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La bordona

Music by Emilio Balcarce. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1958–2013.
1958: 2 · danced 168 times1963: 2 · danced 0 times1996: 1 · danced 6 times2000: 2 · danced 0 times2009: 1 · danced 0 times2013: 1 · danced 25 times
1958’70’80’90’002013
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1958: 2, 168; 1963: 2, 0; 1996: 1, 6; 2000: 2, 0; 2009: 1, 0; 2013: 1, 25

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1958 version holds 44% of its dancing (88 of 199).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 9 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1958 and 1963.

    How we know

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

La bordona was composed by Emilio Balcarce.

La bordona is a tango.

La bordona: Written by violinist Emilio Balcarce while he was in Pugliese's orchestra, the piece was turned down by Pugliese; Balcarce gave it to Troilo instead, whose 1958 recording became a huge hit, after which Pugliese asked Balcarce for a version of his own.

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Credit

Music
Emilio Balcarce

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

1950’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdOdeon · Jun 6
    80 dances
    1958
  2. Aníbal TroiloRCA Victor · Feb 9
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  3. Aníbal TroiloApr 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1963
  4. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 6
    88 dances
    1958
  5. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)
    6 dances
    1996
  6. Orquesta Escuela de Tango
    Not danced on film yet
    2000
  7. Orquesta El ArranqueSep 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2000
  8. Orquesta Típica Silencio
    Not danced on film yet
    2009
  9. Orquesta Forever Tango
    25 dances
    2013
  10. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogue1955
  11. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueApr 231962
  12. Trío GarufaNot in our catalogue2004
  13. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogue
  14. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogue
  15. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogue
  16. Juan José MosaliniNot in our catalogue
  17. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogue
  18. Osvaldo PiroNot in our catalogue
  19. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogue
  20. Trío YumbaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1958–2013 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 6, 2011: 4, 2012: 3, 2013: 5, 2014: 9, 2015: 6, 2016: 6, 2017: 12, 2018: 7, 2019: 17, 2020: 3, 2021: 2, 2022: 22, 2023: 16, 2024: 8, 2025: 13, 2026: 5

Sergiy Podbolotnyy & Maria Inés BogadoWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20102023 · 3:43

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRomina Levin & Claudio Villagra2009
  2. The 2010sJuan Malizia & Manuela Rossi2017
  3. The 2020sSergiy Podbolotnyy & Maria Inés Bogado2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    2 performances
  2. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  3. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  5. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Emilio Balcarce

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/1504

Single source

tango.info · T0370433832

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MusicBrainz · 241eae36-4648-4f63-8e84-639f526fb23fsource

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Is a1

Is a Tango

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Notes1

Written by violinist Emilio Balcarce while he was in Pugliese's orchestra, the piece was turned down by Pugliese; Balcarce gave it to Troilo instead, whose 1958 recording became a huge hit, after which Pugliese asked Balcarce for a version of his own.

Single source

Listen

  1. La bordonaAníbal Troilo1958
  2. La bordonaOsvaldo Pugliese1958
  3. La bordonaAníbal Troilo1963
  4. La bordonaAníbal Troilo1963
  5. La bordonaColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)1996
  6. La bordonaOrquesta El Arranque · no clip yet2000
  7. La bordonaOrquesta Escuela de Tango · no clip yet2000
  8. La bordonaOrquesta Típica Silencio · no clip yet2009
  9. La bordonaOrquesta Forever Tango2013

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