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El hipo

Music by Enrique Alessio, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1951.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1951

  1. Juan D'ArienzoAlberto Echagüe1951

Versions of El hipo recorded 1951

El hipo is a tango.

El hipo was composed by Enrique Alessio.

The lyrics of El hipo are by Reinaldo Yiso.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

5 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Alessio
Words
Reinaldo Yiso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1951 to 1951.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedEl hipoJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor
    5 dances
    1951
All recordings of El hipo

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

El hipoJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 5 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1951 · danced on film 2017–2018

20172018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2017: 2, 2018: 1

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. Ivo Ambrosi and Veronica Rue

    2017 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Flor del malJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    2. 2La mentirosaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1954
    3. 3El hipoJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1870

tango.info · T0370281609

MusicBrainz · 8d00f301-28f3-44dc-b16c-f9c81b259b53source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Alessio

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso

Listen

  1. El hipoJuan D'ArienzoAlberto EchagüetangoRCA Victor

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