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Song

Yapeyú

Music by José Fuster. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1951.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1951

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1951

Versions of Yapeyú recorded 1951

Yapeyú was composed by José Fuster.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

160 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
José Fuster
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 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1951 to 1951.

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

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

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedYapeyúJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    160 dances
    1951
  2. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueJun 121951
All recordings of Yapeyú

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

YapeyúJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 161 Performances

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2015Southern California Tango Championship · 2023 · 2:12

Danced to it

Music from 1951 · danced on film 2007–2026

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

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 4, 2011: 2, 2012: 3, 2013: 4, 2014: 6, 2015: 4, 2016: 7, 2017: 13, 2018: 10, 2019: 13, 2020: 6, 2021: 4, 2022: 11, 2023: 13, 2024: 9, 2025: 6, 2026: 5

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sMariano Chicho Frúmboli2007
  2. The 2010sLoukas Balokas & Clarisa AragónSULTANS OF ISTANBUL · 2019
  3. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónSouthern California Tango Championship · 2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    2 performances
  2. Club Empleados de RivadaviaVélez Sarsfield
    1 performance
  3. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance
  4. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  5. You Should Be DancingNew York
    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 16 complete sets on film

  1. Demetrio Scafaria and Maude Andrey

    2023 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Frente al marAníbal Troilo, 1963
    2. 2Estampa de varónJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    3. 3Hasta siempre amorFulvio Salamanca, 1959
    4. 4YapeyúJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Sercan Yigit and Zeynep Aktar

    SULTANS OF ISTANBUL, 2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1YapeyúJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    2. 2Tus palabras y la nocheCarlos Di Sarli, 1954
    3. 3De antañoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    4. 4Pobre florAlfredo De Angelis, 1946
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Agustín Agnez and Barbara Ferreyra

    2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Nido gauchoCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2YapeyúJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    3. 3TemoTípica Victor, 1940
    4. 4Que tiempo aquelFrancisco Lomuto, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by José Fuster

In other catalogues1

tango.info · Z0000083997

Listen

  1. YapeyúJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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