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El Yacaré

Music by Alfredo Attadía, lyrics by Mario Soto. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1951.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Ángel D'Agostino, 1941

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1941
  2. Alfredo AttadiaMario Soto1951

Versions of El Yacaré recorded 1941–1951

El Yacaré was composed by Alfredo Attadia.† The lyrics of El Yacaré are by Mario Soto.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

9 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alfredo Attadía
Words
Mario Soto
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1941 to 1951.
1940’50
Recordings of El Yacaré 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

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. Ángel D'AgostinoEarliest we holdMost dancedEl YacaréÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
    9 dances
    1941
  2. Alfredo AttadiaEl YacaréAlfredo AttadiaMario Sototango
    No match yet
    1951
All recordings of El Yacaré

One recording

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

Ángel D'Agostino

El YacaréÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 8 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1941–1951 · danced on film 2012–2021

20122021
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2019: 1, 2021: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    2 performances

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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

tango.info · T0370186449

TodoTango · tema/4367

Composer1

Composed by Alfredo Attadia

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Mario Soto

Listen

  1. El YacaréÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
  2. El YacaréAlfredo AttadiaMario Sototango

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