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El flete · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Vicente Greco, lyrics by Pascual Contursi. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1966.

Pinned at 1936 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: With Biagi, 1935–1938

El flete · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936 is a tango.† El flete · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936 lasts 02:56.† El flete · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936: A famous D'Arienzo track used in the film The Tango Lesson; its 1936 date was confirmed live against discography sources after a listener question.†

The work

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Music
Vicente Greco
Lyrics
Pascual Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1928 to 1966.

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1920’30’40’50’60
Recordings of El flete · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedEl fleteJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    306 dances
    1936
  2. Osvaldo FresedoEl fleteOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl fleteFrancisco Canarosinger unknowntangoOdeon
    7 dances
    1928
  4. Héctor VarelaEl fleteHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    2 dances
    1952
  5. Orquesta Típica PorteñaEl fleteOrquesta Típica Porteñasinger unknowntango
    Not danced on film yet
    1930
  6. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)El fleteQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknowntangoOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1939
  7. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1914
  8. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1916
  9. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMar 301939
  10. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueDec 41950
  11. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  12. Jorge ArduhNot in our catalogue
  13. Pablo AslanNot in our catalogue
  14. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue
  15. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogue
  16. La TubatangoNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Se acabaron los pesaos, patoteros y mentaos de coraje y decisión. Se acabaron los malos de taleros y de palos, fariñeras y . Se acabaron los de faca y todos la van de araca cuando llega la ocasión. Porque al de más copete lo catan y le dan flete pa' la otra población. Esos taitas que tenían la mujer de prepotencia, la van de pura decencia y no ganan pa'l bullón. Nadie se hace el pata ancha ni su pecho ensancha de puro , porque al de más copete lo catan y le dan flete pa' la otra población.

English · machine translation

No more pesaos, and the patooties and the of courage and decision. No more bad guys of taleros and sticks, fariñeras and facon. No more faca and everyone goes araca when the occasion arises. Because the one with the most they catan him and give him freight to the other town. Those taitas who had the woman of arrogance, they go with pure decency and they don't win for the bullón. No one plays the wide-legged nor does his chest widen of pure compadron, because the one with the most wealth they catan him and give him freight to the other town.

The versions dancers use

Music from 1936 · danced on film 2005–2026

20052026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2006: 2, 2007: 5, 2008: 13, 2009: 13, 2010: 22, 2011: 14, 2012: 13, 2013: 18, 2014: 7, 2015: 9, 2016: 10, 2017: 19, 2018: 9, 2019: 15, 2020: 4, 2021: 7, 2022: 11, 2023: 7, 2024: 8, 2025: 6, 2026: 5

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20152021 · 3:19

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFederico Naveira & Ines Muzzopappa2008
  2. The 2010sMaksim Gerasimov & Agustina PiaggioMundial de Baile de Tango · 2019
  3. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2021

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    3 performances
  2. El BesoBalvanera
    2 performances
  3. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    2 performances
  4. Plaza DorregoSan Telmo
    2 performances
  5. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  6. Club ArquitecturaAgronomía
    1 performance
  7. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  8. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  9. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  10. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  11. Luna ParkSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  12. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance
  13. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 4 Performances
  2. 2NadaJuan D'Arienzo, 1964 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3El motivoAníbal Troilo, 1961 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4PoemaFrancisco Canaro, 1935 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5TemoTípica Victor, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  6. 6PacienciaJuan D'Arienzo, 1970 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7Porque regresas túCarlos Di Sarli, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8Cantemos corazónCarlos Di Sarli, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9El abrojoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Organito de la tardeCarlos Di Sarli, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues13

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tango.info · 00074646322628-1-6

tango.info · 00743213541624-1-4

tango.info · 00743217137229-1-4

tango.info · 00828766933024-1-9

tango.info · 02480002027485-1-7

tango.info · 02480002331827-2-7

tango.info · 02480002337072-1-4

tango.info · 02480002760238-2-1

tango.info · 04024236200344-1-4

tango.info · 04024236202386-1-8

tango.info · 05099706322627-1-6

tango.info · 07798089730798-1-7

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:56

Audio feature12

Audio feature 132.5

Audio feature 0.97

Audio feature E

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.679

Audio feature -23.8

Audio feature 0.37

Audio feature 0.602

Audio feature 0.002

Audio feature 0.03

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.967

Notes1

A famous D'Arienzo track used in the film The Tango Lesson; its 1936 date was confirmed live against discography sources after a listener question.

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. El fleteFrancisco Canarosinger unknown

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