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A los amigos · Orquesta Francini-Pontier · 1950

Orquesta Francini-Pontiertango
Music by Armando Pontier. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1950–1998.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Orquesta Francini-Pontier, 1950

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese1960
  2. Orquesta Francini-Pontier19501973
  3. Orquesta Forever Tango1998

Pinned at 1950 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Orquesta Francini-Pontier recordings indexed 1946–1973

A los amigos · Orquesta Francini-Pontier · 1950: One of the tangos of the year and Francini-Pontier's most danceable number; Lavocah thinks the double bass here first shows the 'strappata' effect.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

151 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Armando Pontier
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 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1950 to 1998.
1950’60’70’80’90
Recordings of A los amigos · Orquesta Francini-Pontier · 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 · 9 more we know of

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1960, with 91% of the 151 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

13 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedA los amigosOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    138 dances · 91%
    1960
  2. Orquesta Forever TangoA los amigosOrquesta Forever Tangotango
    13 dances · 9%
    1998
  4. BachichaNot in our catalogue1950
  5. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueJun 11950
  6. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueSep 31964
  7. Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
  8. Quinteto ÁngelNot in our catalogue2004
  9. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogue
  10. Armando PontierNot in our catalogue
  11. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogue
  12. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa

One recording

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

Orquesta Francini-Pontier

A los amigosOrquesta Francini-Pontiertango

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Notes1

One of the tangos of the year and Francini-Pontier's most danceable number; Lavocah thinks the double bass here first shows the 'strappata' effect.

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  1. A los amigosOrquesta Francini-Pontier

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