Song
Canción de rango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942
Ricardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA VictorWho recorded it
Every version6Earliest we hold: Lucio Demare, 1942
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
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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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
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.
- Ricardo TanturiMost dancedCanción de rangoRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor18 dances · 50%1942
- Rodolfo BiagiCanción de rangoRodolfo BiagiCarlos AcuñatangoOdeon9 dances · 25%1943
- Roberto GoyenecheCanción de rangoRoberto Goyenechesungtango8 dances · 22%1968
- Miguel CalóCanción de rangoMiguel CalóRoberto RufinotangoOdeon1 dance · 3%1966
- Lucio DemareEarliest we holdCanción de rangoLucio DemareRoberto ArrietatangoOdeonNo match yet1942
- Osvaldo PuglieseCanción de rangoOsvaldo PuglieseAbel CórdobatangoPhilipsNo match yet1965
- Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Apr 101968
- 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 VictorCouples filmed dancing this recording · 19 Performances
Recorded the same day
What else Ricardo Tanturi recorded on Dec 4, 1942.
Danced to it
Music from 1942 · danced on film 2008–2025
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.
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
Fabián Peralta and Josefina Bermúdez
Viva La Pepa, 2014 · In the order danced: the video titles number them
- 1No me extrañaPedro Laurenz, 1940
- 2Fruta AmargaAníbal Troilo, 1945
- 3Canción de rangoRicardo Tanturi, 1942
Read more
- EntryAlberto CastilloSinger
- EntryEl Tango es el Tango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942Recording
- EntryCon los amigos · Ricardo Tanturi · 1943Recording
- EntryTango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942Recording
- EntryMi morocha · Ricardo Tanturi · 1941Recording
- EntryAl compás de un tango · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942Recording
- EntryUn crimen · Ricardo Tanturi · 1942Recording
- EntryRecuerdo · Ricardo Tanturi · 1941Recording
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Danced at
- Viva La Pepa1 video
- Si Sos Brujo Milonga1 video
- Muy Martes1 video
Danced by
- Sebastian Bolivar3 videos
- Clarisa Aragón3 videos
- Brenno Marques2 videos
- Fabián Peralta2 videos
- Diego Chandia2 videos
- Suyay Quiroga2 videos
- Adrian Costa2 videos
- Fatima Caracoch2 videos
- Josefina Bermúdez2 videos
- Lisette Perelle1 video
- Diana del Valle1 video
- Dina Salvo1 video
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Singers1
Sung by Alberto CastilloDec 4, 1942
Vocal1
Vocal sung
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