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Song

El Caburé · Héctor Varela · 1966

Héctor Varelainstrumentaltango
Music by Arturo de Bassi. 11 recordings in our catalogue, 1912–1966.

Who recorded it

Every version11

Earliest we hold: Juan Maglio, 1912

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1937
  2. Carlos Di Sarli19461951
  3. Francisco Canaro1936
  4. Adolfo Carabelli1932
  5. Roberto Firpo1927
  6. Juan Maglio1912

Pinned at 1966 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Héctor Varela recordings indexed 1950–1975

El Caburé · Héctor Varela · 1966 is a tango.† El Caburé · Héctor Varela · 1966 lasts 02:41.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

10 orchestras recorded it

7 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Arturo de Bassi
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Carlos Di Sarli’s 1951 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 11 recordings of this song by 10 orchestras, 1912 to 1966.
1910’20’30’40’50’60
Recordings of El Caburé · Héctor Varela · 1966 by year, taller the more they are danced · 11 of 11 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEl CaburéJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1937
  3. Francisco CanaroEl CaburéFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1936
  4. Adolfo CarabelliEl CaburéAdolfo Carabellitango
    No match yet
    1932
  5. Roberto FirpoEl CaburéRoberto FirpotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1927
  6. Juan MaglioEarliest we holdEl CaburéJuan Magliotango
    No match yet
    1912
  7. Ricardo PedevillaEl CaburéRicardo PedevillainstrumentaltangoPampa
    No match yet
    1951
  8. Héctor VarelaEl CaburéHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1966
  9. Donato RacciattiEl CaburéDonato Racciattitango
    No match yet
    1960
  10. Lorenzo BarberoEl CaburéLorenzo Barberoinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1954
  11. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueOct 241952
  12. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue1955
  13. Francisco RotundoNot in our catalogueAug 11956
  14. Orquesta Típica CorrientesNot in our catalogue1978
  15. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue
  16. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue
  17. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  18. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

El CaburéHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Héctor Varela recorded on Oct 23, 1966.

  1. Don OrlandoHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango

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Cite this

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 02480002044123-1-11

tango.info · 00724383582327-1-4

tango.info · 02480002031048-1-13

tango.info · 00724352913121-1-7

tango.info · 00724353318321-1-12

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:41

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Listen

  1. El CaburéJuan Maglio

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