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Song

El monito · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · 1998

Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango
Music by Julio de Caro, lyrics by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1998.

Who recorded it

Every version10

Earliest we hold: Julio De Caro, 1928

  1. Aníbal Troilo1953
  2. Osvaldo Pugliese1945
  3. Julio De Caro192819391949
  4. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)1998
  5. Ángel Dominguez1955
  6. Los Astros del Tango1958

Pinned at 1998 · Revival 1985–1999 · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) recordings indexed 1994–2014

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

47 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Julio de Caro
Words
Juan Carlos Marambio Catán
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1945 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 10 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1928 to 1998.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90
Recordings of El monito · Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · 1998 by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1945, with 62% of the 47 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedEl monitoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    29 dances · 62%
    1945
  3. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)El monitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango
    4 dances · 9%
    1998
  4. Aníbal TroiloEl monitoAníbal TroilotangoTK
    No match yet
    1953
  5. Ángel DominguezEl monitoÁngel Dominguezinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1955
  6. Los Astros del TangoEl monitoLos Astros del TangotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  8. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueJul 231925
  9. Estrellas de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogueNov 291960
  10. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  11. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)

El monitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 4 Performances

Jesica Cutler & Facundo Agüero Maisano2023 · 3:35

Danced to it

Music from 1998 · danced on film 2023

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What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

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