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Una vez en la vida

Music by Alfredo Malerba, Mario Maurano, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1941

  1. Osvaldo FresedoRicardo Ruiz1941

Versions of Una vez en la vida recorded 1941

Una vez en la vida was composed by Ricardo Malerba and Mario Maurano.† The lyrics of Una vez en la vida are by Homero Manzi.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alfredo Malerba, Mario Maurano
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1941 to 1941.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdUna vez en la vidaOsvaldo FresedoRicardo RuizvalsRCA Victor1941
  2. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Aug 41941
All recordings of Una vez en la vida

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Fresedo

Una vez en la vidaOsvaldo FresedoRicardo RuizvalsRCA Victor

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

In their words

  • Bueno, eso fue un acierto, una cosa que ocurre una vez en la vida. El que cantaba ese tango era Rufino.

    Alberto Podestá · ALBERTO PODESTÁ: Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles

    open at 29:24
  • Eso te pasa una vez en la vida, no se volvió a repetir. Y mi viejo se enganchó, y mi hermana, y aparte que te paguen, eso me pasó, me pasó,

    Vanina Bilous · VANINA BILOUS Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 48:23

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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 · T0370174165

TodoTango · tema/4099

Composer2

Composed by Ricardo Malerba

Composed by Mario Maurano

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Manzi

Listen

  1. Una vez en la vidaOsvaldo FresedoRicardo RuizvalsRCA Victor

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