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Don Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Ernesto Ponzio. 22 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–2014.

Who recorded it

Every version22

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1928

  1. Juan D'Arienzo193619481950
  2. Carlos Di Sarli194119511955
  3. Aníbal Troilo19541967
  4. Osvaldo Fresedo1928
  5. Francisco Canaro1929
  6. Típica VictorAlberto Gómez1932

Pinned at 1948 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: The king is back, 1944–1949

Don Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948 is a tango.† Don Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948 lasts 02:18.†

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
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Written
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First played
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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

The catalogue holds 22 recordings of this song by 15 orchestras, 1928 to 2014.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Don Juan · Juan D'Arienzo · 1948 by year, taller the more they are danced · 22 of 22 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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.

  1. Típica VictorDon JuanTípica VictorAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor
    16 dances · 9%
    1932
  2. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciDon JuanOrquesta Típica Sans Soucitango
    2 dances · 1%
    2014
  3. Francisco CanaroDon JuanFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    1 dance · <1%
    1929
  4. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdDon JuanOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1928
  5. Osmar MadernaDon JuanOsmar MadernainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  6. Enrique MoraDon JuanEnrique Moratango
    No match yet
    1952
  7. Florindo SassoneDon JuanFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1965
  8. Donato RacciattiDon JuanDonato Racciattitango
    No match yet
    1968
  9. Mario CanaroDon JuanMario Canarotango
    No match yet
    1968
  10. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoDon JuanLos Solistas De D'ArienzotangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1988
  11. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueOct 221947
  12. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueAug 141948
  13. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueMay 91951
  14. Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueMay 181951
  15. 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 Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 31 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Jun 15, 1948.

  1. BarajandoJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
  2. Qué apuro tengoJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1948 · danced on film 2005–2025

20052025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

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.

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance
  2. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  3. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    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.

3 of 5 complete sets on film

  1. Guille Barrionuevo and Mariela Sametband

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Don JuanJuan D'Arienzo, 1948
    2. 2Destino de florCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
    3. 3MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Elvira Kashkarova and Mikhail Tchudin

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Don JuanJuan D'Arienzo, 1948
    2. 2N.N.Osvaldo Pugliese, 1952
    3. 3SecretoTípica Victor, 1932
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez

    Istanbul-Express, 2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Un infiernoMiguel Caló, 1954
    2. 2Don JuanJuan D'Arienzo, 1948
    3. 3Alma doloridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    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. 1MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 4 Performances
  2. 2Meta fierroJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3El abrojoCarlos Di Sarli, 1958 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

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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  1. Don JuanOsvaldo Fresedo

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