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La huella

Music by Manuel Aníbal Villanueva, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1917–1959.
1917: 1 · danced 0 times1939: 1 · danced 0 times1941: 1 · danced 0 times1946: 1 · danced 11 times1950: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 0 times
1917’30’40’501959
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1917: 1, 0; 1939: 1, 0; 1941: 1, 0; 1946: 1, 11; 1950: 1, 0; 1959: 1, 0

La huella was composed by Manuel Aníbal Villanueva.† The lyrics of La huella are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Manuel Aníbal Villanueva
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1910’20’30’40’50

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

  1. Ricardo TanturiInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1941
  2. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 16
    11 dances
    1946
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdAtlanta
    Not danced on film yet
    1917
  4. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoFeb 2
    Not danced on film yet
    1939
  5. Osmar MadernaInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 8
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  6. Orquesta Simbolo Osmar MadernaSep 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1959
  7. Enrique DelfinoNot in our catalogue1917
  8. Cuarteto Victor de la Guardia ViejaNot in our catalogueMay 151936
  9. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1917–1959 · danced on film 2011–2023

20112023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2016: 1, 2023: 2

Jorge López & Maria Inés BogadoWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2010Syros Tango Festival · 2016 · 2:49

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJorge López & Maria Inés BogadoSyros Tango Festival · 2016
  2. The 2020sMarko Miljevic & Maja Petrović2023

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370183984

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3534

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Manuel Aníbal Villanueva

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Listen

  1. La huellaFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1917
  2. La huellaCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo · no clip yet1939
  3. La huellaRicardo Tanturi1941
  4. La huellaRodolfo Biagi1946
  5. La huellaOsmar Maderna1950
  6. La huellaOrquesta Simbolo Osmar Maderna · no clip yet1959

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