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Tenía que suceder · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955

Carlos Di SarliMario PomartangoRCA Victor
Music by Arturo Gallucci, lyrics by Julio Camilloni. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1955–1955.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Alfredo De Angelis, 1955

  1. Carlos Di SarliMario Pomar1955
  2. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante1955

Pinned at 1955 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Carlos Di Sarli recordings indexed 1928–1960 · gold: Calm and grand, 1954–1958

Tenía que suceder · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955 was sung by Mario Pomar.† Tenía que suceder · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955 is a tango.† Tenía que suceder · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955 lasts 02:57.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

85 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Arturo Gallucci
Words
Julio Camilloni
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

No me digas la buenaventura Gitana, pa´ qué, Dejame que la vida me lleve De golpe, a sorpresas, como la de ayer. Yo soy hombre que está en el camino Que acepta el destino como quiera ser, Si no lloro lo ya sucedido Más de lo perdido, no puedo perder. Yo no hice más que querer Y mi querer defendí, Tenía que suceder Porque estaba escrito así. Sangre no quise verter Mas no lo pude evitar, Mis manos no has de leer Ya no las puedo mostrar. Yo le dije: “No quiero en tu reja mi sombra arribar”. Pero fue mi palabra en el viento La nota en el aire que vibra y se va. Porque anoche rondaba la sombra Y al hombre rondaba, la fatalidad, No me digas la buenaventura Mi suerte futura, lo mismo me da.

English · machine translation

Don't tell me the good fortune Gypsy, what for, Let life take me Suddenly, to surprises, like yesterday. I am a man who is on the road Who accepts destiny as it wants to be, If I don't mourn what's already happened More than what is lost, I cannot lose. I did nothing but love And I defended my love, It had to happen Because it was written so. I didn't want to shed blood But I could not avoid it, My hands you won't read I can't show them anymore. I told him: "I don't want in your grille my shadow to arrive". But it was my word in the wind The note in the air that vibrates and goes away. Because last night the shadow hovered And the man hovered, the fatality, Don't tell me the good fortune My future fate, it's all the same to me.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1955 to 1955.
1950
Recordings of Tenía que suceder · Carlos Di Sarli · 1955 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 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 Carlos Di Sarli, 1955, with 98% of the 85 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. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedTenía que sucederCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoRCA Victor
    83 dances · 98%
    1955
  2. Alfredo De AngelisEarliest we holdTenía que sucederAlfredo De AngelisCarlos DantetangoOdeon
    2 dances · 2%
    1955
  3. Orquesta Típica Gente de tangoNot in our catalogueAlfredo Sáez

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Tenía que sucederCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 82 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Carlos Di Sarli recorded on Jun 20, 1955.

  1. La cumparsitaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. Mi madre tierraCarlos Di SarliOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1955 · danced on film 2012–2026

20122026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 6, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 10, 2017: 4, 2018: 7, 2019: 7, 2020: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    2 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1El cuarteadorAníbal Troilo, 1941 · danced together in 4 Performances
  2. 2Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3La cumparsitaCarlos Di Sarli, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4Esta noche de lunaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1955 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5Dichas que vivíRodolfo Biagi, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 00828767208121-1-12

tango.info · 02480002718581-2-1

tango.info · 04024236202096-1-12

tango.info · 02480002005131-1-7

Singers1

Sung by Mario Pomar

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:57

Audio feature13

Audio feature 112.3

Audio feature 0.917

Audio feature 0.58

Audio feature -20.9

Audio feature 0.573

Audio feature 0.17

Audio feature 0.681

Audio feature 0.006

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.313

Audio feature 114.5

Audio feature 57.2

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Tenía que sucederAlfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante

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