Song
Don Juan · 1927
tangoRCA VictorWho recorded it
Every version23Earliest we hold: Orquesta Argentina Victor, 1927
Recorded in 1927, during the Guardia Nueva (1920–1934).
19201934
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
16 orchestras recorded it
178 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Ernesto Ponzio
- Words
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- Written
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- First played
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- Its words name
- San Cristóbal
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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En el tango soy tan taura que cuando hago un doble corte corre la voz por el Norte, si es que me encuentro en el Sud. Y pa bailar la Yuyeta si es que me visto a la moda la gente me dice toda Dios le dé, Dios le dé, vida y salud. Calá, , calá. Siga el piano, , dése cuenta usted y después dirá si con este podrán por el Norte calá , qué corte, calá, , calá. No hay teatro que no conozca pues hasta soy medio artista y luego tengo una vista que hasta dicen que soy luz. Y la forma de mi cuerpo arreglada a mi vestido me hacen mozo muy querido, lo juro, lo juro por esta cruz. Yo soy el del barrio, pregúnteselo a cualquiera. No es esta la vez primera en que me han de conocer. Yo vivo por San Cristóbal, me llaman Don Juan Cabello, anóteselo en el cuello y ahí va, y ahí va, así me quieren ver.
English · machine translation
In the tango I'm so taura that when I make a double cut word spreads through the North, if I find myself in the South. And to dance the Yuyeta if I dress in the fashion people tell me all God give you, God give you life and health. Calá, che, calá. Follow the piano, man, you realize and then you will say if with this taita you will be able to go to the North Calá, che, what a cut, Calá, che, calá, calá. There is no theater that I don't know because I'm even half an artist and then I have a sight that they even say I am light. And the shape of my body arranged to my dress make me a very dear young man, I swear it, I swear it by this cross. I am the taita of the neighborhood, ask anyone. This is not the first time that you will meet me. I live in San Cristobal, they call me Don Juan Cabello, write it on your collar and there it goes, and there it goes, that's how they want to see me.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
A Song's recorded lineage
We hold dated Recordings by 16 orchestras; the earliest here is Orquesta Argentina Victor in 1927.
- 1927Orquesta Argentina VictorRecording
- 1928Osvaldo FresedoRecording
- 1929Francisco CanaroRecording
- 1932Típica VictorRecording
- 1936Juan D'ArienzoRecording
- 1941Carlos Di SarliRecording
- 1946Osmar MadernaRecording
- 1947Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Recording
- 1952Enrique MoraRecording
- 1954Aníbal TroiloRecording
- 1955José BassoRecording
- 1965Florindo SassoneRecording
- 1968Donato RacciattiRecording
- 1968Mario CanaroRecording
- 1988Los Solistas De D'ArienzoRecording
- 2014Orquesta Típica Sans SouciRecording
Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.
23 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 20 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, with 71% of the 178 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “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.
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- Típica VictorDon JuanTípica VictorAlberto GómeztangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 123 BPM · A major17 dances · 10%1932
- Orquesta Típica Sans SouciDon JuanOrquesta Típica Sans Soucitango2 dances · 1%2014
- Francisco CanaroDon JuanFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon1 dance · <1%1929
- Orquesta Argentina VictorEarliest we holdDon JuanOrquesta Argentina VictortangoRCA VictorNo match yet1927
- Osvaldo FresedoDon JuanOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoOdeonNo match yet1928
- Osmar MadernaDon JuanOsmar MadernainstrumentaltangoRCA VictorNo match yet1946
- Enrique MoraDon JuanEnrique MoratangoNo match yet1952
- Florindo SassoneDon JuanFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeonNo match yet1965
- Donato RacciattiDon JuanDonato RacciattitangoNo match yet1968
- Mario CanaroDon JuanMario CanarotangoNo match yet1968
- Los Solistas De D'ArienzoDon JuanLos Solistas De D'ArienzotangoMusic HallNo match yet1988
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueOct 221947
- Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueAug 141948
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueMay 91951
- Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueMay 181951
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Orquesta Argentina Victor
Don JuanOrquesta Argentina VictortangoRCA VictorNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
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