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El porteñito · Juan D'Arienzo · 1937

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Ángel Villoldo, lyrics by Ángel Villoldo. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1959.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Típica Victor, 1928

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1937
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1943
  3. Típica Victor1928
  4. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)19411959
  5. Cuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo1951

Recorded on Aug 31, 1937, during the Golden Age (1935–1954).

1937

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
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

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

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1928 to 1959.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of El porteñito · Juan D'Arienzo · 1937 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 3, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 5 orchestras; the earliest here is Típica Victor in 1928.

  1. 1928Típica VictorRecording
  2. 1937Juan D'ArienzoRecording
  3. 1941Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Recording
  4. 1943Ángel D'AgostinoRecording
  5. 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.

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedEl porteñitoÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargasmilongaRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 128 BPM · A major
    26 dances · 70%
    1943
  2. Típica VictorEarliest we holdEl porteñitoTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 121 BPM · F# minor
    5 dances · 14%
    1928
  3. Juan D'ArienzoEl porteñitoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 128 BPM · F# major
    4 dances · 11%
    1937
  4. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoEl porteñitoCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpomilonga
    No match yet
    1951
  5. Alfredo E. GobbiNot in our catalogue1924
  6. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueSep 41935
  7. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJun 61941
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1946
  9. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueJul 271949
  10. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueSep 241952
  11. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1954
  12. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogue1958
  13. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
  14. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueApr 91959
  15. Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueAug 231966
  16. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
  17. Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
  18. Alberto CastilloNot in our catalogue
  19. 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 Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 5 Performances

Gianpiero Galdi2025 · 3:51

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Aug 31, 1937.

  1. Valsecito de antesJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1937 · danced on film 2014–2025

20142025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 2, 2022: 1, 2025: 1

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Cite this

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Videos danced in

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues25

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tango.info · 02480002332817-1-4

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tango.info · 00828766933123-1-8

tango.info · 00885444796388-1-1

tango.info · 02480002337096-2-3

tango.info · 02480002760801-1-1

tango.info · 00229001001827-1-20

tango.info · 04024236200849-1-2

tango.info · 02480002003038-1-12

tango.info · 04024236202423-1-2

tango.info · 02480002031147-1-4

tango.info · 07798049045115-1-3

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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