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Melenita de oro · Francisco Rotundo · 1953

Francisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa
Music by Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores, lyrics by Samuel Linnig. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1968.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Alfredo De Angelis, 1944

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel1961
  2. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante1944
  3. José BassoJuan Carlos Godoy1968
  4. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz1953

Pinned at 1953 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Rotundo recordings indexed 1948–1957

Melenita de oro · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 was sung by Floreal Ruiz.† Melenita de oro · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 is a tango.† Melenita de oro · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 lasts 03:12.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores
Words
Samuel Linnig
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1944 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1944 to 1968.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Melenita de oro · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMelenita de oroOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoStentor1961
  2. Alfredo De AngelisEarliest we holdMelenita de oroAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon1944
  3. José BassoMelenita de oroJosé BassoJuan Carlos GodoytangoMusic Hall1968
  4. Francisco RotundoMelenita de oroFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa1953
  5. Carlos Vicente Geroni FloresNot in our catalogue1922
  6. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel1960
  7. Ciriaco Ortiz, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1965
  8. Orquesta Típica Porteña, dir. R. GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino1978
  9. Carlos Vicente Geroni FloresNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Francisco Rotundo

Melenita de oroFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Rotundo recorded on Sep 17, 1953.

  1. SecretoFrancisco RotundoJulio SosatangoPampa

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Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues7

tango.info · 00724354171123-1-10

tango.info · 07798108081917-2-13

tango.info · 08427328020688-1-2

tango.info · 00884385555658-2-3

tango.info · 02480002027058-1-14

tango.info · 08427328134118-1-4

tango.info · 08427328140089-1-17

Singers1

Sung by Floreal Ruiz

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:12

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Melenita de oroAlfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante

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