Song
El porteñito · Juan D'Arienzo · 1937
Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorWho recorded it
Every version6Earliest we hold: Típica Victor, 1928
Recorded on Aug 31, 1937, during the Golden Age (1935–1954).
19351954
Juan D'Arienzo: With Biagi period, 1935–1938
El porteñito · Juan D'Arienzo · 1937 is a milonga tangueada.† El porteñito · Juan D'Arienzo · 1937 lasts 02:58.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
5 orchestras recorded it
37 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Ángel Villoldo
- Words
- Ángel Villoldo
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.
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Soy hijo de Buenos Aires, por apodo 'El porteñito', el criollo más compadrito que en esta tierra nació. Cuando un tango en la vigüela rasguea algún compañero no hay nadie en el mundo entero que baile mejor que yo. No hay ninguno que me iguale para enamorar mujeres, puro hablar de pareceres, puro filo y nada más. Y al hacerle la encarada la fileo de cuerpo entero asegurando el puchero con el que dará. Soy el terror del malevaje cuando en un baile me meto, porque a ninguno respeto de los que hay en la reunión. Y si alguno se retoba y viene haciéndose el guapo lo mando de un castañazo a buscar quien lo engrupió. Cuando el ya escasea le formo un cuento a mi china que es la más ladina que pisó el barrio del sur. Y como caído del cielo entra el níquel al bolsillo y al compás de un organillo bailo el tango a su 'salú'.
English · machine translation
I am a son of Buenos Aires, by nickname 'El porteñito', the most compadrito criollo who was born in this land. When a tango in the reed strummed by some fellow there is no one in the whole world who dances better than me. There's no one who can match me for making women fall in love, pure talk of opinions, pure edge and nothing more. And when I face her I fillet her full body assuring the pot with the wind that it will give. I'm the terror of the wicked when I get into a dance, because I respect no one of those in the gathering. And if any of them frolic and comes in pretending to be handsome I send him off with a chestnut to look for the one who has made him a fool. When the wind is scarce I make up a story for my china who is the most ladina paica who ever set foot in the southern neighborhood. And as if it fell from the sky the nickel enters my pocket and to the beat of a barrel organ I dance the tango to her 'salú'.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
A Song's recorded lineage
We hold dated Recordings by 5 orchestras; the earliest here is Típica Victor in 1928.
- 1928Típica VictorRecording
- 1937Juan D'ArienzoRecording
- 1941Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Recording
- 1943Ángel D'AgostinoRecording
- 1951Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoRecording
Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.
6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 29 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Ángel D'Agostino, 1943, with 70% of the 37 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
2 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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.
- Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedEl porteñitoÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargasmilongaRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 128 BPM · A major26 dances · 70%1943
- Típica VictorEarliest we holdEl porteñitoTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 121 BPM · F# minor5 dances · 14%1928
- Juan D'ArienzoEl porteñitoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 128 BPM · F# major4 dances · 11%1937
- Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoEl porteñitoCuarteto Típico Roberto FirpomilongaNo match yet1951
- Alfredo E. GobbiNot in our catalogue1924
- Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueSep 41935
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJun 61941
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1946
- Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueJul 271949
- Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueSep 241952
- Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1954
- Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogue1958
- Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 91959
- Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueAug 231966
- Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
- Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
- Alberto CastilloNot in our catalogue
- Jorge SobralNot in our catalogue
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Juan D'Arienzo
El porteñitoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorCouples filmed dancing this recording · 5 Performances
Recorded the same day
What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Aug 31, 1937.
Danced to it
Music from 1937 · danced on film 2014–2025
2014: 2, 2022: 1, 2025: 1
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- EntryEl cencerro · Juan D'Arienzo · 1937Recording
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Danced at
- Mallorca Tango Festival2 videos
- Milonga Malena1 video
Danced by
- Raúli Choque2 videos
- Julieta Questa2 videos
- Eduardo Arquimbau1 video
- Robin Thomas1 video
- Elizabeth Olivera1 video
Data: recordings, facts and sources
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Is a1
Is a milonga tangueada
Duration1
Duration 02:58
Audio feature14
Audio feature 126.0
Audio feature 0.974
Audio feature F#
Audio feature major
Audio feature 0.619
Audio feature -23.4
Audio feature 0.323
Audio feature 0.609
Audio feature 0.0
Audio feature 0.065
Audio feature 0.935
Audio feature 127.8
Audio feature 63.9
Audio feature step
Vocal1
Vocal instrumental
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