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Fue mi salvación · Edgardo Donato · 1940

Music by Ascanio Donato, lyrics by Alberto Cosentino. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1955.
1940: 1 · danced 26 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times
1940’501955
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1940: 1, 26; 1955: 1, 0

  1. Edgardo Donato recorded it in 1940 and 1955.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Fue mi salvación · Edgardo Donato · 1940 was sung by Horacio Lagos.†† Fue mi salvación · Edgardo Donato · 1940 is a tango.† Fue mi salvación · Edgardo Donato · 1940 lasts 02:30.†

Credit

Music
Ascanio Donato
Lyrics
Alberto Cosentino

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50

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

  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedHoracio Lagos · RCA Victor · Nov 22
    26 dances
    1940
  2. Edgardo DonatoRoberto Morel · Pampa · Mar 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  3. Nina MirandaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 2, 2010: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 5, 2014: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2024: 2

Fabián Peralta & Virginia PandolfiWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20062009 · 2:33

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFabián Peralta & Virginia Pandolfi2009
  2. The 2010sAlexis Quezada & Celine Giordano2016
  3. The 2020sBulent Karabagli & Karina Colmeiro2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

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. 1A una mujerJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2ArrabalPedro Laurenz, 1937 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Horacio LagosNov 22, 1940

Supported · 2

Recordings1

Recorded by Edgardo DonatoNov 22, 1940

Single source

In other catalogues7

tango.info · 02480002041542-1-4

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tango.info · 00828767009520-1-13

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tango.info · 04024236202508-1-6

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tango.info · 08427328130950-1-15

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tango.info · 02480002119722-1-14

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tango.info · 02480002333937-2-2

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tango.info · 02480002002413-1-16

Single source

Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:30

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Audio feature13

Audio feature 132.5

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Audio feature 0.951

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Audio feature 0.587

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Audio feature -23.9

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Audio feature 0.403

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Audio feature 0.424

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Audio feature 0.27

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Audio feature 0.001

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Audio feature 0.0

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Audio feature 0.729

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Audio feature 132.3

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Audio feature 66.1

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Audio feature step

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Vocal1

Vocal sung

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Listen

  1. Fue mi salvaciónEdgardo Donato · Horacio Lagos1940

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