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Song

Don Juan · 1927

· tango · 1927 · RCA Victor
Music by Ernesto Ponzio. 23 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2014.

Who recorded it

Every version23

Earliest we hold: Orquesta Argentina Victor, 1927

  1. Juan D'Arienzo193619481950
  2. Carlos Di Sarli194119511955
  3. Aníbal Troilo19541967
  4. Osvaldo Fresedo1928
  5. Francisco Canaro1929
  6. Típica VictorAlberto Gómez1932

Recorded in 1927, during the Guardia Nueva (1920–1934).

1927

19201934

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Key facts
Year
1927
Contents1The song2Who wrote it3Lyrics4Every version5One recording

The song

ORQUESTA ARGENTINA VICTOROrquesta ARGENTINA VICTORDON JUANTango1927

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
not yet cited · help fill it
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it
Its words name
San Cristóbal

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

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

The catalogue holds 23 recordings of this song by 16 orchestras, 1927 to 2014.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Don Juan · 1927 by year, taller the more they are danced · 23 of 23 recordings carry a year · read Nov 8, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 16 orchestras; the earliest here is Orquesta Argentina Victor in 1927.

  1. 1927Orquesta Argentina VictorRecording
  2. 1928Osvaldo FresedoRecording
  3. 1929Francisco CanaroRecording
  4. 1932Típica VictorRecording
  5. 1936Juan D'ArienzoRecording
  6. 1941Carlos Di SarliRecording
  7. 1946Osmar MadernaRecording
  8. 1947Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Recording
  9. 1952Enrique MoraRecording
  10. 1954Aníbal TroiloRecording
  11. 1955José BassoRecording
  12. 1965Florindo SassoneRecording
  13. 1968Donato RacciattiRecording
  14. 1968Mario CanaroRecording
  15. 1988Los Solistas De D'ArienzoRecording
  16. 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.

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

  1. Típica VictorDon Juan · Típica Victor · Alberto Gómez · tango · Feb 4, 1932 · RCA VictorMeasured automatically · 123 BPM · A major
    17 dances · 10%
    1932
  2. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciDon Juan · Orquesta Típica Sans Souci · tango · 2014
    2 dances · 1%
    2014
  3. Francisco CanaroDon Juan · Francisco Canaro · instrumental · tango · Aug 2, 1929 · Odeon
    1 dance · <1%
    1929
  4. Orquesta Argentina VictorEarliest we holdDon Juan · Orquesta Argentina Victor · tango · 1927 · RCA Victor
    No match yet
    1927
  5. Osvaldo FresedoDon Juan · Osvaldo Fresedo · instrumental · tango · Mar 6, 1928 · Odeon
    No match yet
    1928
  6. Osmar MadernaDon Juan · Osmar Maderna · instrumental · tango · Sep 24, 1946 · RCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  7. Enrique MoraDon Juan · Enrique Mora · tango · Dec 23, 1952
    No match yet
    1952
  8. Florindo SassoneDon Juan · Florindo Sassone · instrumental · tango · Aug 31, 1965 · Odeon
    No match yet
    1965
  9. Donato RacciattiDon Juan · Donato Racciatti · tango · 1968
    No match yet
    1968
  10. Mario CanaroDon Juan · Mario Canaro · tango · 1968
    No match yet
    1968
  11. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoDon Juan · Los Solistas De D'Arienzo · tango · 1988 · Music Hall
    No match yet
    1988
  12. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueOct 221947
  13. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueAug 141948
  14. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueMay 91951
  15. Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueMay 181951

One recording

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

ORQUESTA ARGENTINA VICTOROrquesta ARGENTINA VICTORDON JUANTango1927

Orquesta Argentina Victor

Don Juan · Orquesta Argentina Victor · tango · 1927 · RCA Victor

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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