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Song

El monito

Music by Julio de Caro, lyrics by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1998.

Versions of El monito recorded 1928–1998

El monito was composed by Julio De Caro.†† The lyrics of El monito are by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán.†† El monito is a tango.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

47 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Julio de Caro
Words
Juan Carlos Marambio Catán
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 10 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1928 to 1998.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90
Recordings of El monito by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1945, with 62% of the 47 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedEl monitoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    29 dances · 62%
    1945
  3. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)El monitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)singer unknowntango
    4 dances · 9%
    1998
  4. Aníbal TroiloEl monitoAníbal Troilosinger unknowntangoTK
    No match yet
    1953
  5. Ángel DominguezEl monitoÁngel Dominguezinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1955
  6. Los Astros Del TangoEl monitoLos Astros Del Tangosinger unknowntangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  8. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueJul 231925
  9. Estrellas de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogueNov 291960
  10. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  11. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

El monitoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 32 Performances

Federico Naveira & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072009 · 2:38

Danced to it

Music from 1928–1998 · danced on film 2009–2024

20092024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 4, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 11, 2024: 4

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFederico Naveira & Ines Muzzopappa2009
  2. The 2010sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena Gutiérrez2016
  3. The 2020sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance

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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 · T0370019694

TodoTango · tema/350

MusicBrainz · 59c57b7e-f893-4e70-a92a-917f89c6dc5csource

Composer1

Composed by Julio De Caro

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán

Is a1

Is a Tango

Listen

  1. El monitoJulio De Carosinger unknowntango
  2. El monitoJulio De Carosinger unknowntango
  3. El monitoOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  4. El monitoJulio De Carosinger unknowntango
  5. El monitoAníbal Troilosinger unknowntangoTK
  6. El monitoinstrumentaltango
  7. El monitoLos Astros Del Tangosinger unknowntangoMusic Hall
  8. El monitoMariano Moressinger unknowntango
  9. El monitoMariano Moressinger unknowntango
  10. El monitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)singer unknowntango

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