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El monito

Music by Julio de Caro, lyrics by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1998.
1928: 1 · danced 0 times1939: 1 · danced 0 times1945: 1 · danced 29 times1949: 1 · danced 14 times1953: 1 · danced 0 times1955: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1960: 1 · danced 0 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times1998: 1 · danced 4 times
1928’40’50’60’70’80’901998
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 1, 0; 1939: 1, 0; 1945: 1, 29; 1949: 1, 14; 1953: 1, 0; 1955: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 0; 1960: 1, 0; 1967: 1, 0; 1998: 1, 4

  1. Julio De Caro recorded it in 1928, 1939 and 1949. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.

    How we know

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

El monito was composed by Julio De Caro.†† The lyrics of El monito are by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán.†† El monito is a tango.†

Credit

Music
Julio de Caro
Lyrics
Juan Carlos Marambio Catán

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloTK
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 12
    29 dances
    1945
  3. Julio De CaroEarliest we hold
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  4. Julio De CaroMay 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1939
  5. Julio De CaroSep 29
    14 dances
    1949
  6. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)
    4 dances
    1998
  7. Ángel DominguezInstrumental · May 4
    Not danced on film yet
    1955
  8. Los Astros Del TangoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  9. Mariano MoresJan 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1960
  10. Mariano Mores
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  11. Julio De CaroNot in our catalogueJul 231925
  12. Estrellas de Buenos AiresNot in our catalogueNov 291960
  13. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  14. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1928–1998 · danced on film 2009–2024

20092024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 3, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 4, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2022: 1, 2023: 11, 2024: 4

Federico Naveira & Ines MuzzopappaWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20072009 · 2:38

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sFederico Naveira & Ines Muzzopappa2009
  2. The 2010sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena Gutiérrez2016
  3. The 2020sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370019694

Single source

TodoTango · tema/350

Single source

MusicBrainz · 59c57b7e-f893-4e70-a92a-917f89c6dc5csource

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Julio De Caro

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Juan Carlos Marambio Catán

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Listen

  1. El monitoJulio De Caro1928
  2. El monitoJulio De Caro1939
  3. El monitoOsvaldo Pugliese1945
  4. El monitoJulio De Caro1949
  5. El monitoAníbal Troilo1953
  6. El monitono clip yet1955
  7. El monitoLos Astros Del Tango · no clip yet1958
  8. El monitoMariano Mores · no clip yet1960
  9. El monitoMariano Mores · no clip yet1967
  10. El monitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · no clip yet1998

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