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Song

Puentecito de mi río

Music by Antonio Tormo, Manuel Canales. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1947.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1944

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel1944
  2. Florindo SassoneJorge Casal1947

Versions of Puentecito de mi río recorded 1944–1947

Puentecito de mi río was composed by Antonio Tormo and Diego Benitez.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Antonio Tormo, Manuel Canales
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1944 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1944 to 1947.
1940
Recordings of Puentecito de mi río by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedPuentecito de mi ríoOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChanelvalsOdeon
    2 dances
    1944
  2. Florindo SassonePuentecito de mi ríoFlorindo SassoneJorge CasalvalsRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1947
  3. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueClaudio Bergé · Jan 291971
All recordings of Puentecito de mi río

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

Puentecito de mi ríoOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChanelvalsOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Makiko Nishikawa2019 · 2:47

Danced to it

Music from 1944–1947 · danced on film 2018–2019

20182019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2018: 1, 2019: 1

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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 catalogues2

tango.info · T0370195859

TodoTango · tema/1603

Composer2

Composed by Antonio Tormo

Composed by Diego Benitez

Listen

  1. Puentecito de mi ríoOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChanelvalsOdeon
  2. Puentecito de mi ríoFlorindo SassoneJorge CasalvalsRCA Victor

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