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Melodía de arrabal

Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1985.
1933: 1 · danced 0 times1953: 1 · danced 1 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times1973: 1 · danced 0 times1975: 1 · danced 6 times1985: 2 · danced 0 times
1933’40’50’60’70’801985
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1933: 1, 0; 1953: 1, 1; 1957: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 0; 1973: 1, 0; 1975: 1, 6; 1985: 2, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1933 and 1973.

    How we know

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

Melodía de arrabal is a tango.

Melodía de arrabal was published in 1932.

Melodía de arrabal was composed by Carlos Gardel.

The lyrics of Melodía de arrabal are by Alfredo Le Pera and Mario Battistella.

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Credit

Music
Carlos Gardel
Lyrics
Alfredo Le Pera

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 26 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba · Odeon · Nov 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1985
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba · Odeon · Dec 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1985
  3. Miguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi · Odeon Colombia
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdErnesto Famá · Odeon · Apr 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1933
  5. Francisco CanaroArgentino Ledesma · Odeon · Nov 7
    Not danced on film yet
    1973
  6. José BassoJorge Durán · Odeon · Jun 12
    1 dance
    1953
  7. Hugo DiazMost danced
    6 dances
    1975
  8. Héctor Grané
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  9. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue1932
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1932
  11. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jan 251933
  12. Xavier CugatNot in our catalogue1936
  13. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueFrancisco Fiorentino1941
  14. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1968
  15. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueAbel Córdoba1989
  16. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJun 261989
  17. Ricardo OliveraNot in our catalogue2009
  18. Agustín IrustaNot in our catalogue
  19. Armando MorenoNot in our catalogue
  20. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1933–1985 · danced on film 2015–2024

20152024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2024: 1

Jonathan SaavedraWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20153:52

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sDonatella GrassoCatania Tango Festival · 2015
  2. The 2020sHoracio Pebete Godoy & Maricel Giacomini2024
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/222

Single source

tango.info · T0370048546

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1932

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Composer1

Composed by Carlos Gardel

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Lyricist2

Lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera

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Lyrics by Mario Battistella

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Listen

  1. Melodía de arrabalFrancisco Canaro · Ernesto Famá1933
  2. Melodía de arrabalJosé Basso · Jorge Durán · no clip yet1953
  3. Melodía de arrabalHéctor Grané · no clip yet1957
  4. Melodía de arrabalMiguel Caló · Raúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi · no clip yet1965
  5. Melodía de arrabalFrancisco Canaro · Argentino Ledesma1973
  6. Melodía de arrabalHugo Diaz1975
  7. Melodía de arrabalOsvaldo Pugliese · Abel Córdoba1985
  8. Melodía de arrabalOsvaldo Pugliese · Abel Córdoba1985

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