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La bordona · Aníbal Troilo · 1958

Music by Emilio Balcarce. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1958–2013.
1958: 2 · danced 168 times1963: 2 · danced 0 times1996: 1 · danced 6 times2000: 2 · danced 0 times2009: 1 · danced 0 times2013: 1 · danced 25 times
1958’70’80’90’002013
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1958: 2, 168; 1963: 2, 0; 1996: 1, 6; 2000: 2, 0; 2009: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 25

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1958 version holds 44% of its dancing (88 of 199).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 9 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1958 and 1963.

    How we know

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

Credit

Music
Emilio Balcarce

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

1950’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdOdeon · Jun 6
    80 dances
    1958
  2. Aníbal TroiloRCA Victor · Feb 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  3. Aníbal TroiloApr 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedOdeon · Aug 6
    88 dances
    1958
  5. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)
    6 dances
    1996
  6. Orquesta Escuela de Tango
    Not danced on film yet
    2000
  7. Orquesta El ArranqueSep 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2000
  8. Orquesta Típica Silencio
    Not danced on film yet
    2009
  9. Orquesta Forever Tango
    25 dances
    2013
  10. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogue1955
  11. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueApr 231962
  12. Trío GarufaNot in our catalogue2004
  13. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  14. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogue
  15. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
  16. Juan José MosaliniNot in our catalogue
  17. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue
  18. Osvaldo PiroNot in our catalogue
  19. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogue
  20. Trío YumbaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1958 · danced on film 2013–2026

20132026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2013: 1, 2014: 4, 2017: 9, 2018: 5, 2019: 3, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 17, 2023: 3, 2024: 4, 2025: 11, 2026: 1

Sergiy Podbolotnyy & Maria Inés BogadoWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20102023 · 3:43

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJuan Malizia & Manuela Rossi2017
  2. The 2020sSergiy Podbolotnyy & Maria Inés Bogado2023

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

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. 1Campo afueraRodolfo Biagi, 1939 · danced together in 4 Performances
  2. 2Tu boca mintióJuan D'Arienzo, 1951 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3Mi tango tristeAníbal Troilo, 1946 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

No published facts yet. Facts appear here, each with its source, as they are collected.

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  1. La bordonaAníbal Troilo1958

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