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Margo

Music by Armando Pontier, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1979.
1945: 3 · danced 5 times1946: 2 · danced 0 times1959: 1 · danced 3 times1979: 1 · danced 0 times
1945’50’60’701979
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1945: 3, 5; 1946: 2, 0; 1959: 1, 3; 1979: 1, 0

  1. Armando Pontier recorded it in 1959 and 1979.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Margo is a tango.

Margo was published in 1945.

Margo was composed by Armando Pontier.

The lyrics of Margo are by Homero Expósito.

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Credit

Music
Armando Pontier
Lyrics
Homero Expósito

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Dec 18
    1 dance
    1945
  2. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedRaúl Iriarte · Odeon · Nov 15
    4 dances
    1945
  3. Francisco CanaroGuillermo Coral · Odeon · Dec 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  4. Osmar MadernaOrlando Verri · Sondor (Uruguay)
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  5. Armando PontierJulio Sosa · CBS Columbia · Jun 26
    3 dances
    1959
  6. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche · Jun 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1979
  7. Orquesta Francini-PontierAlberto Podestá · Jan 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  8. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá · Jan 291946
  9. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche1958
  10. Rubén JuárezNot in our catalogueRubén Juárez

Danced to it

Music from 1945–1979 · danced on film 2010–2021

20102021
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2014: 2, 2018: 2, 2021: 1

Murat Erdemsel & Sigrid van Tilbeurgh2018 · 3:56

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMurat Erdemsel & Sigrid van Tilbeurgh2018
  2. The 2020sRené-Marie Meignan & Camila Ameglio2021
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/141

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tango.info · T0370232873

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MusicBrainz · 207f9563-c7ae-42f6-8a0e-40d4459dfe32source

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1945

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Composer1

Composed by Armando Pontier

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

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Listen

  1. MargoMiguel Caló · Raúl Iriarte1945
  2. MargoFrancisco Canaro · Guillermo Coral · no clip yet1945
  3. MargoAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino1945
  4. MargoOrquesta Francini-Pontier · Alberto Podestá · no clip yet1946
  5. MargoOsmar Maderna · Orlando Verri1946
  6. MargoArmando Pontier · Julio Sosa1959
  7. MargoArmando Pontier · Roberto Goyeneche1979

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