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Song

El estribo

Music by Vicente Greco. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1953.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Rodolfo Biagi, 1940

  1. Rodolfo Biagi1940
  2. Francisco Lauro1953

Versions of El estribo recorded 1940–1953

El estribo is a tango.

El estribo was composed by Vicente Greco.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

8 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Vicente Greco
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 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1940 to 1953.
1940’50
Recordings of El estribo 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 · 1 more we know of

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

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

  1. Rodolfo BiagiEarliest we holdMost dancedEl estriboRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    8 dances
    1940
  2. Francisco LauroEl estriboFrancisco Lauroinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1953
  3. Vicente GrecoNot in our catalogue
All recordings of El estribo

One recording

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

Rodolfo Biagi

El estriboRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances

Cyntia Palacios & Sebastian BolivarWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20223:38

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1953 · danced on film 2010–2023

20102023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sDante Sánchez & Angelica Avalos2010
  2. The 2020sCyntia Palacios & Sebastian Bolivar2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance

Read more

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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 catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/3870

tango.info · T0370141904

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Vicente Greco

Listen

  1. El estriboRodolfo BiagiinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. El estriboFrancisco Lauroinstrumentaltango

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