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Sólo se quiere una vez · Aníbal Troilo · 1946

Aníbal TroiloFloreal RuiztangoRCA Victor
Music by Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores, lyrics by Claudio Frollo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Astor Piazzolla, 1946

  1. Aníbal TroiloFloreal Ruiz1946
  2. Astor PiazzollaAldo Campoamor1946
  3. Baffa-BerlingieriRoberto Rufino1969

Pinned at 1946 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: Sentimental, 1944–1949

Sólo se quiere una vez · Aníbal Troilo · 1946 was sung by Floreal Ruiz.† Sólo se quiere una vez · Aníbal Troilo · 1946 is a tango.† Sólo se quiere una vez · Aníbal Troilo · 1946 lasts 03:22.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores
Words
Claudio Frollo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’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 1969.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Sólo se quiere una vez · Aníbal Troilo · 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 · 3 more we know of

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. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedSólo se quiere una vezAníbal TroiloFloreal RuiztangoRCA Victor
    4 dances
    1946
  2. Astor PiazzollaEarliest we holdSólo se quiere una vezAstor PiazzollaAldo Campoamortango
    1 dance
    1946
  3. Baffa-BerlingieriSólo se quiere una vezBaffa-BerlingieriRoberto Rufinotangorca camden
    No match yet
    1969
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Mar 101930
  5. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Apr 81969
  6. Luis CardeiNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Sólo se quiere una vezAníbal TroiloFloreal RuiztangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Gianpiero Galdi & Maria FilaliKrakus Aires Tango Festival · 2017 · 4:17

Recorded the same day

What else Aníbal Troilo recorded on Sep 25, 1946.

  1. Así es NinónAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1946 · danced on film 2015–2023

20152023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2017: 2, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGianpiero Galdi & Maria FilaliKrakus Aires Tango Festival · 2017
  2. The 2020sLevan Gomelauri & Cecilia Acosta2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Gianpiero Galdi and Maria Filali

    2017 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El último caféJuan D'Arienzo, 1964
    2. 2Un momentoAníbal Troilo, 1951
    3. 3GermaineCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    4. 4Sólo se quiere una vezAníbal Troilo, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Andres Laza Moreno and Luciana Arregui

    Porteño y Bailarín, 2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El cencerroAlberto Mancione, 1951
    2. 2Sólo se quiere una vezAníbal Troilo, 1946
    3. 3La milonga que faltabaEdgardo Donato, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Connected

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Videos danced in

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues14

tango.info · 02480002028130-1-9

tango.info · 00743214137024-1-13

tango.info · 00743212043822-1-2

tango.info · 07798108081917-1-17

tango.info · 08427328020688-1-14

tango.info · 08427328130585-1-13

tango.info · 00828766237221-1-4

tango.info · 04024236201396-1-2

tango.info · 02480002331803-2-3

tango.info · 08427328133128-1-24

tango.info · 02480002331643-2-3

tango.info · 00229001001629-1-14

tango.info · 00743215860228-1-3

tango.info · 02480002101321-1-179

Singers1

Sung by Floreal Ruiz

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:22

Audio feature15

Audio feature 120.2

Audio feature 0.926

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.829

Audio feature -21.0

Audio feature 0.384

Audio feature 0.177

Audio feature 0.304

Audio feature 0.025

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.671

Audio feature 122.7

Audio feature 61.4

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Sólo se quiere una vezAstor PiazzollaAldo Campoamor

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