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Mentías

Music by Juan Carlos Casaretto, lyrics by ALFREDO NAVARRINE. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1937.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1937: 1 · danced 51 times
1927’301937
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1937: 1, 51

Mentías was composed by Juan Carlos Casaretto.† The lyrics of Mentías are by ALFREDO NAVARRINE.†

Credit

Music
Juan Carlos Casaretto
Lyrics
ALFREDO NAVARRINE

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1920’30

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Apr 1
    51 dances
    1937
  2. Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdOdeon · Oct 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1927

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1937 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 3, 2011: 2, 2012: 3, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 6, 2016: 2, 2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2019: 6, 2020: 1, 2022: 5, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20052015 · 2:43

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sSebastián Achaval & Roxana Suárez2015
  2. The 2020sNéstor Azorín & Elizaveta Tavrovskaya2024

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370043041

Single source

tango.info · T0370018464

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Juan Carlos Casaretto

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by ALFREDO NAVARRINE

Single source

Listen

  1. MentíasRoberto Firpo1927
  2. MentíasJuan D'Arienzo1937

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