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La vida me engañó · Carlos Di Sarli · 1946

Carlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor
Music by Alfonso Casini, lyrics by Elizardo Martínez Vilas. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1947.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Alfredo De Angelis, 1946

  1. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán1946
  2. Enrique RodríguezFernando Reyes1947
  3. Alfredo De AngelisJulio Martel1946

Pinned at 1946 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · gold: Melodic, 1942–1949

La vida me engañó · Carlos Di Sarli · 1946 was sung by Jorge Durán.† La vida me engañó · Carlos Di Sarli · 1946 is a tango.† La vida me engañó · Carlos Di Sarli · 1946 lasts 03:06.† La vida me engañó · Carlos Di Sarli · 1946: A lament of existential despair, handled very differently to Alfredo De Angelis's more joyful version of the same song.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

14 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alfonso Casini
Words
Elizardo Martínez Vilas
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1946 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1946 to 1947.
1940
Recordings of La vida me engañó · Carlos Di Sarli · 1946 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedLa vida me engañóCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor
    7 dances
    1946
  2. Enrique RodríguezLa vida me engañóEnrique RodríguezFernando ReyestangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1947
  3. Alfredo De AngelisEarliest we holdLa vida me engañóAlfredo De AngelisJulio MarteltangoOdeon
    7 dances
    1946

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

La vida me engañóCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 5 Performances

Angelina Zubko3:08

Recorded the same day

What else Carlos Di Sarli recorded on Dec 5, 1946.

  1. El onceCarlos Di SarlitangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1946 · danced on film 2011–2022

20112022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2014: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sLuis Rojas & Anne Augé2011
  2. The 2020sSantos David2022

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In other catalogues5

tango.info · 02480002336846-2-6

tango.info · 07898659721659-1-22

tango.info · 00828767207025-1-17

tango.info · 02480002005117-1-3

tango.info · 00743218369926-1-19

Singers1

Sung by Jorge Durán

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:06

Audio feature14

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.933

Audio feature E

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.805

Audio feature -20.6

Audio feature 0.349

Audio feature 0.24

Audio feature 0.534

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.465

Audio feature 123.8

Audio feature 61.9

Audio feature step

Notes1

A lament of existential despair, handled very differently to Alfredo De Angelis's more joyful version of the same song.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. La vida me engañóAlfredo De AngelisJulio Martel

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