Song

Soy mendigo

Music by Edgardo Donato. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1939.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1939

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1939

Versions of Soy mendigo recorded 1939

Soy mendigo was composed by Osvaldo Donato.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Edgardo Donato
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Edgardo Donato’s 1939 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1939 to 1939.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedSoy mendigoEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
    5 dances
    1939
All recordings of Soy mendigo

One recording

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

Edgardo Donato

Soy mendigoEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 5 Performances

Claudio Coppola4:05

Danced to it

Music from 1939 · danced on film 2013–2022

20132022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGianpiero Galdi & Maria Filali2017
  2. The 2020sJaimes Friedgen & Rebecca Shulman2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Fulgor de Villa CrespoVilla Crespo
    1 performance

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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 catalogues1

tango.info · T0370027578

Composer1

Composed by Osvaldo Donato

Listen

  1. Soy mendigoEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor

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