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El sueño del pibe · Ricardo Tanturi · 1945

Ricardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor
Music by Juan Puey, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1965.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1945

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel1945
  2. Ricardo TanturiEnrique Campos1945
  3. Domingo FedericoRubén Sánchez1965

Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Ricardo Tanturi recordings indexed 1937–1965 · 1 applied periods in gold

El sueño del pibe · Ricardo Tanturi · 1945 was sung by Enrique Campos.† El sueño del pibe · Ricardo Tanturi · 1945 is a tango.† El sueño del pibe · Ricardo Tanturi · 1945 lasts 02:51.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

26 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Puey
Words
Reinaldo Yiso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1945 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1945 to 1965.
1940’50’60
Recordings of El sueño del pibe · Ricardo Tanturi · 1945 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 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.

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedEl sueño del pibeOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon
    19 dances
    1945
  2. Ricardo TanturiEl sueño del pibeRicardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor
    7 dances
    1945
  3. Domingo FedericoEl sueño del pibeDomingo FedericoRubén SáncheztangoFuentes (Colombia)
    No match yet
    1965
  4. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogue
  5. Muzet RoyalNot in our catalogueCaio Rodríguez

One recording

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

Ricardo Tanturi

El sueño del pibeRicardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Cyntia Palacios & Sebastian BolivarWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20222023 · 2:57

Recorded the same day

What else Ricardo Tanturi recorded on Jun 14, 1945.

  1. Anselmo LagunaRicardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1945 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2012: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2009
  2. The 2010sIvan Terrazas & Sara Grdan2010
  3. The 2020sCyntia Palacios & Sebastian Bolivar2023

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. Cyntia Palacios and Sebastian Bolivar

    2023 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Recuerdos de la PampaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    2. 2El sueño del pibeRicardo Tanturi, 1945
    3. 3Gallo ciegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1959
    4. 4El motivoAníbal Troilo, 1961
    Watch it on TangoTube

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In other catalogues8

tango.info · 02480002028772-1-11

tango.info · 02480002041955-1-15

tango.info · 02480002101222-2-55

tango.info · 02480002102359-1-17

tango.info · 02480002332268-2-6

tango.info · 00743214129623-1-20

tango.info · 04024236204175-1-17

tango.info · 00743216559329-1-17

Singers1

Sung by Enrique Campos

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:51

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. El sueño del pibeOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel

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