The Cabeceo

We've caught your eye across the milonga. Like any good tango, this starts with consent — nothing optional runs until you say so.Cookies only with your yes. What we store.

Skip to content

Song

Muchacha

Music by Luis Caruso, Jesús Rilo Suárez, lyrics by Luis Caruso. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1956.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Héctor Varela, 1956

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel1956
  2. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma1956

Versions of Muchacha recorded 1956

Muchacha was composed by Luis Caruso and Jesús Rilo Suárez.† The lyrics of Muchacha are by Luis Caruso and Jesús Rilo Suárez.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

21 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Luis Caruso, Jesús Rilo Suárez
Words
Luis Caruso
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Héctor Varela’s 1956 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1956 to 1956.
1950
Recordings of Muchacha 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMuchachaOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoOdeon
    4 dances
    1956
  2. Héctor VarelaEarliest we holdMost dancedMuchachaHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango
    17 dances
    1956
All recordings of Muchacha

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

MuchachaHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango
Open this recording

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 18 Performances

Martin Maldonado & Maurizio Ghella2012 · 9:37

Danced to it

Music from 1956 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2011: 2, 2012: 4, 2013: 1, 2014: 3, 2016: 1, 2018: 2, 2022: 1, 2025: 3

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sMartin Maldonado & Maurizio Ghella2012
  2. The 2020sJulio Alvarez & Silvina TseTango Etnia · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

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. Laila Rezk and Leandro Oliver

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

    1. 1En la buena y en la malaDomingo Federico, 1953
    2. 2PasiónJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    3. 3El Nene del AbastoJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    4. 4MuchachaHéctor Varela, 1956
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Julieta Falivene and Pedro Farías

    White Tango Festival · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Baldosa flojaJuan D'Arienzo, 1958
    2. 2MuchachaHéctor Varela, 1956
    3. 3Bien PulentaJuan D'Arienzo, 1950
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0464672874

TodoTango · tema/1554

Composer2

Composed by Luis Caruso

Composed by Jesús Rilo Suárez

Lyricist2

Lyrics by Luis Caruso

Lyrics by Jesús Rilo Suárez

Listen

  1. MuchachaHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango
  2. MuchachaOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoOdeon

Ask Tangopedia

Answers only from cited facts, each with its source.