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Una lágrima

Music by Nicolás Verona, lyrics by Eugenio Cárdenas. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Tanturi, 1946

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba1967
  2. Ricardo TanturiOsvaldo Ribo1946
  3. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero1969

Versions of Una lágrima recorded 1946–1969

Una lágrima was composed by Nicolás Verona.† The lyrics of Una lágrima are by Eugenio Cárdenas.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Nicolás Verona
Words
Eugenio Cárdenas
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ricardo Tanturi’s 1946 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1946 to 1969.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Una lágrima by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseUna lágrimaOsvaldo PuglieseAbel CórdobatangoPhilips1967
  2. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdUna lágrimaRicardo TanturiOsvaldo RibotangoRCA Victor1946
  3. Horacio SalganUna lágrimaHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips1969
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1926
  5. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · May 201930
  6. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Una lágrima

One recording

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Ricardo Tanturi

Una lágrimaRicardo TanturiOsvaldo RibotangoRCA Victor
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In their words

  • Ves a la gente disfrutando, lo sentís, notás una lágrima acá, una sonrisa allá.

    Fabián Peralta · Fabian Peralta "У меня к Вам вопрос" с русскими субтитрами от Pepa Palazon

    open at 19:18
  • Tango de él que se llama 'Soledad', es un tango muy largo, un tema que tiene una melodía... y cada vez que lo ponen, para mí, es una invocación de la lágrima, ¿viste

    Vanina Bilous · El Tango Hoy con Vanina Bilous | Entrevista Completa | Tango Danza - Tango Música de Buenos Aires.

    open at 55:19

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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 catalogues2

tango.info · T0370016140

TodoTango · tema/501

Composer1

Composed by Nicolás Verona

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Eugenio Cárdenas

Listen

  1. Una lágrimaRicardo TanturiOsvaldo RibotangoRCA Victor
  2. Una lágrimaOsvaldo PuglieseAbel CórdobatangoPhilips
  3. Una lágrimaHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips

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