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Retintín · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936

Juan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Eduardo Arolas, lyrics by Gabriel Clausi. 14 recordings in our catalogue, 1918–1977.

Who recorded it

Every version14

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1918

  1. Juan D'Arienzo19361969
  2. Osvaldo FresedoCoro1928
  3. Francisco Canaro1918192719381949
  4. Típica Victor1926
  5. Enrique Francini1977
  6. Alberto Mancione1951

Recorded 1936 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · Period in gold: With Biagi, 1935–1938

Retintín · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936 is a tango.† Retintín · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936 lasts 02:24.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

10 orchestras recorded it

13 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Arolas
Words
Gabriel Clausi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Juan D'Arienzo’s 1936 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 14 recordings of this song by 10 orchestras, 1918 to 1977.
1910’20’30’40’50’60’70
Recordings of Retintín · Juan D'Arienzo · 1936 by year, taller the more they are danced · 14 of 14 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

14 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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

  2. Osvaldo FresedoRetintínOsvaldo FresedoCorotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1928
  4. Típica VictorRetintínTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1926
  5. Enrique FranciniRetintínEnrique FrancinitangoCBS Columbia
    No match yet
    1977
  6. Alberto MancioneRetintínAlberto Mancioneinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1951
  7. José SalaRetintínJosé SalatangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1953
  8. Florindo SassoneRetintínFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1959
  9. Lorenzo BarberoRetintínLorenzo Barberotango
    No match yet
    1952
  10. Mariano MoresRetintínMariano Morestango
    No match yet
    1967
  11. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1917
  12. Salvador PizarroNot in our catalogue1928
  13. Héctor VarelaNot in our catalogueAug 11956
  14. Argentino GalvánNot in our catalogue1958
  15. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Juan D'Arienzo

RetintínJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Dante Sánchez & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072025 · 2:48

Recorded the same day

What else Juan D'Arienzo recorded on Jan 31, 1936.

  1. Sueño floridoJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalvalsRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1936 · danced on film 2016–2026

20162026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 3, 2018: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCarlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2018
  2. The 2020sDante Sánchez & Roxana Suárez2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. 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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Christian Sicardi and Delia Hou

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Oro de leyJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    2. 2RetintínJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    3. 3Qué será de tiRicardo Tanturi, 1945
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Danced at

Videos danced in

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues15

tango.info · 08427328149037-1-17

tango.info · 02480002003014-1-15

tango.info · 08427328130431-1-1

tango.info · 08427328134026-1-12

tango.info · 08427328146104-1-5

tango.info · 00718750152220-1-8

tango.info · 02480002332701-1-1

tango.info · 02480002333432-1-1

tango.info · 02480002337072-1-1

tango.info · 02480002761723-1-1

tango.info · 02480002761914-2-1

tango.info · 07798067330286-1-6

tango.info · 07798067331597-1-21

tango.info · 07798145106390-1-13

tango.info · 08427328020497-1-2

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:24

Audio feature12

Audio feature 129.2

Audio feature 0.97

Audio feature F#

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.645

Audio feature -23.0

Audio feature 0.395

Audio feature 0.535

Audio feature 0.018

Audio feature 0.027

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.953

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

Listen

  1. RetintínFrancisco Canaro

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