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Silueta porteña · Héctor Varela · 1956

Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmamilonga
Music by Nicolás Luis Cuccaro, Juan Ventura Cuccaro. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1936–1970.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1936

  1. Juan D'ArienzoWalter Cabral1936
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMiguel Montero · Jorge Maciel1956
  3. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida1936
  4. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma1956
  5. Donato Racciatti1970
  6. Héctor D'EspositoAlberto Carriego · Osvaldo Rivas1958

Pinned at 1956 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Héctor Varela recordings indexed 1950–1975

Silueta porteña · Héctor Varela · 1956 was sung by Argentino Ledesma.† Silueta porteña · Héctor Varela · 1956 is a milonga.† Silueta porteña · Héctor Varela · 1956 lasts 03:07.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

170 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Nicolás Luis Cuccaro, Juan Ventura Cuccaro
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1936 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1936 to 1970.
1930’40’50’60’70
Recordings of Silueta porteña · Héctor Varela · 1956 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

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

The leader is Francisco Canaro, 1936, with 75% of the 170 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Francisco CanaroMost dancedSilueta porteñaFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon
    128 dances · 75%
    1936
  2. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdSilueta porteñaJuan D'ArienzoWalter CabralmilongaRCA Victor
    35 dances · 21%
    1936
  3. Héctor VarelaSilueta porteñaHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmamilonga
    6 dances · 4%
    1956
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseSilueta porteñaOsvaldo PuglieseMiguel Montero, Jorge MacielmilongaOdeon
    1 dance · <1%
    1956
  5. Héctor D'EspositoSilueta porteñaHéctor D'EspositoAlberto Carriego, Osvaldo RivasmilongaMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  6. Donato RacciattiSilueta porteñaDonato Racciattimilonga
    No match yet
    1970
  7. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1958
  8. Domingo RulioNot in our catalogue1960
  9. Los siete del tangoNot in our catalogueGloria Vélez, Lalo Martel · Mar 171967
  10. Alberto CastilloNot in our catalogue
  11. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma
  12. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  13. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang
  14. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

Silueta porteñaHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmamilonga

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Geraldine Rojas2018 · 3:14

Recorded the same day

What else Héctor Varela recorded on May 18, 1956.

  1. Fueron tres añosHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango

Danced to it

Music from 1956 · danced on film 2011–2023

20112023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sGeraldine Rojas2018
  2. The 2020sPedro Ochoa & Lola Ruiz2023

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. Lola Ruiz and Pedro Ochoa

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1GarrasAníbal Troilo, 1945
    2. 2El vals soñadorMiguel Caló, 1942
    3. 3Silueta porteñaHéctor Varela, 1956
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Cite this

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues10

tango.info · 07798108081795-2-22

tango.info · 00887254168423-1-14

tango.info · 02480002044048-1-16

tango.info · 05099750921722-1-5

tango.info · 00037628757528-1-9

tango.info · 02480002300427-1-13

tango.info · 05099747884825-2-2

tango.info · 05099749358621-1-15

tango.info · 05099749382527-1-9

tango.info · 05099749394827-1-15

Singers1

Sung by Argentino Ledesma

Is a1

Is a milonga

Duration1

Duration 03:07

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Silueta porteñaJuan D'ArienzoWalter Cabral

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