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La uruguayita Lucía · Horacio Salgan · 1962

Horacio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips
Music by Eduardo Pereyra. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1962.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Tanturi, 1945

  1. Ricardo TanturiEnrique Campos1945
  2. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero1962

Pinned at 1962 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Horacio Salgan recordings indexed 1950–1969

The song

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2 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Pereyra
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ricardo Tanturi’s 1945 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, 1945 to 1962.
1940’50’60
Recordings of La uruguayita Lucía · Horacio Salgan · 1962 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 · 6 more we know of

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  1. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdMost dancedLa uruguayita LucíaRicardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1945
  2. Horacio SalganLa uruguayita LucíaHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips
    1 dance
    1962
  3. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Aug 251933
  4. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Jul 121978
  5. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  6. Héctor MauréNot in our catalogue
  7. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré

One recording

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Horacio Salgan

La uruguayita LucíaHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Horacio Pebete Godoy & Cecilia BerraEMBRACE BERLIN · 2016 · 2:09

Danced to it

Music from 1962 · danced on film 2016

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  1. La uruguayita LucíaRicardo TanturiEnrique Campos

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