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Silueta porteña

Music by Nicolás Luis Cuccaro, Juan Ventura Cuccaro. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1936–1970.
1936: 2 · danced 162 times1956: 2 · danced 7 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times
1936’40’50’601970
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1936: 2, 162; 1956: 2, 7; 1958: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 0

  1. Francisco Canaro’s 1936 version holds 75% of its dancing (128 of 169).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 6 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Silueta porteña was composed by Nicolás Luis Cuccaro and Juan Ventura Cuccaro.†

Credit

Music
Nicolás Luis Cuccaro, Juan Ventura Cuccaro

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1930’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdWalter Cabral · RCA Victor · Jan 14
    34 dances
    1936
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMiguel Montero, Jorge Maciel · Odeon · Aug 2
    1 dance
    1956
  3. Francisco CanaroMost dancedRoberto Maida · Odeon · Jul 17
    128 dances
    1936
  4. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma · May 18
    6 dances
    1956
  5. Donato RacciattiInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  6. Héctor D'EspositoAlberto Carriego, Osvaldo Rivas · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  7. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental1958
  8. Domingo RulioNot in our catalogueInstrumental1960
  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 catalogueInstrumental
  13. Reinhard LangnickelNot in our catalogueFeline Lang
  14. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1936–1970 · danced on film 2007–2026

20072026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 4, 2008: 3, 2009: 10, 2010: 12, 2011: 13, 2012: 15, 2013: 7, 2014: 3, 2015: 3, 2016: 3, 2017: 7, 2018: 17, 2019: 7, 2021: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 8, 2024: 8, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20152:56

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sGabriel Missé & Natalia Hills2008
  2. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónTiflis Tango Festival · 2019
  3. The 2020sJose Fernandez & Lan WangGente Amiga · 2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370027136

Single source

MusicBrainz · 4b69ecf0-201f-4114-922c-9fff808b6f6asource

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1628

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Nicolás Luis Cuccaro

Single source

Composed by Juan Ventura Cuccaro

Single source

Listen

  1. Silueta porteñaJuan D'Arienzo · Walter Cabral1936
  2. Silueta porteñaFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1936
  3. Silueta porteñaHéctor Varela · Argentino Ledesma1956
  4. Silueta porteñaOsvaldo Pugliese · Miguel Montero, Jorge Maciel1956
  5. Silueta porteñaAlberto Carriego, Osvaldo Rivas · no clip yet1958
  6. Silueta porteñaDonato Racciatti · no clip yet1970

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