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Yo no sé por qué te quiero · Francisco Canaro · 1934

Francisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
Music by Francisco Canaro. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–1959.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1934

  1. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1934
  2. José De Alto1959
  3. Rafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaRaúl Sander1936

Pinned at 1934 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: With Maida, 1933–1938

Yo no sé por qué te quiero · Francisco Canaro · 1934 was sung by Ernesto Famá.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

20 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1934 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1934 to 1959.
1930’40’50
Recordings of Yo no sé por qué te quiero · Francisco Canaro · 1934 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedYo no sé por qué te quieroFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    20 dances
    1934
  2. José De AltoYo no sé por qué te quieroJosé De Altotango
    No match yet
    1959
  3. Rafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaYo no sé por qué te quieroRafael Canaro Y Su Orquesta ArgentinaRaúl Sandertango
    No match yet
    1936

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Yo no sé por qué te quieroFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 22 Performances

Santiago Castro & Carla RossiWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20182015 · 3:43

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on May 4, 1934.

  1. El tango de mulaFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
  2. Un jardín de ilusiónFrancisco CanaroErnesto Famá, Ada FalcónvalsOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1934 · danced on film 2010–2021

20102021
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2011: 3, 2012: 2, 2015: 3, 2017: 3, 2021: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sSantiago Castro & Carla Rossi2015
  2. The 2020sSergey Kurkatov & Dana ZampieriLa Boca Tango Festival · 2021

Where it is danced

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

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 5 complete sets on film

  1. John Zabala and Maria Filali

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Yo no sé por qué te quieroFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    2. 2DesencuentroAníbal Troilo, 1962
    3. 3ZorzalJosé Garcia, 1942
    4. 4Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Maja Petrović and Marko Miljevic

    2011 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Porque regresas túCarlos Di Sarli, 1956
    2. 2No hay tierra como la miaFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    3. 3Pobre florAlfredo De Angelis, 1946
    4. 4Yo no sé por qué te quieroFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Carla Rossi and Santiago Castro

    Tango Festival Karlsruhe, 2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Yo no sé por qué te quieroFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    2. 2PasionalOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952
    3. 3En esta tarde grisAníbal Troilo, 1941
    4. 4Meta fierroJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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. 1En esta tarde grisAníbal Troilo, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2PasionalOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Ernesto FamáMay 4, 1934

Audio feature12

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.957

Audio feature A

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.603

Audio feature -25.1

Audio feature 0.364

Audio feature 0.522

Audio feature 0.179

Audio feature 0.003

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.818

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Yo no sé por qué te quieroFrancisco CanaroErnesto Famá

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