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Cómo se pianta la vida · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · 2017

Orquesta Típica Pichuco · tango · 2017
Music by Carlos Viván, lyrics by Carlos Viván. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–2017.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Enrique Rodríguez, 1940

  1. Aníbal TroiloRoberto Goyeneche1963
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba1981
  3. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1942
  4. Edgardo DonatoCarlos Almada1950
  5. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno1940
  6. Orquesta Típica Pichuco2017

Recorded in 2017, during the Electronic and festival era (2000–).

2017

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Orquesta Típica Pichuco · no periods written yet

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Key facts
Year
2017
Orchestra
Orquesta Típica Pichuco
Contents1The song2Who wrote it3Lyrics4Every version5One recording

The song

ORQUESTA TÍPICA PICHUCOOrquesta Típica PichucoCÓMO SE PIANTA LA VIDATango2017

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

13 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Viván
Words
Carlos Viván
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ricardo Tanturi’s 1942 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1940 to 2017.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Cómo se pianta la vida · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · 2017 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 8, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 6 orchestras; the earliest here is Enrique Rodríguez in 1940.

  1. 1940Enrique RodríguezRecording
  2. 1942Ricardo TanturiRecording
  3. 1950Edgardo DonatoRecording
  4. 1963Aníbal TroiloRecording
  5. 1981Osvaldo PuglieseRecording
  6. 2017Orquesta Típica PichucoRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 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. Aníbal TroiloCómo se pianta la vida · Aníbal Troilo · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · Apr 30, 1963 · RCA Victor
    3 dances
    1963
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseCómo se pianta la vida · Osvaldo Pugliese · Abel Córdoba · tango · Jul 8, 1981 · Odeon
    No match yet
    1981
  3. Ricardo TanturiMost dancedCómo se pianta la vida · Ricardo Tanturi · Alberto Castillo · tango · Sep 15, 1942 · RCA Victor
    9 dances
    1942
  4. Edgardo DonatoCómo se pianta la vida · Edgardo Donato · Carlos Almada · tango · Dec 26, 1950 · Pampa
    1 dance
    1950
  5. Enrique RodríguezEarliest we holdCómo se pianta la vida · Enrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno · tango · Aug 20, 1940 · Odeon
    No match yet
    1940
  6. Orquesta Típica PichucoCómo se pianta la vida · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · tango · 2017
    No match yet
    2017
  7. Azucena MaizaniNot in our catalogue1930
  8. Roberto MaidaNot in our catalogue1930
  9. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogue1930
  10. Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueCarlos Viván1930
  11. Alberto CastellanoNot in our catalogueTania1930
  12. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAlberto Vila1930
  13. Luis PetrucelliNot in our catalogueRoberto Díaz · Mar 271930
  14. A. J. PesentiNot in our catalogue1932
  15. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogue
  16. José LibertellaNot in our catalogueMiguel Montero

One recording

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

ORQUESTA TÍPICA PICHUCOOrquesta Típica PichucoCÓMO SE PIANTA LA VIDATango2017

Orquesta Típica Pichuco

Cómo se pianta la vida · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · tango · 2017

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  1. Cómo se pianta la vida · Enrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno · 1940

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