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Song

Así es el tango

Music by Edgardo Donato, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–1937.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Edgardo Donato, 1937

  1. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1937

Versions of Así es el tango recorded 1937

Así es el tango was composed by Edgardo Donato.† The lyrics of Así es el tango are by Homero Manzi.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

31 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Edgardo Donato
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Edgardo Donato’s 1937 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1937 to 1937.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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  1. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedAsí es el tangoEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
    31 dances
    1937
All recordings of Así es el tango

One recording

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

Edgardo Donato

Así es el tangoEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Ivan Nabokin & Anastazia IzvekovaMilonguero Nights · 2020 · 2:59

Danced to it

Music from 1937 · danced on film 2010–2020

20102020
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2020: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFabian Salas & Lola Diaz2010
  2. The 2020sIvan Nabokin & Anastazia IzvekovaMilonguero Nights · 2020

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. Aoniken Quiroga and Vanessa Fatauros

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Así es el tangoEdgardo Donato, 1937
    2. 2Volvamos a empezarAlfredo De Angelis, 1953
    3. 3Sin saborEdgardo Donato, 1939
    4. 4La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Anna Zyuzina and Giggio Giovanni

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Así es el tangoEdgardo Donato, 1937
    2. 2Araca la canaOsvaldo Fresedo, 1933
    3. 3El ingenieroCarlos Di Sarli, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Yo estoy en contra de eso, y lo que explicaba en la clase justamente es que existe, para mí, la idea errónea de que el tango, si no se baila así, no es tango — porque

    Fabián Peralta · FABIAN PERALTA Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 22:36
  • Y eso yo creo que me dio todo, es decir, podemos mencionar o decirlo así, que el tango te cambió la vida, porque dices: ahora, actualmente, ya me dedico solo a esto

    Rui Barroso · ONLINE 120 - Entrevista a RUI BARROSO

    open at 22:46

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370001947

TodoTango · tema/236

Composer1

Composed by Edgardo Donato

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Manzi

Listen

  1. Así es el tangoEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor

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