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El refrán

Music by Roberto Peppe. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1951.

Versions of El refrán recorded 1951

El refrán: El Refran, the tango Pugliese made famous, was composed by Roberto Pepe, who joined Pugliese's orchestra in 1952; before that he wrote it for another orchestra, revealed to be Lucho Demare's.†

The work

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Music
Roberto Peppe

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1951 to 1951.

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1950
Recordings of El refrán by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

In their words

  • El Refran, the tango Pugliese made famous, was composed by Roberto Pepe, who joined Pugliese's orchestra in 1952; before that he wrote it for another orchestra, revealed to be Lucho Demare's.

    What was said, in our words

    Michael Lavocah · TBY Lost Afterparty IV - 1951

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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 · T0370158498

TodoTango · tema/1469

Notes1

El Refran, the tango Pugliese made famous, was composed by Roberto Pepe, who joined Pugliese's orchestra in 1952; before that he wrote it for another orchestra, revealed to be Lucho Demare's.

Listen

  1. El refránAlberto Mancioneinstrumentaltango
  2. El refránLucio DemareinstrumentaltangoColumbia
  3. El refránOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon

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