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Song

Bien compadre

Music by Emilio Balcarce. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1949–2003.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1949

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese1949
  2. Lucio Demare1949
  3. Orquesta Escuela de Tango2003

Versions of Bien compadre recorded 1949–2003

Bien compadre is a tango.

Bien compadre was composed by Emilio Balcarce.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Emilio Balcarce
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 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1949 to 2003.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Bien compadre by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedBien compadreOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1949
  2. Lucio DemareBien compadreLucio Demaretango
    No match yet
    1949
  3. Orquesta Escuela de TangoBien compadreOrquesta Escuela de Tangotango
    No match yet
    2003
All recordings of Bien compadre

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

Bien compadreOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 2 Performances

Gabriel Marino & Vassia ThanopoulouTangoLovers Festival · 2018 · 3:31

Danced to it

Music from 1949–2003 · danced on film 2018

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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/1396

tango.info · T0370084835

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Emilio Balcarce

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  1. Bien compadreOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. Bien compadreLucio Demaretango
  3. Bien compadreOrquesta Escuela de Tangotango

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