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Color de rosa

Music by Pedro Polito, Antonio Polito, lyrics by Antonio Polito. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1920–1966.
1920: 1 · danced 0 times1928: 1 · danced 1 times1941: 1 · danced 0 times1945: 2 · danced 5 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times
1920’30’40’50’601966
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1920: 1, 0; 1928: 1, 1; 1941: 1, 0; 1945: 2, 5; 1952: 1, 0; 1956: 1, 0; 1966: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1945 and 1956.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Color de rosa was composed by Antonio Polito and Pedro Polito.† The lyrics of Color de rosa are by Antonio Polito.†

Credit

Music
Pedro Polito, Antonio Polito
Lyrics
Antonio Polito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedRCA Victor · Oct 25
    5 dances
    1945
  2. Aníbal TroiloTK
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  3. Lucio DemareInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1941
  4. Julio De Caro
    1 dance
    1928
  5. Alfredo AttadiaInstrumental · Apr 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  6. Astor PiazzollaInstrumental · Nov 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  7. Mariano Mores
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  8. Orquesta Típica SelectEarliest we holdInstrumental · Victor · Aug 28
    Not danced on film yet
    1920
  9. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1918
  10. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueSep 121934
  11. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogue
  12. Ernesto BaffaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1920–1966 · danced on film 2007–2014

20072014
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2014: 1

Felipe Zarzar2:41

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJuan Capriotti & Graciana Romeo2007
  2. The 2010sLucas Carrizo & Paula Tejeda2014

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370006577

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3512

Single source

MusicBrainz · f36261ba-7286-471c-92ba-9929d254acb8source

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Antonio Polito

Single source

Composed by Pedro Polito

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Antonio Polito

Single source

Listen

  1. Color de rosano clip yet1920
  2. Color de rosaJulio De Caro1928
  3. Color de rosaLucio Demare1941
  4. Color de rosaAníbal Troilo1945
  5. Color de rosaAstor Piazzolla · no clip yet1945
  6. Color de rosaAlfredo Attadia · no clip yet1952
  7. Color de rosaAníbal Troilo1956
  8. Color de rosaMariano Mores · no clip yet1966

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