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Bien frappé

Music by Carlos Di Sarli, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1954.
1941: 1 · danced 24 times1954: 1 · danced 0 times
1941’501954
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 1, 24; 1954: 1, 0

  1. Carlos Di Sarli recorded it in 1941 and 1954.

    How we know

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

Bien frappé is a tango.

Bien frappé was composed by Carlos Di Sarli.

The lyrics of Bien frappé are by Héctor Marcó.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Carlos Di Sarli
Lyrics
Héctor Marcó

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

1940’50

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdMost dancedRoberto Rufino · RCA Victor · May 20
    24 dances
    1941
  2. Carlos Di SarliMario Pomar · RCA Victor · Aug 31
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril, Julián Centeya · Jan 51942
  4. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  5. Hugo del Carril, Julián CenteyaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1941–1954 · danced on film 2011–2025

20112025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 3, 2013: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 6, 2018: 4, 2019: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 2

Carlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 2019WinterTangoNapoli · 2023 · 3:02

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCarlitos Espinoza & Agustina Piaggio & Maksim Gerasimov2019
  2. The 2020sCarlitos Espinoza & Agustina PiaggioWinterTangoNapoli · 2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  2. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/677

Single source

tango.info · T0370166123

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Di Sarli

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Héctor Marcó

Single source

Listen

  1. Bien frappéCarlos Di Sarli · Roberto Rufino1941
  2. Bien frappéCarlos Di Sarli · Mario Pomar1954

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