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La beba

Music by Osvaldo Pugliese. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1972.

Versions of La beba recorded 1946–1972

La beba was composed by Osvaldo Pugliese.††

The work

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Music
Osvaldo Pugliese

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1946 to 1972.

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1940’50’60’70
Recordings of La beba by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1972, with 92% of the 51 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

6 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedLa bebaOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    47 dances · 92%
    1972
  2. Pedro LaurenzEarliest we holdLa bebaPedro LaurenzinstrumentaltangoPampa
    4 dances · 8%
    1946
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierLa bebaOrquesta Francini-Pontiersinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1947
  4. Eduardo Del PianoLa bebaEduardo Del Pianoinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1953
  5. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueNov 101947
  6. Beba PuglieseNot in our catalogue1981
  7. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue

The versions dancers use

Music from 1946–1972 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2009: 2, 2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 3, 2018: 6, 2019: 3, 2022: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 4

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  2. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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