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La vida me engañó

Music by Alfonso Casini, lyrics by Elizardo Martínez Vilas. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1947.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Alfredo De Angelis, 1946

  1. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán1946
  2. Enrique RodríguezFernando Reyes1947
  3. Alfredo De AngelisJulio Martel1946

Versions of La vida me engañó recorded 1946–1947

La vida me engañó is a tango.

La vida me engañó was composed by Alfonso Casini.

The lyrics of La vida me engañó are by Elizardo Martínez Vilas.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

13 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alfonso Casini
Words
Elizardo Martínez Vilas
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1946 to 1947.
1940
Recordings of La vida me engañó by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

One recording

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

Alfredo De Angelis

La vida me engañóAlfredo De AngelisJulio MarteltangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1946–1947 · danced on film 2009–2022

20092022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2022: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

Read more

every sentence cites a published fact

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/4095

tango.info · T0370246211

MusicBrainz · 9e367bd5-8903-4e43-963c-03583ba916casource

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Alfonso Casini

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Elizardo Martínez Vilas

Listen

  1. La vida me engañóAlfredo De AngelisJulio MarteltangoOdeon
  2. La vida me engañóCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor
  3. La vida me engañóEnrique RodríguezFernando ReyestangoOdeon

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