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Song

Todo corazón

Music by Julio de Caro, lyrics by José María Ruffet. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1924–1961.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1924

  1. Osvaldo Fresedo1961
  2. Francisco Canaro19241936
  3. Julio De Caro19241951
  4. Astor Piazzolla1948

Versions of Todo corazón recorded 1924–1961

Todo corazón was composed by Julio De Caro.† The lyrics of Todo corazón are by José María Ruffet.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

32 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Julio de Caro
Words
José María Ruffet
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1936 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1924 to 1961.
1920’30’40’50’60
Recordings of Todo corazón by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

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

The leader is Francisco Canaro, with 56% of the 32 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.

  2. Astor PiazzollaTodo corazónAstor Piazzollainstrumentaltango
    8 dances · 25%
    1948
  4. Osvaldo FresedoTodo corazónOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1961
  5. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogue1923
  6. Juan Carlos Marambio CatánNot in our catalogue1924
  7. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
  8. Jorge FernándezNot in our catalogueMar 191953
  9. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogue1968
  10. Juan Carlos Marambio CatánNot in our catalogue
  11. Ernesto BaffaNot in our catalogue
  12. Fulvio SalamancaNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Todo corazón

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Todo corazónFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 19 Performances

Gaston Torelli & Gri Montanaro3:44

Danced to it

Music from 1924–1961 · danced on film 2005–2024

20052024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2010: 1, 2014: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2019: 6, 2020: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 2

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRamiro Gigliotti2005
  2. The 2010sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena Gutiérrez & Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia HurtadoBrussels Tango Festival · 2019
  3. The 2020sMarko Miljevic & Maja Petrović2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Alejandro Larenas and Marisol Morales

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El monitoJulio De Caro, 1949
    2. 2El monitoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1945
    3. 3Todo corazónFrancisco Canaro, 1936
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Bakartxo Arabaolaza and Joseba Pagola

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

    1. 1OlvídameJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    2. 2Todo corazónFrancisco Canaro, 1936
    3. 3Flor del malJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Y todo pasaba en un instante, en el corazón, esperando una oportunidad y tratando de no pensar demasiado.

    Ines Muzzopappa · Episode 34 - Tango Stories: Interview with Ines Muzzopappa (Part 1)

    open at 32:34
  • Pero cuando se improvisa, para mí, yo quiero ver a las personas bailando con su personalidad, con sus defectos, con sus emociones, con su corazón, que pongan todo

    Sofía Saborido · ONLINE 111 - Entrevista a SOFÍA SABORIDO

    open at 34:52

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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 · T0370028515

TodoTango · tema/2289

MusicBrainz · 0df351cf-2234-3cbf-9ac5-1a7b6f38af57source

Composer1

Composed by Julio De Caro

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José María Ruffet

Listen

  1. Todo corazónFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
  2. Todo corazónJulio De Carotango
  3. Todo corazónFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  4. Todo corazónAstor Piazzollainstrumentaltango
  5. Todo corazónJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
  6. Todo corazónOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoColumbia

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