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Canción de rango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942

Ricardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
Music by Raúl Kaplún, lyrics by José María Suñé. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1968.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1942

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba1965
  2. Miguel CalóRoberto Rufino1966
  3. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1942
  4. Lucio DemareRoberto Arrieta1942
  5. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Acuña1943
  6. Roberto Goyeneche1968

Pinned at 1942 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Ricardo Tanturi recordings indexed 1937–1965 · gold: With Castillo, 1939–1943

Canción de rango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942 was sung by Alberto Castillo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

36 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Raúl Kaplún
Words
José María Suñé
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Que bailen los que vienen pa’ bailar, que escuchen los que quieran escuchar. Pa’ todos hay un tango acompasado, pretencioso y retobado reinando en mi ciudad. Yo canto porque vivo la emoción del tango cadencioso y . Yo canto cuando alguno pega el grito que hay un tango compadrito buscando un corazón. Pa’ que se callen los que andan divulgando que el tango es triste, que es danza y son del fango. Pa’ que se callen les voy pasando el dato: mi tango es danza triste, pero es canción de rango. Pa’ que se callen les mando en dos por cuatro, esta cadencia viril que se hace canto. Si son sensibles, verán que no es del fango aquel que envuelve en tangos su corazón. Que bailen los que vienen pa’ bailar, que sigan escuchando los demás. Hoy tengo la emoción envuelta en tango y es por eso que me agrando al son de su compás. Yo canto porque vivo la emoción del tango cadencioso y . Yo canto cuando alguno pega el grito que hay un tango compadrito buscando un corazón.

English · machine translation

Let those who come to dance dance dance, let those who want to listen listen listen. There's a tango for everyone, pretentious and frolicking reigning in my city. I sing because I live the emotion of the rhythmic and compadrón tango. I sing when someone cries out that there is a tango compadrito looking for a heart. So that those who go around spreading the word that tango is sad, that it is a dance and the sound of mud. So that they shut up, I'll pass on the information: my tango is a sad dance, but it is a song of rank. So that they shut up I send them in two by four, this virile cadence that becomes song. If you are sensitive, you will see that it is not from the mud the one who wraps his heart in tangos. Let those who come to dance dance dance, let the others continue listening. Today my emotion is wrapped in tango and that's why I get excited to the sound of its beat. I sing because I live the emotion of the rhythmic and compadrón tango. I sing when someone shouts that there is a tango compadrito that there is a tango compadrito looking for a heart.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1942 to 1968.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Canción de rango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

The leader is Ricardo Tanturi, 1942, with 50% of the 36 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Ricardo TanturiMost dancedCanción de rangoRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
    18 dances · 50%
    1942
  2. Rodolfo BiagiCanción de rangoRodolfo BiagiCarlos AcuñatangoOdeon
    9 dances · 25%
    1943
  3. Roberto GoyenecheCanción de rangoRoberto Goyenechesungtango
    8 dances · 22%
    1968
  4. Miguel CalóCanción de rangoMiguel CalóRoberto RufinotangoOdeon
    1 dance · 3%
    1966
  5. Lucio DemareEarliest we holdCanción de rangoLucio DemareRoberto ArrietatangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1942
  6. Osvaldo PuglieseCanción de rangoOsvaldo PuglieseAbel CórdobatangoPhilips
    No match yet
    1965
  7. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Apr 101968
  8. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

One recording

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

Ricardo Tanturi

Canción de rangoRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 19 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Ricardo Tanturi recorded on Dec 4, 1942.

  1. Así se baila el tangoRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
  2. Moneda de cobreRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
  3. Me llaman El ZorroRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2008–2025

20082025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 2, 2010: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 3

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  2. La Paz ArribaRecoleta
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. Fabián Peralta and Josefina Bermúdez

    Viva La Pepa, 2014 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1No me extrañaPedro Laurenz, 1940
    2. 2Fruta AmargaAníbal Troilo, 1945
    3. 3Canción de rangoRicardo Tanturi, 1942
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Cite this

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Alberto CastilloDec 4, 1942

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Canción de rangoLucio DemareRoberto Arrieta

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