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El pañuelito

Music by Juan de Dios Filiberto, lyrics by Gabino Coria Peñaloza. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1996.
1928: 1 · danced 0 times1952: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1959: 2 · danced 133 times1963: 1 · danced 6 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times1987: 1 · danced 0 times1996: 1 · danced 0 times
1928’40’50’60’70’80’901996
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 1, 0; 1952: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 0; 1959: 2, 133; 1963: 1, 6; 1968: 1, 0; 1987: 1, 0; 1996: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1959 version holds 91% of its dancing (127 of 139).

    How we know

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

El pañuelito was composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto.† The lyrics of El pañuelito are by Gabino Coria Peñaloza.†

Credit

Music
Juan de Dios Filiberto
Lyrics
Gabino Coria Peñaloza

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 18 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. Juan D'ArienzoJorge Valdez, Héctor Millán · RCA Victor · Aug 26
    6 dances
    1963
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedJorge Maciel · Odeon · Jul 23
    127 dances
    1959
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon · Jul 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  4. Armando PontierOscar Ferrari · CBS Columbia · Jul 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  5. Alberto MancioneJorge Ledesma, Ángel Varela · Aug 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  6. Florindo SassoneOdeon · May 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  7. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)
    Not danced on film yet
    1996
  8. Juan de Dios FilibertoPatrocinia Diaz · Jul 1
    6 dances
    1959
  9. Los Solistas De D'ArienzoWalter Gutiérrez · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1987
  10. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1920
  11. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1921
  12. Juan Bautista GuidoNot in our catalogueOct 161928
  13. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque, -choir- · Oct 101929
  14. Juan de Dios FilibertoNot in our cataloguePatrocinio Díaz, -choir-1934
  15. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueJun 11934
  16. Juan CambareriNot in our catalogue1952
  17. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  18. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 301956
  19. Roberto RufinoNot in our catalogueApr 151959
  20. Osvaldo PuglieseNot in our catalogueJorge Maciel1965

Danced to it

Music from 1928–1996 · danced on film 2010–2026

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

2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2012: 6, 2013: 7, 2014: 12, 2015: 14, 2016: 15, 2017: 9, 2018: 13, 2019: 8, 2022: 3, 2023: 8, 2024: 5, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Javier Rodríguez & Noelia Barsi & Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2005Łódź Tango Salon Festival · 2013 · 3:03

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJavier Rodríguez & Noelia Barsi & Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezŁódź Tango Salon Festival · 2013
  2. The 2020sSergiy Podbolotnyy & Maria Inés Bogado2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    2 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  3. Plaza DorregoSan Telmo
    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 · T0370022233

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1035

Single source

MusicBrainz · 24bcbd4f-94d6-4b7c-a0fd-24e7b3b12b40source

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Gabino Coria Peñaloza

Single source

Listen

  1. El pañuelitoFrancisco Canaro1928
  2. El pañuelitoAlberto Mancione · Jorge Ledesma, Ángel Varela · no clip yet1952
  3. El pañuelitoArmando Pontier · Oscar Ferrari · no clip yet1958
  4. El pañuelitoJuan de Dios Filiberto · Patrocinia Díaz1959
  5. El pañuelitoOsvaldo Pugliese · Jorge Maciel1959
  6. El pañuelitoJuan D'Arienzo · Jorge Valdez, Héctor Millán1963
  7. El pañuelitoFlorindo Sassone · no clip yet1968
  8. El pañuelitoLos Solistas De D'Arienzo · Walter Gutiérrez · no clip yet1987
  9. El pañuelitoColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez) · no clip yet1996

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