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Song

El mareo

Music by Julio de Caro. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1959.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1933

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel · Alberto Morán1947
  2. Osvaldo FresedoRoberto Ray1933
  3. Francisco Canaro1933
  4. Fulvio Salamanca1959

Versions of El mareo recorded 1933–1959

El mareo was composed by Julio De Caro.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

16 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Julio de Caro
Words
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Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Osvaldo Fresedo’s 1933 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1933 to 1959.
1930’40’50
Recordings of El mareo by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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. Osvaldo PuglieseEl mareoOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel, Alberto MorántangoOdeon
    5 dances
    1947
  2. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdMost dancedEl mareoOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
    10 dances
    1933
  3. Francisco CanaroEl mareoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1933
  4. Fulvio SalamancaEl mareoFulvio Salamancainstrumentaltango
    1 dance
    1959
  5. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogue1953
All recordings of El mareo

One recording

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

Osvaldo Fresedo

El mareoOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Fabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20062011 · 3:03

Danced to it

Music from 1933–1959 · danced on film 2010–2023

20102023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2015: 4, 2017: 2, 2018: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina Bermúdez2011
  2. The 2020sJulio Saavedra & Tekla Gogrichiani2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    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

    2011 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1En tus brazosAlfredo De Angelis, 1958
    2. 2Nuestra nocheCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
    3. 3InviernoFrancisco Canaro, 1937
    4. 4El mareoOsvaldo Fresedo, 1933
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Jonatan Aguero and Virginia Pandolfi

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

    1. 1Pabellón de las rosasJuan D'Arienzo, 1935
    2. 2El mareoOsvaldo Fresedo, 1933
    3. 3PicanteRodolfo Biagi, 1941
    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 · T0370086820

TodoTango · tema/1465

Composer1

Composed by Julio De Caro

Listen

  1. El mareoOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
  2. El mareoFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  3. El mareoOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel, Alberto MorántangoOdeon
  4. El mareoFulvio Salamancainstrumentaltango

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