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La bicoca

Music by José Arturo Severino. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1940–1950.
1940: 1 · danced 60 times1950: 1 · danced 2 times
1940’501950
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1940: 1, 60; 1950: 1, 2

  1. Juan D'Arienzo recorded it in 1940 and 1950.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

La bicoca was composed by José Arturo Severino.†

Credit

Music
José Arturo Severino

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

1940’50

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 8
    60 dances
    1940
  2. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 28
    2 dances
    1950
  3. Tito MartínNot in our catalogue1951
  4. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogue1984

Danced to it

Music from 1940–1950 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2013: 2, 2016: 3, 2017: 2, 2018: 4, 2019: 5, 2020: 1, 2021: 2, 2022: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 7, 2026: 5

Hernan Alvarez Prieto & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072:38

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJose Luis Salvo & Carla Rossi2018
  2. The 2020sSebastián Acosta & Laura D'AnnaMilonga en lo de Balmaceda · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues1

tango.info · T0370095569

Single source

Composer1

Composed by José Arturo Severino

Single source

Listen

  1. La bicocaJuan D'Arienzo1940
  2. La bicocaJuan D'Arienzo1950

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