Song
Don Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948
Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorWho recorded it
Every version22Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1928
Pinned at 1948 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: The king is back, 1944–1949
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
15 orchestras recorded it
177 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Ernesto Ponzio
- Words
- not yet cited · help fill it
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
- Its words name
- San Cristóbal
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.
Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.
En el tango soy tan taura que cuando hago un doble corte corre la voz por el Norte, si es que me encuentro en el Sud. Y pa bailar la Yuyeta si es que me visto a la moda la gente me dice toda Dios le dé, Dios le dé, vida y salud. Calá, , calá. Siga el piano, , dése cuenta usted y después dirá si con este podrán por el Norte calá , qué corte, calá, , calá. No hay teatro que no conozca pues hasta soy medio artista y luego tengo una vista que hasta dicen que soy luz. Y la forma de mi cuerpo arreglada a mi vestido me hacen mozo muy querido, lo juro, lo juro por esta cruz. Yo soy el del barrio, pregúnteselo a cualquiera. No es esta la vez primera en que me han de conocer. Yo vivo por San Cristóbal, me llaman Don Juan Cabello, anóteselo en el cuello y ahí va, y ahí va, así me quieren ver.
English · machine translation
In the tango I'm so taura that when I make a double cut word spreads through the North, if I find myself in the South. And to dance the Yuyeta if I dress in the fashion people tell me all God give you, God give you life and health. Calá, che, calá. Follow the piano, man, you realize and then you will say if with this taita you will be able to go to the North Calá, che, what a cut, Calá, che, calá, calá. There is no theater that I don't know because I'm even half an artist and then I have a sight that they even say I am light. And the shape of my body arranged to my dress make me a very dear young man, I swear it, I swear it by this cross. I am the taita of the neighborhood, ask anyone. This is not the first time that you will meet me. I live in San Cristobal, they call me Don Juan Cabello, write it on your collar and there it goes, and there it goes, that's how they want to see me.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
22 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 20 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Carlos Di Sarli, with 72% of the 177 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “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.
- Típica VictorDon JuanTípica VictorAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor16 dances · 9%1932
- Orquesta Típica Sans SouciDon JuanOrquesta Típica Sans Soucitango2 dances · 1%2014
- Francisco CanaroDon JuanFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon1 dance · <1%1929
- Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdDon JuanOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoOdeonNo match yet1928
- Osmar MadernaDon JuanOsmar MadernainstrumentaltangoRCA VictorNo match yet1946
- Enrique MoraDon JuanEnrique MoratangoNo match yet1952
- Florindo SassoneDon JuanFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeonNo match yet1965
- Donato RacciattiDon JuanDonato RacciattitangoNo match yet1968
- Mario CanaroDon JuanMario CanarotangoNo match yet1968
- Los Solistas De D'ArienzoDon JuanLos Solistas De D'ArienzotangoMusic HallNo match yet1988
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueOct 221947
- Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueAug 141948
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueMay 91951
- Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueMay 181951
- Enrique MoraNot in our catalogueDec 231951
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Juan D'Arienzo
Don JuanJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorCouples filmed dancing this recording · 31 Performances
Recorded the same day
What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Jun 15, 1948.
Danced to it
Music from 1948 · danced on film 2005–2025
2005: 1, 2007: 1, 2010: 1, 2013: 1, 2015: 6, 2017: 4, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2024: 2, 2025: 1
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
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.
3 of 5 complete sets on film
Guille Barrionuevo and Mariela Sametband
2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Don JuanJuan D'Arienzo, 1948
- 2Destino de florCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
- 3MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
Elvira Kashkarova and Mikhail Tchudin
In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez
Istanbul-Express, 2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1Un infiernoMiguel Caló, 1954
- 2Don JuanJuan D'Arienzo, 1948
- 3Alma doloridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
Read more
- EntryDon Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1950Recording
- EntryDon Horacio · Juan D'Arienzo · 1947Recording
- EntryDon Pacifico · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949Recording
- EntryOlga · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948Recording
- EntryEl choclo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948Recording
- EntryDon Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936Recording
- EntryDon Goyo · Juan D'Arienzo · 1946Recording
- EntryDon Pacifico · Juan D'Arienzo · 1954Recording
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.
- 1MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 4 Performances
- 2Meta fierroJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
- 3El abrojoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958 · danced together in 2 Performances
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Connected
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Danced at
- Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival2 videos
- Istanbul-Express2 videos
- Tango Festival Karlsruhe1 video
- Viva La Pepa1 video
- Sunderland Club1 video
- Gente Amiga1 video
- Milonga Malena1 video
Danced by
- Virginia Gomez9 videos
- Christian Marquez9 videos
- Mariela Sametband6 videos
- Guille Barrionuevo6 videos
- Alvaro Salas3 videos
- Julieta Cappiello3 videos
- Magdalena Gutiérrez2 videos
- Dante Sánchez2 videos
- Asya Černolutskaya1 video
- Vania Rey1 video
- Junior Cervila1 video
- Marco Nodari1 video
Data: recordings, facts and sources
In other catalogues5
tango.info · 02480002761662-2-1
tango.info · 08427328133012-1-11
tango.info · 08427328140010-1-8
tango.info · 02480002003168-1-20
tango.info · 02480002027775-1-6
Is a1
Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 02:18
Audio feature14
Audio feature 126.0
Audio feature 0.968
Audio feature A
Audio feature major
Audio feature 0.74
Audio feature -20.7
Audio feature 0.383
Audio feature 0.571
Audio feature 0.0
Audio feature 0.214
Audio feature 0.786
Audio feature 127.0
Audio feature 63.5
Audio feature step
Vocal1
Vocal instrumental
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