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Organito de la tarde · José Basso · 1970

José Bassosinger unknowntango
Music by Cátulo Castillo, lyrics by José González Castillo. 17 recordings in our catalogue, 1925–2003.

Pinned at 1970 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · José Basso recordings indexed 1948–1986

The work

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Music
Cátulo Castillo
Lyrics
José González Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 17 recordings of this song by 12 orchestras, 1925 to 2003.

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Recordings of Organito de la tarde · José Basso · 1970 by year, taller the more they are danced · 17 of 17 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

17 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 28 more we know of

The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, 1942, with 94% of the 90 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

8 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 dancedOrganito de la tardeCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    85 dances · 94%
    1942
  2. Carlos Di SarliOrganito de la tardeCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    2 dances · 2%
    1954
  3. Francisco CanaroOrganito de la tardeFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    1 dance · 1%
    1927
  4. Rodolfo BiagiOrganito de la tardeRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    1 dance · 1%
    1956
  5. Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)Organito de la tardeQuinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)singer unknowntangoColumbia
    1 dance · 1%
    1960
  6. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOrganito de la tardeFrancisco Canarosinger unknowntangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1925
  7. Alberto MarinoOrganito de la tardeAlberto Marinosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1947
  8. Ricardo PedevillaOrganito de la tardeRicardo Pedevillasinger unknowntangoPampa
    No match yet
    1950
  9. Carlos Di SarliOrganito de la tardeCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1951
  10. Puglia-PedrozaOrganito de la tardePuglia-Pedrozasinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1951
  11. Florindo SassoneOrganito de la tardeFlorindo SassoneAndrés PeirótangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1959
  12. Francisco CanaroOrganito de la tardeFrancisco Canarosinger unknowntangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1961
  13. Juan D'ArienzoOrganito de la tardeJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1967
  14. Florindo SassoneOrganito de la tardeFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1968
  15. José BassoOrganito de la tardeJosé Bassosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1970
  16. Orquesta El ArranqueOrganito de la tardeOrquesta El Arranquesinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2002
  17. Orquesta Escuela de TangoOrganito de la tardeOrquesta Escuela de Tangosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2003
  18. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1924
  19. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1925
  20. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1937

Lyrics

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Al paso tardo de un pobre viejo puebla de notas el arrabal, con un concierto de vidrios rotos, el organito crepuscular. Dándole vueltas a la manija un hombre rengo marcha detrás mientras la dura pata de palo marca del tango el compás. En las notas de esa musiquita hay no sé qué de vaga sensación que el barrio parece impregnarse todo de emoción. Y es porque son tantos los recuerdos que a su paso despertando va que llena las almas con un gran deseo de llorar. Y al triste son de esa su canción sigue el organito lerdo como sembrando a su paso más pesar en el recuerdo, más calor en el ocaso. Y allá se va de su tango al son como buscando la noche que apagará su canción. Cuentan las viejas que todo saben y que el pianito junta a charlar que aquel viejito tuvo una hija que era la gloria del arrabal. Cuentan que el rengo era su novio y que en el corte no tuvo igual... Supo con ella, y en las milongas, con aquel tango reinar. Pero vino un día un forastero, bailarín, buen mozo y peleador que en una milonga compañera y pierna le quitó. Desde entonces es que padre y novio van buscando por el arrabal la ingrata muchacha al compás de aquel tango fatal.

English · machine translation

At the slow pace of a poor old man populates the suburb with notes, with a concert of broken glass, the twilight organ. Turning the handle a lame man marches behind while the hard wooden leg marks the tango beat. In the notes of that little music there is some vague sensation that the neighborhood seems to be impregnated with emotion. And it is because there are so many memories that in its wake it awakens that fills the souls with a great desire to cry. And to the sad sound of that song of hers follows the little slow organ as if sowing in its wake more sorrow in the memory, more warmth in the sunset. And there it goes of its tango to the sound as if searching for the night that will extinguish his song. The old women tell that they know everything and that the little piano brings them together to chat that that old man had a daughter who was the glory of the suburb. They say that the lame man was her boyfriend and that in the court she had no equal... He knew with her, and in the milongas, with that tango to reign. But one day a stranger came, dancer, handsome and a fighter who in a milonga and leg he took away his partner and his leg. Since then, father and boyfriend have been looking for the ungrateful girl the ungrateful girl to the beat of that fatal tango.

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  1. Organito de la tardeFrancisco Canarosinger unknown

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