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Song

Mi piba

Music by Rodolfo Sciammarella, lyrics by Manuel Romero. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Ricardo Tanturi, 1943

  1. Ricardo TanturiAlberto Castillo1943
  2. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno1943

Versions of Mi piba recorded 1943

Mi piba was composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella.† The lyrics of Mi piba are by Manuel Romero.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

15 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Rodolfo Sciammarella
Words
Manuel Romero
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Ricardo Tanturi’s 1943 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, 1943 to 1943.
1940
Recordings of Mi piba by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 3, 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. Ricardo TanturiEarliest we holdMost dancedMi pibaRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
    15 dances
    1943
  2. Enrique RodríguezMi pibaEnrique RodríguezArmando MorenotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1943
All recordings of Mi piba

One recording

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

Ricardo Tanturi

Mi pibaRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 15 Performances

Fabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20062015 · 2:32

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2009–2019

20092019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 4, 2015: 1, 2016: 3, 2019: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sDavid Burt & Mila Vigdorova2009
  2. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina Bermúdez2015

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    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. Fabián Peralta and Josefina Bermúdez

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Que falta que me hacésMiguel Caló, 1963
    2. 2Mi pibaRicardo Tanturi, 1943
    3. 3El vino tristeJuan D'Arienzo, 1954
    4. 4Sacale puntaEdgardo Donato, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. David Burt and Mila Vigdorova

    2009 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1En gayola y sin bailarOrquesta Típica Silencio, 2020
    2. 2Milonga sentimentalFrancisco Canaro, 1933
    3. 3Mi pibaRicardo Tanturi, 1943
    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 · T0370199168

TodoTango · tema/1119

Composer1

Composed by Rodolfo Sciammarella

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Manuel Romero

Listen

  1. Mi pibaRicardo TanturiAlberto CastillotangoRCA Victor
  2. Mi pibaEnrique RodríguezArmando MorenotangoOdeon

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