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Song

A bailar

Music by Domingo Federico, lyrics by Homero Expósito. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1967.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1943

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino1943
  2. Domingo FedericoArmando Moreno1953
  3. Ricardo MalerbaOrlando Medina1943
  4. José BassoAlfredo Belusi1967

Versions of A bailar recorded 1943–1967

A bailar is a tango.

A bailar was published in 1943.

A bailar was composed by Domingo Federico.

The lyrics of A bailar are by Homero Expósito.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Domingo Federico
Words
Homero Expósito
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ricardo Malerba’s 1943 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1943 to 1967.
1940’50’60
Recordings of A bailar by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 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. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdA bailarAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1943
  2. Domingo FedericoA bailarDomingo FedericoArmando MorenotangoRCA Victor
    2 dances
    1953
  3. Ricardo MalerbaMost dancedA bailarRicardo MalerbaOrlando Medinatango
    6 dances
    1943
  4. José BassoA bailarJosé BassoAlfredo BelusitangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1967
  5. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Dec 131977
  6. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  7. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
All recordings of A bailar

One recording

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

Ricardo Malerba

A bailarRicardo MalerbaOrlando Medinatango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 6 Performances

Alice Esclasse & Thomas Cavarlé3:27

Danced to it

Music from 1943–1967 · danced on film 2011–2022

20112022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2014: 1, 2016: 2, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJorge Torres & Maria Blanco2016
  2. The 2020sFacundo Piñero & Vanesa VillalbaBari Tango Congress · 2022

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. Diego Piriz and Karina Adzhimyan

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1A bailarRicardo Malerba, 1943
    2. 2LocaJuan D'Arienzo, 1942
    3. 3MorenaEsteban Morgado, 2007
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Todo se llama Mensajes de Amor para Bailar Tango, Vals y Milonga, así que todo sobre el tema del amor.

    It's called Mensajes de Amor para Bailar Tango, Vals y Milonga, so it's all about the theme of love.Tangopedia translation

    Georgina Vargas · TeleHogarIntimo Canal12TV ENTREVISTA Georgina Vargas & Oscar Mandagaran por Chiti & Nelida Madelaire

    open at 14:45
  • Eso era un programa que se llamaba 'Venga a Bailar'; entonces había parejas que concursaban en determinados bailes, no era todo de tango, bailaban otras cosas también

    That was a program called 'Venga a Bailar' ('Come and Dance'); so there were couples who competed in certain dances, it wasn't all tango, they danced other thingsTangopedia translation

    Olga Besio · Entrevista a OLGA BESIO - El Arte de Enseñar Arte

    open at 1:20:53

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/130

tango.info · T0370199340

MusicBrainz · aad04d4d-b344-44af-8b14-4cfba86d53f1source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1943

Composer1

Composed by Domingo Federico

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Homero Expósito

Listen

  1. A bailarAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
  2. A bailarRicardo MalerbaOrlando Medinatango
  3. A bailarDomingo FedericoArmando MorenotangoRCA Victor
  4. A bailarJosé BassoAlfredo BelusitangoMusic Hall

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