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El pañuelito · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · 1996

Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango
Music by Juan de Dios Filiberto, lyrics by Gabino Coria Peñaloza. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1996.

Who recorded it

Every version9

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1928

  1. Juan D'ArienzoJorge Valdez · Héctor Millán1963
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel1959
  3. Francisco Canaro1928
  4. Armando PontierOscar Ferrari1958
  5. Alberto MancioneJorge Ledesma · Ángel Varela1952
  6. Florindo Sassone1968

Pinned at 1996 · Revival 1985–1999 · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) recordings indexed 1994–2014

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

9 orchestras recorded it

139 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan de Dios Filiberto
Words
Gabino Coria Peñaloza
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1959 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 9 orchestras, 1928 to 1996.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90
Recordings of El pañuelito · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · 1996 by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 18 more we know of

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1959, with 91% of the 139 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedEl pañuelitoOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoOdeon
    127 dances · 91%
    1959
  2. Juan de Dios FilibertoEl pañuelitoJuan de Dios FilibertoPatrocinia Diaztango
    6 dances · 4%
    1959
  3. Juan D'ArienzoEl pañuelitoJuan D'ArienzoJorge Valdez, Héctor MillántangoRCA Victor
    6 dances · 4%
    1963
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl pañuelitoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1928
  5. Alberto MancioneEl pañuelitoAlberto MancioneJorge Ledesma, Ángel Varelatango
    No match yet
    1952
  6. Armando PontierEl pañuelitoArmando PontierOscar FerraritangoCBS Columbia
    No match yet
    1958
  7. Florindo SassoneEl pañuelitoFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1968
  8. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoEl pañuelitoLos Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter GutiérreztangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1987
  9. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)El pañuelitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango
    No match yet
    1996
  10. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1920
  11. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1921
  12. Juan Bautista GuidoNot in our catalogueOct 161928
  13. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque, -choir- · Oct 101929
  14. Juan de Dios FilibertoNot in our cataloguePatrocinio Díaz, -choir-1934
  15. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueJun 11934
  16. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogue1952
  17. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  18. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 301956
  19. Roberto RufinoNot in our catalogueApr 151959
  20. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel1965

One recording

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

Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)

El pañuelitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango

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What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

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  1. El pañuelitoFrancisco Canaro

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