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Fruta Amarga

Music by Hugo Gutiérrez, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1972.
1945: 3 · danced 30 times1972: 1 · danced 0 times
1945’50’60’701972
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1945: 3, 30; 1972: 1, 0

Fruta Amarga was composed by Hugo Gutiérrez.†† The lyrics of Fruta Amarga are by Homero Manzi.†

Credit

Music
Hugo Gutiérrez
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Aug 10
    16 dances
    1945
  2. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdRaúl Iriarte · Odeon · May 22
    14 dances
    1945
  3. Atilio StamponeRoberto Goyeneche · Oct 3
    Not danced on film yet
    1972
  4. Francisco FiorentinoOct 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  5. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Aug 141945
  6. Astor PiazzollaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino · Oct 161945
  7. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue1998
  8. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  9. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  10. María GrañaNot in our catalogue
  11. Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue-unspecified female-
  12. Lidia BordaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1945–1972 · danced on film 2011–2025

20112025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 3, 2013: 3, 2014: 4, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 2, 2018: 4, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

Sebastian Jimenez & Maria Inés BogadoWorld Champions · Tango de Salón 20102014 · 4:40

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sSebastian Jimenez & Maria Inés Bogado2014
  2. The 2020sJulian Sanchez & Bruna EstellitaBari Tango Congress · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Hugo Gutiérrez

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · Z0000069984

Single source

TodoTango · tema/277

Single source

MusicBrainz · 5aea3163-0d71-4e5b-8d72-82b4c0bbdcb5source

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Manzi

Single source

Listen

  1. Fruta AmargaMiguel Caló · Raúl Iriarte1945
  2. Fruta AmargaAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino1945
  3. Fruta AmargaFrancisco Fiorentino · Francisco Fiorentino1945
  4. Fruta AmargaAtilio Stampone · Roberto Goyeneche · no clip yet1972

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