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Medallita de la suerte · Alfredo De Angelis · 1952

Alfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon
Music by Carlos Gardel, José Razzano, lyrics by Mario Battistella. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1936–1953.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Roberto Firpo, 1936

  1. Alfredo De AngelisOscar Larroca1952
  2. Roberto FirpoCarlos Varela1936
  3. Osvaldo ManziAlberto Marino1953

Pinned at 1952 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Alfredo De Angelis recordings indexed 1943–1985 · 1 applied periods in gold

Medallita de la suerte · Alfredo De Angelis · 1952 was sung by Oscar Larroca.† Medallita de la suerte · Alfredo De Angelis · 1952 is a tango.† Medallita de la suerte · Alfredo De Angelis · 1952 lasts 03:02.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Gardel, José Razzano
Words
Mario Battistella
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1952 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, 1936 to 1953.
1930’40’50
Recordings of Medallita de la suerte · Alfredo De Angelis · 1952 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 · 4 more we know of

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

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  1. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedMedallita de la suerteAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1952
  2. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdMedallita de la suerteRoberto FirpoCarlos VarelatangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1936
  3. Osvaldo ManziMedallita de la suerteOsvaldo ManziAlberto Marinotango
    No match yet
    1953
  4. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 181933
  5. Víctor BuchinoNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero · Jun 151951
  6. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  7. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

Medallita de la suerteAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Federico Naveira & Sabrina MassoPescara Tango Festival · 2014 · 3:18

Recorded the same day

What else Alfredo De Angelis recorded on May 20, 1952.

  1. Pa' mí es igualAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1952 · danced on film 2014

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Federico Naveira and Sabrina Masso

    Pescara Tango Festival, 2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El andariegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1972
    2. 2El látigoJuan D'Arienzo, 1970
    3. 3Medallita de la suerteAlfredo De Angelis, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

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In other catalogues6

tango.info · 00077779810925-1-1

tango.info · 02480002027201-1-7

tango.info · 04024236200627-1-2

tango.info · 04024236200634-1-7

tango.info · 07798108081771-1-17

tango.info · 00724383741724-1-13

Singers1

Sung by Oscar Larroca

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:02

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Medallita de la suerteRoberto FirpoCarlos Varela

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