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El africano · Aníbal Troilo · 1967

Music by Eduardo Pereyra. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1920–1978.
1920: 1 · danced 0 times1937: 1 · danced 0 times1945: 2 · danced 1 times1951: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 2 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times1969: 1 · danced 5 times1978: 1 · danced 0 times
1920’30’40’50’60’701978
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1920: 1, 0; 1937: 1, 0; 1945: 2, 1; 1951: 1, 0; 1966: 2, 0; 1967: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 5; 1978: 1, 0

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1937 and 1969. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

El africano · Aníbal Troilo · 1967 is a tango.† El africano · Aníbal Troilo · 1967 lasts 02:58.†

Credit

Music
Eduardo Pereyra

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1937
  2. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 1
    5 dances
    1969
  3. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 15
    1 dance
    1945
  4. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Oct 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  5. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1978
  6. Enrique RodríguezInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  7. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdColumbia
    Not danced on film yet
    1920
  8. Armando PontierInstrumental · Dec 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  9. Héctor VarelaNov 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  10. Mariano Mores
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  11. Cayetano PuglisiNot in our catalogueOct 71929
  12. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
  13. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
  14. José CanetNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1979
  15. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
  16. Leopoldo Federico, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogue
  17. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 00743213497426-1-14

Single source

tango.info · 00828765993722-1-7

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tango.info · 00743216974221-1-3

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tango.info · 02480002330837-1-2

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:58

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Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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Listen

  1. El africanoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1920

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