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Cuando un viejo se enamora · Carlos Di Sarli · 1942

Carlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
Music by Rodolfo Sciammarella, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1942

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1942
  2. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1942

Pinned at 1942 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · gold: Melodic, 1942–1949

Cuando un viejo se enamora · Carlos Di Sarli · 1942 was sung by Roberto Rufino.† Cuando un viejo se enamora · Carlos Di Sarli · 1942 is a milonga.† Cuando un viejo se enamora · Carlos Di Sarli · 1942 lasts 02:09.† Cuando un viejo se enamora · Carlos Di Sarli · 1942: A funny milonga about an old man in love who wears a corset at night and does not smile for fear his false teeth fall out.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

39 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Rodolfo Sciammarella
Words
Manuel Romero
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Carlos Di Sarli’s 1942 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, 1942 to 1942.
1940
Recordings of Cuando un viejo se enamora · Carlos Di Sarli · 1942 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

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

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, 1942, with 69% of the 39 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.

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedCuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor
    27 dances · 69%
    1942
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCuando un viejo se enamoraFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldánmilongaOdeon
    12 dances · 31%
    1942

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Cuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinomilongaRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 28 Performances

Diego Amorín & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072017 · 2:06

Recorded the same day

What else Carlos Di Sarli recorded on Jul 29, 1942.

  1. Necesito olvidarCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2009–2022

20092022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 3, 2015: 3, 2016: 5, 2017: 2, 2018: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJorge Pahl & Antonia Barrera2009
  2. The 2010sDiego Amorín & Ines Muzzopappa2017
  3. The 2020sDiego Amorín & Cecilia Capello2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance

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 5 complete sets on film

  1. Bruno Tombari and Rocio Lequio

    Viva La Pepa, 2014 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1AmarguraEdgardo Donato, 1931
    2. 2Cuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di Sarli, 1942
    3. 3Nuestra nocheCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
    4. 4AnsiedadJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Gustavo Benzecry Sabá and María Olivera

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Cuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di Sarli, 1942
    2. 2Justo el 31Juan D'Arienzo, 1958
    3. 3Sacale puntaEdgardo Donato, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Gilda Stillbäck and Pino Dangiola

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1PatéticoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1948
    2. 2Cero al asCarlos Di Sarli, 1944
    3. 3Cuando un viejo se enamoraCarlos Di Sarli, 1942
    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. 1Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2Cartón junaoJuan D'Arienzo, 1947 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 02480002336846-1-4

tango.info · 02480002005063-1-19

tango.info · 02480002718680-2-1

tango.info · 02480002335498-2-3

tango.info · 00743218369926-1-2

tango.info · 00828767207025-1-3

Singers1

Sung by Roberto Rufino

Is a1

Is a milonga

Duration1

Duration 02:09

Audio feature12

Audio feature 101.3

Audio feature 0.923

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.848

Audio feature -20.9

Audio feature 0.408

Audio feature 0.251

Audio feature 0.351

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.649

Audio feature step

Notes1

A funny milonga about an old man in love who wears a corset at night and does not smile for fear his false teeth fall out.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Cuando un viejo se enamoraFrancisco CanaroCarlos Roldán

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