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Song

Farolito viejo · Héctor Varela · 1950

Héctor VarelaArmando Labordetango
Music by Luis Teisseire. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1954.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1927

  1. Francisco Canaro1927
  2. Roberto Firpo1927
  3. Francisco RotundoJulio Sosa1954
  4. Héctor VarelaArmando Laborde1950

Pinned at 1950 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Héctor Varela recordings indexed 1950–1975

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Luis Teisseire
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1927 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1927 to 1954.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Farolito viejo · Héctor Varela · 1950 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdFarolito viejoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon1927
  2. Roberto FirpoFarolito viejoRoberto FirpoinstrumentaltangoOdeon1927
  3. Francisco RotundoFarolito viejoFrancisco RotundoJulio SosatangoPampa1954
  4. Héctor VarelaFarolito viejoHéctor VarelaArmando Labordetango1950
  5. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueMay 201927
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Aug 201927
  7. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Héctor Varela

Farolito viejoHéctor VarelaArmando Labordetango

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Héctor Varela recorded on Dec 15, 1950.

  1. La trillaHéctor Varelatango

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What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

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  1. Farolito viejoFrancisco Canaro

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