The Cabeceo

We've caught your eye across the milonga. Like any good tango, this starts with consent — nothing optional runs until you say so.Cookies only with your yes. What we store.

Skip to content

Song

Don Pacifico · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Arturo de Bassi. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1954.

Pinned at 1949 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: The king is back, 1944–1949

Don Pacifico · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 is a tango.† Don Pacifico · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 lasts 02:38.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

14 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Arturo de Bassi
Words
not yet cited · help fill it
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1939 to 1954.
1930’40’50
Recordings of Don Pacifico · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 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.

  2. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Don PacificoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 14 Performances

Sebastian Jimenez & Ani MeskhiWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20102026 · 0:53

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Nov 24, 1949.

  1. Yuyo brujoJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
  2. Amarga sospechaJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
  3. Si yo la quieroJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
  4. La catreraJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  5. Rey de triunfoJuan D'Arienzosinger unknowntangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1949 · danced on film 2012–2026

20122026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 3, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sSantos David2019
  2. The 2020sSebastian Jimenez & Ani Meskhi2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club JuvenilAlmagro
    1 performance
  2. 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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Hernan Alvarez Prieto and Natalia Hills

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Tres esquinasÁngel D'Agostino, 1941
    2. 2Don PacificoJuan D'Arienzo, 1949
    3. 3Meta fierroJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4N.N.Osvaldo Pugliese, 1952
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Horacio Prestamo and Silvana Anfossi

    2017 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Alma míaCarlos Di Sarli, 1940
    2. 2Don PacificoJuan D'Arienzo, 1949
    3. 3Oro de leyJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Meta fierroJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2Tres esquinasÁngel D'Agostino, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Issued on record

Label, catalogue and matrix numbers of each record. A year is the year the record was issued. Source: TangoCloud catalogue.

  • 1949

    RCA Victor 60-1876 · Juan D'Arienzo Y Su Orquesta Típica

    Shellac · Argentina · side B

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 02480002027775-1-15

tango.info · 02480002760061-2-1

tango.info · 08427328131094-1-19

tango.info · 02480002003175-1-17

tango.info · 02480002200826-1-13

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:38

Audio feature15

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.966

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.937

Audio feature -21.7

Audio feature 0.371

Audio feature 0.592

Audio feature 0.002

Audio feature 0.017

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.981

Audio feature 129.3

Audio feature 64.7

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Listen

  1. Don PacificoJuan D'Arienzosinger unknown

Ask Tangopedia

Answers only from cited facts, each with its source.