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El Pollito · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1959

Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
Music by Francisco Canaro. 13 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1981.

Who recorded it

Every version13

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1927

  1. Juan D'Arienzo19381965
  2. Carlos Di Sarli19471951
  3. Ricardo Tanturi1959
  4. Osvaldo Fresedo1961
  5. Edgardo Donato1954
  6. Francisco Canaro19271931

Pinned at 1959 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) recordings indexed 1940–1964

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

9 orchestras recorded it

13 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 13 recordings of this song by 9 orchestras, 1927 to 1981.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of El Pollito · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1959 by year, taller the more they are danced · 13 of 13 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

13 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

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  3. Ricardo TanturiEl PollitoRicardo TanturiinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1959
  4. Osvaldo FresedoEl PollitoOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1961
  5. Edgardo DonatoEl PollitoEdgardo DonatotangoPampa
    No match yet
    1954
  8. Mariano MoresEl PollitoMariano Morestango
    No match yet
    1966
  9. Miguel VillasboasEl PollitoMiguel Villasboastango
    No match yet
    1981
  10. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJul 311947
  11. Mario DemarcoNot in our catalogue1952
  12. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 221959
  13. Juan Sánchez GorioNot in our catalogue
  14. Mario DemarcoNot in our catalogue
  15. Quinteto Criollo Atlana, dir. Astor BologniniNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)

El PollitoQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) recorded on Apr 22, 1959.

  1. Che papusa oíQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
  2. El marneQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon
  3. La morochaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)tangoOdeon

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