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Papas calientes

Music by Eduardo Arolas. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2000.
1937: 1 · danced 16 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1960: 1 · danced 0 times1962: 1 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 14 times1974: 1 · danced 0 times2000: 1 · danced 0 times
1937’50’60’70’80’902000
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1937: 1, 16; 1952: 1, 0; 1955: 1, 0; 1956: 1, 0; 1960: 1, 0; 1962: 1, 0; 1967: 1, 14; 1974: 1, 0; 2000: 1, 0

  1. Edgardo Donato recorded it in 1937 and 1952. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Papas calientes was composed by Eduardo Arolas.

Papas calientes is a tango.

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Credit

Music
Eduardo Arolas

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 27
    14 dances
    1967
  2. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 29
    16 dances
    1937
  3. Edgardo DonatoInstrumental · Pampa · Jul 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  4. Armando PontierInstrumental · Aug 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  5. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  6. Florindo SassoneInstrumental · País
    Not danced on film yet
    1974
  7. Donato RacciattiInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1960
  8. Juan Carlos CavielloInstrumental · Oct 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  9. Puglia-PedrozaInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    2000
  10. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueInstrumental · May 191954
  11. Nicolás D'AlessandroNot in our catalogueInstrumental1956
  12. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 311964
  13. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogueInstrumental1968
  14. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueInstrumental1972
  15. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  16. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1937–2000 · danced on film 2007–2025

20072025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 3, 2010: 2, 2011: 4, 2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 3, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2025: 3

Adam Cornett & Jesica ArfenoniWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20132018 · 0:49

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepulveda2008
  2. The 2010sAdam Cornett & Jesica Arfenoni2018
  3. The 2020sGonzalo Angeles & D'Arienzo Kata Zuñiga2025

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Eduardo Arolas

Supported · 2

In other catalogues4

TodoTango · tema/2894

Single source

tango.info · T0370022244

Single source

MusicBrainz · 628c1da9-4784-489e-97df-bd823b962f0csource

Single source

ISWC · T-037.002.224-4source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Listen

  1. Papas calientesEdgardo Donato1937
  2. Papas calientesEdgardo Donato · no clip yet1952
  3. Papas calientesJuan Carlos Caviello · no clip yet1955
  4. Papas calientesArmando Pontier1956
  5. Papas calientesDonato Racciatti · no clip yet1960
  6. Papas calientesFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1962
  7. Papas calientesJuan D'Arienzo1967
  8. Papas calientesFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1974
  9. Papas calientesPuglia-Pedroza · no clip yet2000

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