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Cotorrita de la suerte

Music by Alfredo de Franco, lyrics by José De Grandis. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1945.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1945: 3 · danced 31 times
1927’30’401945
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1945: 3, 31

Cotorrita de la suerte was composed by Alfredo de Franco.† The lyrics of Cotorrita de la suerte are by José De Grandis.†

Credit

Music
Alfredo de Franco
Lyrics
José De Grandis

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1920’30’40

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Jun 28
    31 dances
    1945
  2. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Odeon · Sep 13
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  3. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  4. Francisco FiorentinoInstrumental · Jul 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  5. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Oct 101927
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Dec 161927
  7. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Jul 191945
  8. Roberto FloresNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1945 · danced on film 2012–2026

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

2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 4, 2024: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 3

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20152023 · 3:44

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sRené-Marie Meignan & Tania HeerEMBRACE BERLIN · 2018
  2. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2023

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370113544

Single source

TodoTango · tema/641

Single source

MusicBrainz · eded7188-0bb6-4f92-a4f6-a85d1577fc3csource

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Alfredo de Franco

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José De Grandis

Single source

Listen

  1. Cotorrita de la suerteRoberto Firpo · no clip yet1927
  2. Cotorrita de la suerteAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino1945
  3. Cotorrita de la suerteFrancisco Fiorentino · Francisco Fiorentino1945
  4. Cotorrita de la suerteFrancisco Canaro · Alberto Arenas1945

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