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Abuelito

Music by Alberto Laporte, Carlos Cabral. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1926–1957.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Típica Victor, 1926

  1. Típica Victor1926
  2. Armando PontierJulio Sosa1957

Versions of Abuelito recorded 1926–1957

Abuelito was composed by Alberto Laporte.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberto Laporte, Carlos Cabral
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1926 to 1957.
1920’30’40’50
Recordings of Abuelito by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

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

  1. Típica VictorEarliest we holdAbuelitoTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor1926
  2. Armando PontierAbuelitoArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia1957
  3. Francisco PracánicoNot in our catalogue1926
  4. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Feb 181927
  5. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel
All recordings of Abuelito

One recording

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

Típica Victor

AbuelitoTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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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

tango.info · T0370105262

TodoTango · tema/3799

MusicBrainz · 714884c3-0fca-48ba-ba58-d7dccd283396source

Composer1

Composed by Alberto Laporte

Listen

  1. AbuelitoTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  2. AbuelitoArmando PontierJulio SosatangoCBS Columbia

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