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Balada para un loco · Astor Piazzolla · 1969

Astor PiazzollaRoberto Goyenechetango
Music by Astor Piazzolla. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1969–1998.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Astor Piazzolla, 1969

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese1970
  2. Astor PiazzollaRoberto Goyeneche · José Ángel Trelles196919761982
  3. Orquesta Forever TangoCarlos Morel1998

Pinned at 1969 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Astor Piazzolla recordings indexed 1945–1989

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

110 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Astor Piazzolla
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Astor Piazzolla’s 1969 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1969 to 1998.
1960’70’80’90
Recordings of Balada para un loco · Astor Piazzolla · 1969 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

The leader is Astor Piazzolla, with 65% of the 110 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  2. Osvaldo PuglieseBalada para un locoOsvaldo PugliesetangoPhilips
    37 dances · 34%
    1970
  3. Orquesta Forever TangoBalada para un locoOrquesta Forever TangoCarlos Moreltango
    1 dance · <1%
    1998

One recording

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

Astor Piazzolla

Balada para un locoAstor PiazzollaRoberto Goyenechetango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 54 Performances

Hugo Mastrolorenzo & Agustina VignauWorld Champions · Tango Escenario 2016Mundial de Baile de Tango · 2016 · 5:22

Recorded the same day

What else Astor Piazzolla recorded on Dec 4, 1969.

  1. Chiquilín de BachínAstor PiazzollaRoberto Goyenechevals

Danced to it

Music from 1969 · danced on film 2008–2024

20082024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2011: 4, 2012: 3, 2015: 2, 2016: 8, 2017: 5, 2018: 2, 2019: 3, 2021: 5, 2022: 1, 2024: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sHoracio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia Berra2008
  2. The 2010sHugo Mastrolorenzo & Agustina VignauMundial de Baile de Tango · 2016
  3. The 2020sHugo Mastrolorenzo & Agustina Vignau2021

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.

1 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Gaston Torelli and Moira Castellano

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

    1. 1LocaJuan D'Arienzo, 1942
    2. 2Balada para un locoAstor Piazzolla, 1969
    3. 3MensajeAníbal Troilo, 1965
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1FuimosRoberto Goyeneche, 1968 · danced together in 3 Performances

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What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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  1. Balada para un locoAstor PiazzollaRoberto Goyeneche

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