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Mozo guapo · Ricardo Tanturi · 1941

Ricardo TanturiAlberto CastillomilongaRCA Victor
Music by Ricardo Tanturi. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Tanturi, 1941

  1. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1941

Recorded on Feb 19, 1941, during the Golden Age (1935–1954).

1941

19351954

Ricardo Tanturi: With Castillo period, 1939–1943

Mozo guapo · Ricardo Tanturi · 1941 was sung by Alberto Castillo.† Mozo guapo · Ricardo Tanturi · 1941 is a milonga.† Mozo guapo · Ricardo Tanturi · 1941 lasts 02:14.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

174 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Ricardo Tanturi
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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

Con un pucho prepotente acariciando sus labios, el chambergo levantado, muy porteño el caminar; la mirada sobradora, negra y revuelta melena, mozo guapo del suburbio con su pinta sin igual. Campeón entre las pebetas por su verbo tan florido, terror entre los malevos por su puñal cimbreador; varón de los empedrados, conocido en los balcones derecho sin vuelta de hoja con alma de . Cuando la noche rodea las callecitas del barrio cruza la estampa del guapo, como un rey del arrabal; pronto una sombra se acera, hay un temblor en los labios y un beso vibra en el alma del de aquel lugar.

English · machine translation

With an overbearing fag caressing his lips, his chamfer lifted, very porteño in his walk; the sober look, black and disheveled hair, handsome suburban boy with his peerless look. Champion among the pebetas for his flowery words, terror among the malevos for his cresting dagger; man of the cobblestones, known on the balconies straight without turning a leaf with the soul of a payador. When the night surrounds the little streets of the neighborhood crosses the stamp of the handsome, like a king of the suburb; soon a shadow is on the sidewalk, there's a tremor on the lips and a kiss vibrates in the soul of the taita of that place.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1941 to 1941.

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

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  1. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdMost dancedMozo guapoRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillomilongaRCA Victor
    174 dances
    1941
  2. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
  3. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Ricardo Tanturi

Mozo guapoRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillomilongaRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 179 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Ricardo Tanturi recorded on Feb 19, 1941.

  1. La vida es cortaRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 9, 2013: 1, 2014: 5, 2015: 6, 2016: 10, 2017: 17, 2018: 7, 2019: 7, 2020: 5, 2021: 3, 2022: 7, 2023: 8, 2024: 6, 2025: 7, 2026: 8

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    3 performances
  2. Sociedad Friulana de Buenos AiresVilla Devoto
    1 performance
  3. 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.

3 of 21 complete sets on film

  1. Analía Centurion and Gabriel Missé

    2011 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mozo guapoRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    2. 2Fueron tres añosHéctor Varela, 1956
    3. 3Los mareadosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1977
    4. 4Como se muere de amorAlfredo De Angelis, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Carlitos Espinoza and Noelia Hurtado

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mozo guapoRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    2. 2Una tarde cualquieraMiguel Caló, 1945
    3. 3AnsiedadJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    4. 4La vi llegarOsvaldo Pugliese, 1961
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Christian Marquez and Virginia Gomez

    2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1IreneJuan D'Arienzo, 1936
    2. 2Pa' la muchachadaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1957
    3. 3El marneJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4Mozo guapoRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

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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.

See it among all of them
  1. 1ArgañarazRicardo Tanturi, 1940 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2MandriaJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3Mi dolorJuan D'Arienzo, 1972 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4AnsiedadJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5MaipoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6A una mujerJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7Amor y celosJuan D'Arienzo, 1936 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8Bahia BlancaCarlos Di Sarli, 1957 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9Porque regresas túCarlos Di Sarli, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances
  10. 10Cantemos corazónCarlos Di Sarli, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings1

Recorded by Ricardo TanturiFeb 19, 1941

In other catalogues17

tango.info · 02480002152491-1-5

tango.info · 02480002159162-1-5

tango.info · 02480002330257-1-5

tango.info · 08427328134125-1-10

tango.info · 00743216335725-1-14

tango.info · 00604988030426-4-10

tango.info · 02480002332800-1-5

tango.info · 02480002003717-1-10

tango.info · 02480002032151-1-2

tango.info · 02480002333753-1-5

tango.info · 02480002041917-1-10

tango.info · 08427328130486-1-1

tango.info · 02480002102571-1-22

tango.info · 07798067339517-1-16

tango.info · 02480002102984-1-6

tango.info · 02480002121626-1-6

tango.info · 08427328149013-4-18

Singers1

Sung by Alberto Castillo

Is a1

Is a milonga

Duration1

Duration 02:14

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Mozo guapoRicardo TanturiAlberto Castillo

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