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La huella

Music by Manuel Aníbal Villanueva, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1917–1959.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1917

  1. Ricardo Tanturi1941
  2. Rodolfo Biagi1946
  3. Francisco Canaro1917
  4. Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo1939
  5. Osmar Maderna1950
  6. Orquesta Simbolo Osmar Maderna1959

Versions of La huella recorded 1917–1959

La huella was composed by Manuel Aníbal Villanueva.† The lyrics of La huella are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

11 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Manuel Aníbal Villanueva
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
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 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1917 to 1959.
1910’20’30’40’50
Recordings of La huella by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

One recording

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

Rodolfo Biagi

La huellaRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1917–1959 · danced on film 2011–2023

20112023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2016: 1, 2023: 2

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.

3 of 3 complete sets on film

  1. Fatima Vitale and Javier Rodríguez

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Gallo ciegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1959
    2. 2La trillaCarlos Di Sarli, 1940
    3. 3La huellaRodolfo Biagi, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Javier Rodríguez and Vanina Bilous

    2023 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Nochero soyOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956
    2. 2La huellaRodolfo Biagi, 1946
    3. 3Mi tango tristeAníbal Troilo, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Jonny Carvajal and Mara Oviedo

    2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1PatéticoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1948
    2. 2La huellaRodolfo Biagi, 1946
    3. 3Una noche de garufaRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Y ahí es como que rompe una barrera; o sea, me forzó con una calidad tremenda, rompió una barrera, una huella que yo jamás me viera.

    Oscar de Elía · Oscar de Elia - La entrevista

    open at 7:09
  • Creo que es también así que dejan huella en cada uno que puede compartir con ellos.

    Cyntia Palacios · ONLINE 105 - Entrevista a CYNTHIA PALACIOS & SEBASTIÁN BOLÍVAR

    open at 30:57

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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