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Yuyo brujo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949

Juan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
Music by Hector Varela, Benjamín García, lyrics by Carlos Waiss. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1949–1964.

Pinned at 1949 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: The king is back, 1944–1949

Yuyo brujo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 was sung by Armando Laborde.†† Yuyo brujo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 is a tango.† Yuyo brujo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 lasts 02:31.† Yuyo brujo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949: The big hit of the year for D'Arienzo; Laborde has begun to sound a little like Echagüe, with more edge to his voice.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

209 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Hector Varela, Benjamín García
Words
Carlos Waiss
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 3 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1949 to 1964.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Yuyo brujo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, with 96% of the 209 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.

  2. Héctor VarelaYuyo brujoHéctor VarelaArmando Labordetango
    8 dances · 4%
    1951
  3. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueJorge Garré · May 231952

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Yuyo brujoJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 14 Performances

Daniel Nacucchio & Cristina SosaWorld Champions · Tango de Salón 20082:56

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Nov 24, 1949.

  1. Don PacificoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. Amarga sospechaJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
  3. Si yo la quieroJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
  4. La catreraJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  5. Rey de triunfoJuan D'Arienzosinger unknowntangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1949 · danced on film 2011–2023

20112023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2014: 3, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónArgentina Tango Salon Festival · 2017
  2. The 2020sRava Azeredo & Magdalena Myszka2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Círculo TrovadorVicente López
    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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Celeste Medina and Ismael Ludman

    Milonguero Nights, 2014 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1La intrigaAlfredo Gobbi, 1950
    2. 2Yuyo brujoJuan D'Arienzo, 1949
    3. 3Viejo portónRodolfo Biagi, 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. 1BailemosCarlos Di Sarli, 1955 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2BandoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1969 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Armando LabordeNov 24, 1949

In other catalogues16

tango.info · 08427328146104-2-13

tango.info · 00743216335923-1-11

tango.info · 00743217139124-1-3

tango.info · 00828766933925-1-21

tango.info · 02480002003175-1-16

tango.info · 02480002028482-1-4

tango.info · 02480002031161-1-2

tango.info · 02480002101123-3-127

tango.info · 02480002330363-2-2

tango.info · 02480002332558-1-1

tango.info · 02480002334880-2-2

tango.info · 02480002762157-1-1

tango.info · 07798090260116-1-11

tango.info · 08427328020497-1-7

tango.info · 08427328140119-1-1

tango.info · 00743212213027-1-3

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:31

Audio feature15

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.931

Audio feature G

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.733

Audio feature -19.4

Audio feature 0.489

Audio feature 0.28

Audio feature 0.451

Audio feature 0.004

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.545

Audio feature 130.9

Audio feature 65.4

Audio feature step

Notes1

The big hit of the year for D'Arienzo; Laborde has begun to sound a little like Echagüe, with more edge to his voice.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Yuyo brujoJuan D'ArienzoArmando Laborde

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