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Song

El pollo Ricardo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1952

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Luis Alberto Fernandez, lyrics by Luis Alberto Fernández. 16 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–2009.

Pinned at 1952 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: Salamanca in the 50s, 1950–1957

El pollo Ricardo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1952 is a tango.† El pollo Ricardo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1952 lasts 03:05.†

The work

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Music
Luis Alberto Fernandez
Lyrics
Luis Alberto Fernández

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 16 recordings of this song by 12 orchestras, 1938 to 2009.

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1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of El pollo Ricardo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1952 by year, taller the more they are danced · 16 of 16 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

16 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 more we know of

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, 1951, with 68% of the 34 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

4 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedEl pollo RicardoCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
    23 dances · 68%
    1951
  2. Juan D'ArienzoEl pollo RicardoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    8 dances · 24%
    1952
  3. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Earliest we holdEl pollo RicardoQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknowntangoOdeon
    2 dances · 6%
    1938
  4. Aníbal TroiloEl pollo RicardoAníbal Troilosinger unknowntangoTK
    1 dance · 3%
    1954
  5. Carlos Di SarliEl pollo RicardoCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1940
  6. Carlos Di SarliEl pollo RicardoCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  7. Juan D'ArienzoEl pollo RicardoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1947
  8. Ricardo PedevillaEl pollo RicardoRicardo Pedevillasinger unknowntangoPampa
    No match yet
    1950
  9. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)El pollo RicardoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknowntangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1962
  10. Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)El pollo RicardoQuinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)singer unknowntangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1964
  11. Héctor VarelaEl pollo RicardoHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1966
  12. Mariano MoresEl pollo RicardoMariano Moressinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1967
  13. Donato RacciattiEl pollo RicardoDonato Racciattisinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1971
  14. Donato RacciattiEl pollo RicardoDonato Racciattisinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1980
  15. Orquesta El ArranqueEl pollo RicardoOrquesta El Arranquesinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2000
  16. Orquesta Típica SilencioEl pollo RicardoOrquesta Típica Silenciosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2009
  17. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueMay 91938
  18. Dante PuricelliNot in our catalogueMay 271952
  19. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDec 171962
  20. Horacio Salgán, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1967

The versions dancers use

Music from 1952 · danced on film 2013–2024

20132024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2018: 2, 2024: 1

Hugo Patyn & Celina Rotundo2024 · 0:25

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sRodrigo Rufino & Gisela Passi2014
  2. The 2020sHugo Patyn & Celina Rotundo2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

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Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

Danced by

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 00828766934021-1-21

tango.info · 02480002027782-1-24

tango.info · 02480002761983-2-1

tango.info · 00743211610629-1-3

tango.info · 02480002003212-1-9

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:05

Audio feature12

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.963

Audio feature A

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.73

Audio feature -20.2

Audio feature 0.441

Audio feature 0.51

Audio feature 0.018

Audio feature 0.042

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.94

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Listen

  1. El pollo RicardoQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknown

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