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El rey del compás · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949

Music by Príncipe Cubano, lyrics by Príncipe Cubano. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1949.
1939: 1 · danced 0 times1941: 1 · danced 0 times1949: 1 · danced 7 times
1939’401949
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1939: 1, 0; 1941: 1, 0; 1949: 1, 7

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1941 and 1949.

    How we know

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

El rey del compás · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 is a tango.† El rey del compás · Juan D'Arienzo · 1949 lasts 02:33.†

Credit

Music
Príncipe Cubano
Lyrics
Príncipe Cubano

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1930’40

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1941
  2. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 19
    7 dances
    1949
  3. Típica VictorEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1939
  4. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogue1983
  5. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1949 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2013: 1, 2019: 1, 2025: 1

Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2013 · 2:37

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCarlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2013
  2. The 2020sAlejandro Lencina & Sabrina Veliz2025

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 02480002027775-1-19

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tango.info · 00828766032420-1-19

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tango.info · 02480002003182-1-5

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tango.info · 02480002335245-2-1

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tango.info · 02480002760887-1-1

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tango.info · 07798108080446-2-1

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:33

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Audio feature11

Audio feature 132.5

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Audio feature 0.945

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Audio feature A

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Audio feature minor

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Audio feature 0.837

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Audio feature -23.8

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Audio feature 0.283

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Audio feature 0.509

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Audio feature 0.011

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Audio feature 0.0

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Audio feature 0.989

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Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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Listen

  1. El rey del compásTípica Victor · no clip yet1939

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