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El africano · Enrique Rodríguez · 1945

Enrique RodríguezinstrumentaltangoOdeon
Music by Eduardo Pereyra. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1920–1978.

Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Enrique Rodríguez recordings indexed 1937–1962

El africano · Enrique Rodríguez · 1945 is a tango.† El africano · Enrique Rodríguez · 1945 lasts 03:12.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

6 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Pereyra
Words
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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 10 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1920 to 1978.
1920’30’40’50’60’70
Recordings of El africano · Enrique Rodríguez · 1945 by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

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

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  3. Osvaldo PuglieseEl africanoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1978
  4. Enrique RodríguezEl africanoEnrique RodríguezinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1945
  5. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl africanoFrancisco Canarosinger unknowntangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1920
  6. Armando PontierEl africanoArmando Pontierinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1966
  7. Héctor VarelaEl africanoHéctor Varelasinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1951
  8. Mariano MoresEl africanoMariano Moressinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1966
  9. Cayetano PuglisiNot in our catalogueOct 71929
  10. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
  11. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
  12. José CanetNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1979
  13. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
  14. Leopoldo Federico, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogue
  15. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Enrique Rodríguez

El africanoEnrique RodríguezinstrumentaltangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 00724359517223-1-9

tango.info · 02480002042495-1-10

tango.info · 07898659721987-1-19

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:12

Audio feature14

Audio feature 126.0

Audio feature 0.952

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.759

Audio feature -22.9

Audio feature 0.283

Audio feature 0.435

Audio feature 0.002

Audio feature 0.036

Audio feature 0.96

Audio feature 126.6

Audio feature 63.3

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. El africanoFrancisco Canarosinger unknown

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