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El pollo Ricardo · Héctor Varela · 1966

Héctor Varelainstrumentaltango
Music by Luis Alberto Fernandez, lyrics by Luis Alberto Fernández. 16 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–2009.

Who recorded it

Every version16

Earliest we hold: Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro), 1938

  1. Juan D'Arienzo19471952
  2. Carlos Di Sarli194019461951
  3. Aníbal Troilo1954
  4. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)1962
  5. Ricardo Pedevilla1950
  6. Héctor Varela1966

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

El pollo Ricardo · Héctor Varela · 1966 is a tango.† El pollo Ricardo · Héctor Varela · 1966 lasts 02:46.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

12 orchestras recorded it

34 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Luis Alberto Fernandez
Words
Luis Alberto Fernández
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 16 recordings of this song by 12 orchestras, 1938 to 2009.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of El pollo Ricardo · Héctor Varela · 1966 by year, taller the more they are danced · 16 of 16 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, with 68% of the 34 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

4 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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.

  3. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Earliest we holdEl pollo RicardoQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    2 dances · 6%
    1938
  4. Aníbal TroiloEl pollo RicardoAníbal TroilotangoTK
    1 dance · 3%
    1954
  5. Ricardo PedevillaEl pollo RicardoRicardo PedevillatangoPampa
    No match yet
    1950
  6. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)El pollo RicardoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1962
  7. Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)El pollo RicardoQuinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)tangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1964
  8. Héctor VarelaEl pollo RicardoHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1966
  9. Mariano MoresEl pollo RicardoMariano Morestango
    No match yet
    1967
  11. Orquesta El ArranqueEl pollo RicardoOrquesta El Arranquetango
    No match yet
    2000
  12. Orquesta Típica SilencioEl pollo RicardoOrquesta Típica Silenciotango
    No match yet
    2009
  13. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMay 91938
  14. Dante PuricelliNot in our catalogueMay 271952
  15. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDec 171962
  16. Horacio Salgán, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1967
  17. Orquesta Matos RodríguezNot in our catalogue2005
  18. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  19. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue
  20. Leopoldo Federico, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

El pollo RicardoHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Héctor Varela recorded on Sep 30, 1966.

  1. Comme il fautHéctor 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 · 02480002044123-1-8

tango.info · 00094637196922-1-2

tango.info · 00724352913121-1-6

tango.info · 00724353318321-1-3

tango.info · 02480002031048-1-12

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:46

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Listen

  1. El pollo RicardoQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)

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