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Palomita blanca · Aníbal Troilo · 1944

Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino, Floreal RuizvalsRCA Victor
Music by Anselmo Aieta, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–1972.

Who recorded it

Every version7

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1929

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino · Floreal Ruiz1944
  2. Francisco CanaroCharlo1929
  3. Héctor Varela1967
  4. Hugo Diaz1972
  5. Baffa-Berlingieri1967
  6. Juan de Dios Filiberto1958

Pinned at 1944 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: Sentimental, 1944–1949

Palomita blanca · Aníbal Troilo · 1944 was sung by Floreal Ruiz and Alberto Marino.† Palomita blanca · Aníbal Troilo · 1944 is a vals.† Palomita blanca · Aníbal Troilo · 1944 lasts 03:20.† Palomita blanca · Aníbal Troilo · 1944: Michael's one personal birthday request from all of 1944, for its counter-melody, later reused in Troilo's 1950s-60s guitar quartet. and The orchestra version of the waltz, where the violins' counter-melody is brought out even more than in the quartet version.††

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

57 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Anselmo Aieta
Words
Francisco García Jiménez
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 7 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1929 to 1972.
1920’30’40’50’60’70
Recordings of Palomita blanca · Aníbal Troilo · 1944 by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 18 more we know of

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

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, 1944, with 86% of the 57 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedPalomita blancaAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino, Floreal RuizvalsRCA Victor
    49 dances · 86%
    1944
  2. Hugo DiazPalomita blancaHugo Diazvals
    4 dances · 7%
    1972
  3. Héctor VarelaPalomita blancaHéctor Varelainstrumentalvals
    3 dances · 5%
    1967
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdPalomita blancaFrancisco CanaroCharlovalsOdeon
    1 dance · 2%
    1929
  5. Troilo-GrelaPalomita blancaTroilo-Grelavals
    No match yet
    1953
  6. Juan de Dios FilibertoPalomita blancaJuan de Dios Filibertovals
    No match yet
    1958
  7. Baffa-BerlingieriPalomita blancaBaffa-Berlingierivalsrca camden
    No match yet
    1967
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Dec 191929
  9. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Mar 201930
  10. Armando BaliottiNot in our catalogueJan 41952
  11. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogue1953
  12. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1973
  13. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogue1976
  14. QuinTangoNot in our catalogue2000
  15. Trío GarufaNot in our catalogue2004
  16. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  17. Antonio RíosNot in our catalogue
  18. Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogue
  19. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  20. Giora FeidmanNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Palomita blancaAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino, Floreal RuizvalsRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 49 Performances

Juan Malizia & Manuela RossiWorld Champions · Tango Escenario 20142016 · 3:32

Recorded the same day

What else Aníbal Troilo recorded on Nov 23, 1944.

  1. Naranjo en florAníbal TroiloFloreal RuiztangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · danced on film 2007–2026

20072026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2012: 7, 2013: 1, 2014: 2, 2015: 2, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2021: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 6, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sGustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne2007
  2. The 2010sJuan Malizia & Manuela Rossi2016
  3. The 2020sGianpiero Galdi & Lorena Tarantino2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  2. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    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 8 complete sets on film

  1. Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo

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

    1. 1Palomita blancaAníbal Troilo, 1944
    2. 2Milonga criollaFrancisco Canaro, 1927
    3. 3Yunta de oroOsvaldo Pugliese, 1957
    4. 4Milongueando en el cuarentaAníbal Troilo, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Agustina Berenstein and Rodrigo Palacios

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Palomita blancaAníbal Troilo, 1944
    2. 2Pocas palabrasRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    3. 3Milonga de la puteadaEsteban Morgado, 2007
    4. 4FuimosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Diego Churquina and Paula Pandol

    2024 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1LiliánJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    2. 2De floreoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1950
    3. 3Palomita blancaAníbal Troilo, 1944
    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. 1Mi dolorJuan D'Arienzo, 1972 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2LiliánJuan D'Arienzo, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3FuimosAníbal Troilo, 1946 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4De floreoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1950 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues32

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Singers2

Sung by Floreal Ruiz

Sung by Alberto Marino

Is a1

Is a vals

Duration1

Duration 03:20

Audio feature13

Audio feature 132.5

Audio feature 0.923

Audio feature 0.501

Audio feature -21.2

Audio feature 0.395

Audio feature 0.19

Audio feature 0.251

Audio feature 0.003

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.745

Audio feature 132.9

Audio feature 66.4

Audio feature bar

Notes2

Michael's one personal birthday request from all of 1944, for its counter-melody, later reused in Troilo's 1950s-60s guitar quartet.

The orchestra version of the waltz, where the violins' counter-melody is brought out even more than in the quartet version.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Palomita blancaFrancisco CanaroCharlo

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