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Una vez · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1946

Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
Music by Osvaldo Pugliese, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1946.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1945

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán1946
  2. Edgardo DonatoOsvaldo Morel1945
  3. Osmar MadernaPedro Datila1946

Pinned at 1946 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Transition, 1946–1949

Una vez · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1946 was sung by Alberto Morán.† Una vez · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1946 is a tango.† Una vez · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1946 lasts 03:07.† Una vez · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1946: A more lyrical Pugliese-Morán composition, paired with Demasiado Tarde as two important songs of the year.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

149 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Osvaldo Pugliese
Words
Catulo Castillo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’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, 1945 to 1946.
1940
Recordings of Una vez · Osvaldo Pugliese · 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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1946, with 99% of the 149 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedUna vezOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    148 dances · 99%
    1946
  2. Osmar MadernaUna vezOsmar MadernaPedro DatilatangoRCA Victor
    1 dance · <1%
    1946
  3. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdUna vezEdgardo DonatoOsvaldo MoreltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1945
  4. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogueLuis Roca1964
  5. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogue
  6. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogueLuis Roca

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

Una vezOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 162 Performances

Carlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20193:11

Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Pugliese recorded on Nov 8, 1946.

  1. La mascota del barrioOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1946 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 4, 2013: 2, 2014: 9, 2015: 9, 2016: 9, 2017: 10, 2018: 12, 2019: 12, 2020: 3, 2021: 1, 2022: 6, 2023: 11, 2024: 1, 2025: 8, 2026: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDiego Riemer & Belèn Giachello2008
  2. The 2010sSebastián Acosta & Laura D'Anna2017
  3. The 2020sSebastian Jimenez & Magdalena Valdez2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  3. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance
  5. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  6. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance
  7. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    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.

3 of 15 complete sets on film

  1. Krishna Olmedo and Yasmina Mamana

    2016 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Sosiego en la nocheAníbal Troilo, 1943
    2. 2Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3Una vezOsvaldo Pugliese, 1946
    4. 4Recuerdos de la PampaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Brenno Marques and Eva Icikson

    Bratislava Tango Festival, 2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Una vezOsvaldo Pugliese, 1946
    2. 2Después de quererla tantoFrancisco Canaro, 1940
    3. 3GuapeandoAníbal Troilo, 1941
    4. 4Valsecito amigoAníbal Troilo, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Daniela Barria and Julian Vilardo

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1MentíasJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    2. 2Oro de leyJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    3. 3AmuradoPedro Laurenz, 1940
    4. 4Una vezOsvaldo Pugliese, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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. 1La espuelaJuan D'Arienzo, 1946 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2Ella es asíEdgardo Donato, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5El olivoJuan D'Arienzo, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Cabeza de noviaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7YapeyúJuan D'Arienzo, 1951 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8GuapeandoAníbal Troilo, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9Valsecito amigoAníbal Troilo, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Ojos negrosAníbal Troilo, 1948 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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Singers1

Sung by Alberto Morán

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:07

Audio feature15

Audio feature 120.2

Audio feature 0.941

Audio feature F

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.722

Audio feature -20.2

Audio feature 0.377

Audio feature 0.258

Audio feature 0.463

Audio feature 0.016

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.52

Audio feature 123.6

Audio feature 61.8

Audio feature step

Notes1

A more lyrical Pugliese-Morán composition, paired with Demasiado Tarde as two important songs of the year.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Una vezEdgardo DonatoOsvaldo Morel

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