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En un beso la vida

Music by Carlos Di Sarli, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1940.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1940

  1. Carlos Di SarliRoberto Rufino1940
  2. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1940

Versions of En un beso la vida recorded 1940

En un beso la vida is a tango.

En un beso la vida was published in 1940.

En un beso la vida was composed by Carlos Di Sarli.

The lyrics of En un beso la vida are by Héctor Marcó.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Di Sarli
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1940 to 1940.
1940
Recordings of En un beso la vida by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

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

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdEn un beso la vidaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
    4 dances
    1940
  2. Francisco CanaroMost dancedEn un beso la vidaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    6 dances
    1940
  3. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue1941
  4. Roberto RufinoNot in our catalogueAug 201959
  5. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue
All recordings of En un beso la vida

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

En un beso la vidaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2014–2024

20142024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 1, 2017: 2, 2024: 1

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/700

tango.info · Z0000040263

MusicBrainz · 33f18c79-2f20-46e2-b302-5918cc0c2e15source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1940

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Di Sarli

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Héctor Marcó

Listen

  1. En un beso la vidaCarlos Di SarliRoberto RufinotangoRCA Victor
  2. En un beso la vidaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

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