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Solamente ella · Tango Bardo · 2021

Tango Bardo · tango · 2021
Music by Lucio Demare, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2021.

Who recorded it

Every version8

Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1944

  1. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán1945
  2. Lucio DemareHoracio Quintana1944
  3. Francisco LomutoAlberto Rivera1944
  4. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1968
  5. Orquesta El ArranqueAriel Ardit2002
  6. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraMarisol Martínez2016

Recorded in 2021, during the Electronic and festival era (2000–).

2021

2000today

Tango Bardo · no periods written yet

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Key facts
Year
2021
Orchestra
Tango Bardo
Contents1The song2Who wrote it3Lyrics4Every version5One recording

The song

TANGO BARDO Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICATango BardoSOLAMENTE ELLATango2021

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

160 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Lucio Demare
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Ella vino una tarde y era triste fantasma de silencio y de canción, llegaba desde un mundo que no existe. Vacío de esperanza el corazón. Era nube, sin rumbo ni destino, tenía la ternura del adiós. Mi paso la siguió por cien caminos y un día mi fatiga la alcanzó. Ella, piel de sombra, voz ausente. Ella, en mis brazos se durmió. Juntos, sin saberlo torpemente, aprendimos duramente las verdades del amor. Ella, floreció bajo la luna. Ella, renació para mi afán. Juntos, sin angustias, sin reproche, sin pasado, noche a noche, aprendimos a soñar. Sus palabras que estaban ateridas. Entonces se encendieron de emoción. Con fuego de mi amor volvió a la vida, la que era sólo el eco de un adiós. Ella vino a mi mano en el invierno, vacío de esperanza el corazón. Hoy vive entre mis sueños y es eterno su sueño de mujer y de canción.

English · machine translation

She came one afternoon and was sad ghost of silence and song, she came from a world that does not exist. Her heart was empty of hope. She was a cloud, without direction or destination, she had the tenderness of goodbye. My step followed her along a hundred paths and one day my fatigue caught up with her. She, skin of shadow, absent voice. She, in my arms, fell asleep. Together, without knowing it clumsily we learned the hard way the truths of love. She, blossomed under the moon. She, reborn for my eagerness. Together, without anguish, without reproach, without past, night by night, we learned to dream. Her words, which were cold. Then they were ignited with emotion. With fire of my love she came back to life, which was only the echo of a goodbye. She came to my hand in the winter, empty of hope in my heart. Today she lives among my dreams and is eternal her dream of woman and song.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 8 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1944 to 2021.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20
Recordings of Solamente ella · Tango Bardo · 2021 by year, taller the more they are danced · 8 of 8 recordings carry a year · read Nov 8, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 8 orchestras; the earliest here is Lucio Demare in 1944.

  1. 1944Lucio DemareRecording
  2. 1944Francisco LomutoRecording
  3. 1945Carlos Di SarliRecording
  4. 1968Armando PontierRecording
  5. 2002Orquesta El ArranqueRecording
  6. 2016Orquesta Romantica MilongueraRecording
  7. 2019Orquesta Típica AndariegaRecording
  8. 2021Tango BardoRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

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

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

The leader is Lucio Demare, 1944, with 68% of the 160 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Lucio DemareEarliest we holdMost dancedSolamente ella · Lucio Demare · Horacio Quintana · tango · Jul 25, 1944 · OdeonMeasured automatically · 125 BPM · F# minor
    108 dances · 68%
    1944
  2. Carlos Di SarliSolamente ella · Carlos Di Sarli · Jorge Durán · tango · Mar 8, 1945 · RCA VictorMeasured automatically · 121 BPM · F# minor
    27 dances · 17%
    1945
  3. Armando PontierSolamente ella · Armando Pontier · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · Sep 23, 1968
    13 dances · 8%
    1968
  4. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraSolamente ella · Orquesta Romantica Milonguera · Marisol Martínez · tango · Dec 1, 2016
    7 dances · 4%
    2016
  5. Francisco LomutoSolamente ella · Francisco Lomuto · Alberto Rivera · tango · Sep 13, 1944 · RCA Victor
    5 dances · 3%
    1944
  6. Orquesta El ArranqueSolamente ella · Orquesta El Arranque · Ariel Ardit · tango · Oct 30, 2002
    No match yet
    2002
  7. Orquesta Típica AndariegaSolamente ella · Orquesta Típica Andariega · tango · Apr 1, 2019
    No match yet
    2019
  8. Tango BardoSolamente ella · Tango Bardo · tango · 2021
    No match yet
    2021
  9. Porfirio DíazNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

TANGO BARDO Y SU ORQUESTA TÍPICATango BardoSOLAMENTE ELLATango2021

Tango Bardo

Solamente ella · Tango Bardo · tango · 2021

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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  1. Solamente ella · Lucio Demare · Horacio Quintana · 1944

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