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Ramona

Music by Mabel Wayne. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1956.

Versions of Ramona recorded 1928–1956

Ramona was composed by Mabel Wayne.† Ramona: Ramona was the theme of a 1928 United Artists silent film starring Dolores del Río; the Gene Austin version sold a million records, Paul Whiteman had three weeks at number one, and Gardel recorded it with Enrique Cadícamo's Spanish lyric, Lavocah thinks better than any of the English ones.†

The work

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Music
Mabel Wayne

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1928 to 1956.

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1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Ramona by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of

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

  1. Rodolfo BiagiRamonaRodolfo BiagiHugo DuvalvalsColumbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedRamonaFrancisco CanaroCharlovalsOdeon
    1 dance
    1928
  3. Francisco CanaroRamonaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalvalsOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1932
  4. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogue1928
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1928
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José Ricardo, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Oct 111928
  7. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  8. Francisco SpaventaNot in our catalogueFrancisco Spaventa
  9. Guillermo Barbieri, José Ricardo, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel
  10. Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueAgustín Irusta, Roberto Fugazot
  11. Trío ArgentinoNot in our catalogueAgustín Irusta, Roberto Fugazot
  12. -unspecified orchestra-, -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi, Pedro Noda

The versions dancers use

David Pérez2:59

In their words

  • Ramona was the theme of a 1928 United Artists silent film starring Dolores del Río; the Gene Austin version sold a million records, Paul Whiteman had three weeks at number one, and Gardel recorded it with Enrique Cadícamo's Spanish lyric, Lavocah thinks better than any of the English ones.

    What was said, in our words

    Michael Lavocah · Tango 1928

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues1

tango.info · T0701260312

Composer1

Composed by Mabel Wayne

Notes1

Ramona was the theme of a 1928 United Artists silent film starring Dolores del Río; the Gene Austin version sold a million records, Paul Whiteman had three weeks at number one, and Gardel recorded it with Enrique Cadícamo's Spanish lyric, Lavocah thinks better than any of the English ones.

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  1. RamonaFrancisco CanaroCharlovalsOdeon
  2. RamonaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentalvalsOdeon
  3. RamonaRodolfo BiagiHugo DuvalvalsColumbia

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