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El 16 · Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro) · 1938

Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
Music by Alberico Spátola. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–1938.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1926

  1. Francisco Canaro1926
  2. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)1938

Pinned at 1938 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro) recordings indexed 1937–1940

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberico Spátola
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1926 to 1938.
1920’30
Recordings of El 16 · Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro) · 1938 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl 16Francisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon1926
  2. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)El 16Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon1938
  3. Juan de Dios FilibertoNot in our catalogue1932
  4. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDec 131938
  5. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  6. Juan de Dios FilibertoNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)

El 16Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon

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Recorded the same day

What else Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro) recorded on Dec 13, 1938.

  1. La virutaQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon

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  1. El 16Francisco Canaro

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