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Isabelita

Music by Rodolfo Sciammarella, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1940.

Isabelita was composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella.†† The lyrics of Isabelita are by Manuel Romero.† Isabelita: Isabelita, a vals told from a woman's point of view and used in a 1940 film, was probably the year's single biggest tango hit, bigger than now-canonical recordings like Arrabal.†

Credit

Music
Rodolfo Sciammarella
Lyrics
Manuel Romero

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940

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

  1. Enrique RodríguezMost dancedArmando Moreno · Odeon · Aug 13
    16 dances
    1940
  2. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdFernando Díaz · RCA Victor · Aug 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1940

Danced to it

Music from 1940 · danced on film 2008–2018

20082018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2009: 2, 2011: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 1

Germán Ballejo & Magdalena GutiérrezWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20172018 · 3:57

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRoxana Suárez2009
  2. The 2010sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena Gutiérrez2018

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · Z0000050292

Single source

MusicBrainz · 60369492-60a9-4bb7-a112-8698562ad8d0source

Single source

TodoTango · tema/890

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Manuel Romero

Single source

Notes1

Isabelita, a vals told from a woman's point of view and used in a 1940 film, was probably the year's single biggest tango hit, bigger than now-canonical recordings like Arrabal.

Single source

Listen

  1. IsabelitaFrancisco Lomuto · Fernando Díaz1940
  2. IsabelitaEnrique Rodríguez · Armando Moreno1940

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