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Café de Los Angelitos · Francisco Canaro · 1945

Francisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
Music by José Razzano, Cátulo Castillo, lyrics by José Razzano. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1945.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1944

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1944
  2. Rodolfo BiagiAlberto Amor1945
  3. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1945

Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: Later years, 1939–1964

Café de Los Angelitos · Francisco Canaro · 1945 was sung by Carlos Roldán.†† Café de Los Angelitos · Francisco Canaro · 1945 is a tango.† Café de Los Angelitos · Francisco Canaro · 1945 lasts 02:51.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

14 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José Razzano, Cátulo Castillo
Words
José Razzano
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’s 1944 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, 1944 to 1945.
1940
Recordings of Café de Los Angelitos · Francisco Canaro · 1945 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 · 3 more we know of

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. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedCafé de Los AngelitosAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    6 dances
    1944
  2. Rodolfo BiagiCafé de Los AngelitosRodolfo BiagiAlberto AmortangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1945
  3. Francisco CanaroCafé de Los AngelitosFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    6 dances
    1945
  4. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Jun 31945
  5. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  6. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Café de Los AngelitosFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 8 Performances

Diego Riemer & Belèn GiachelloPlanetango · 3:21

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Mar 9, 1945.

  1. Tú, el cielo y túFrancisco CanaroGuillermo CoraltangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1945 · danced on film 2010–2022

20102022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 2, 2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFelipe Zarzar & Mamié Sancy2010
  2. The 2020sPanagiotis Triantafyllou & Agnieszka StachKrakus Aires Tango Festival · 2022

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Felipe Zarzar and Mamié Sancy

    2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Café de Los AngelitosFrancisco Canaro, 1945
    2. 2Pensalo bienJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    3. 3Flores del almaAlfredo De Angelis, 1947
    4. 4Sin saborEdgardo Donato, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Lucila Bardach and Marcelo Lavergata

    2012 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Café de Los AngelitosFrancisco Canaro, 1945
    2. 2Corazón encadenadoFrancisco Canaro, 1942
    3. 3En el salónRicardo Tanturi, 1944
    4. 4Mala suerteFrancisco Canaro, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

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From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Carlos RoldánMar 9, 1945

In other catalogues10

tango.info · 02480002102793-1-23

tango.info · 02480002124825-1-19

tango.info · 05099964043227-8-5

tango.info · 02480002041078-1-16

tango.info · 00724349997325-1-3

tango.info · 02480002028567-1-8

tango.info · 02480002030997-1-3

tango.info · 02480002744962-2-1

tango.info · 00043011009129-1-4

tango.info · 04024236201051-1-2

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:51

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Café de Los AngelitosAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino

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