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Este es el rey

Music by Manuel Caballero. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1971–2017.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1971

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1971
  2. Tango Bardo2015
  3. Sexteto Visceral2017

Versions of Este es el rey recorded 1971–2017

Este es el rey was composed by Manuel Caballero, Carlos Lázzari, and Juan Polito.††

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

173 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Manuel Caballero
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1971 to 2017.
1970’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Este es el rey 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 · 1 more we know of

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

The leader is Juan D'Arienzo, 1971, with 85% of the 173 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

31 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedEste es el reyJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    147 dances · 85%
    1971
  2. Tango BardoEste es el reyTango Bardotango
    26 dances · 15%
    2015
  3. Sexteto VisceralEste es el reySexteto Visceraltango
    No match yet
    2017
  4. Solo Tango orquestaNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Este es el rey

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Este es el reyJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 144 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1971–2017 · danced on film 2006–2026

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

2006: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 4, 2010: 3, 2011: 13, 2012: 9, 2013: 5, 2014: 7, 2015: 9, 2016: 9, 2017: 8, 2018: 5, 2019: 10, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 3, 2026: 7

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  2. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  4. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance
  5. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    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 8 complete sets on film

  1. Julio Altez and Melina Mouriño

    TangoLovers Festival, 2016 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Don Agustín BardiOsvaldo Pugliese, 1961
    2. 2Mi romanceRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    3. 3Este es el reyJuan D'Arienzo, 1971
    4. 4La copa del olvidoAlberto Castillo, 1955
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Claudio Cardona and Vito Muñoz

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

    1. 1Este es el reyJuan D'Arienzo, 1971
    2. 2El látigoJuan D'Arienzo, 1970
    3. 3EmocionFrancisco Canaro, 1928
    4. 4Noches correntinasEdgardo Donato, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Marianna Koutandou and Vaggelis Hatzopoulos

    TangoLovers Festival, 2016 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1InspiraciónOsvaldo Pugliese, 1962
    2. 2En el rosalJuan D'Arienzo, 1957
    3. 3Este es el reyJuan D'Arienzo, 1971
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer3

Composed by Manuel Caballero

Composed by Carlos Lázzari

Composed by Juan Polito

In other catalogues1

tango.info · T0371135146

Listen

  1. Este es el reyJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. Este es el reyTango Bardotango
  3. Este es el reytango

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