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Hacélo por la vieja

Music by Rodolfo Sciammarella, lyrics by Carlos Viván. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1950–1952.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1950

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán1950
  2. Alfredo De AngelisOscar Larroca1952

Versions of Hacélo por la vieja recorded 1950–1952

Hacélo por la vieja is a tango.

Hacélo por la vieja was composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella.

The lyrics of Hacélo por la vieja are by Carlos Viván.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

3 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Rodolfo Sciammarella
Words
Carlos Viván
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1950 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1950 to 1952.
1950
Recordings of Hacélo por la vieja 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 · 9 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. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedHacélo por la viejaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1950
  2. Alfredo De AngelisHacélo por la viejaAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1952
  3. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueRosita Quiroga · Dec 241928
  4. Juan Bautista GuidoNot in our catalogueApr 231929
  5. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAzucena Maizani1930
  6. Tani ZerjaNot in our catalogue1931
  7. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueImperio Argentina1932
  8. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  9. Imperio ArgentinaNot in our catalogue
  10. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogueAzucena Maizani
  11. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAzucena Maizani
All recordings of Hacélo por la vieja

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

Hacélo por la viejaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Leo di Cocco & Carolina Giannini2019 · 2:51

Danced to it

Music from 1950–1952 · danced on film 2014–2019

20142019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2019: 1

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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

TodoTango · tema/1495

tango.info · T0370014699

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Carlos Viván

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  1. Hacélo por la viejaOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
  2. Hacélo por la viejaAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon

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