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El tamango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941

Aníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor
Music by Carlos Posadas. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1967.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1941

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1967
  2. Aníbal Troilo1941

Pinned at 1941 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Aníbal Troilo recordings indexed 1938–1971 · gold: Energetic, 1941–1944

El tamango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941 is a tango.† El tamango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941 lasts 02:35.† El tamango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941: A masterclass from pianist Orlando Goñi, absolutely destroying the piano with rumbling left-hand bass notes.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

20 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Posadas
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 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1941 to 1967.
1940’50’60
Recordings of El tamango · Aníbal Troilo · 1941 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Juan D'ArienzoEl tamangoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1967
  2. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedEl tamangoAníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor
    18 dances
    1941

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

El tamangoAníbal TroilotangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 21 Performances

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20152019 · 3:07

Recorded the same day

What else Aníbal Troilo recorded on Oct 23, 1941.

  1. Tinta rojaAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
  2. No le digas que la quieroAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2015–2026

20152026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 1, 2019: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2019
  2. The 2020sSuyay Quiroga & Jonny CarvajalEl Milongón · 2025

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Fabián Peralta and Josefina Bermúdez

    2023 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Anselmo Acuña el reseroCarlos Di Sarli, 1943
    2. 2El tamangoAníbal Troilo, 1941
    3. 3El chamuyoJuan D'Arienzo, 1965
    4. 4Milonga bravaFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    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. 1Milonga del 83Juan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2TierritaJuan D'Arienzo, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances

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In other catalogues21

tango.info · 02480002103158-6-2

tango.info · 08427328146081-1-12

tango.info · 00743214972625-1-22

tango.info · 02480002102588-1-24

tango.info · 02480002121220-1-7

tango.info · 00743212755220-1-2

tango.info · 00229001001728-1-5

tango.info · 02480002332213-1-2

tango.info · 07798145107496-1-7

tango.info · 02480002331834-1-4

tango.info · 07798089730828-1-24

tango.info · 08427328133067-1-24

tango.info · 07798067339593-1-5

tango.info · 00743214972427-1-5

tango.info · 04038912150854-1-2

tango.info · 00828765943727-1-10

tango.info · 08427328130677-1-2

tango.info · 00886971399127-1-17

tango.info · 04024236201228-1-7

tango.info · 02480002335641-1-2

tango.info · 03149024232329-1-3

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:35

Audio feature14

Audio feature 132.5

Audio feature 0.967

Audio feature B

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.679

Audio feature -21.3

Audio feature 0.316

Audio feature 0.543

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.999

Audio feature 132.7

Audio feature 66.3

Audio feature step

Notes1

A masterclass from pianist Orlando Goñi, absolutely destroying the piano with rumbling left-hand bass notes.

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  1. El tamangoAníbal Troilo

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