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A los amigos

Music by Armando Pontier. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1950–1998.
1950: 1 · danced 0 times1960: 1 · danced 138 times1973: 1 · danced 0 times1998: 1 · danced 13 times
1950’60’70’80’901998
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1950: 1, 0; 1960: 1, 138; 1973: 1, 0; 1998: 1, 13

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1960 version holds 91% of its dancing (138 of 151).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 4 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Orquesta Francini-Pontier recorded it in 1950 and 1973.

    How we know

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

A los amigos was composed by Armando Pontier.††

Credit

Music
Armando Pontier

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 9 more we know of

1950’60’70’80’90

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 15
    138 dances
    1960
  2. Orquesta Francini-PontierEarliest we holdJun 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierSnow Records Japan
    Not danced on film yet
    1973
  4. Orquesta Forever Tango
    13 dances
    1998
  5. BachichaNot in our catalogue1950
  6. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueJun 11950
  7. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueSep 31964
  8. Color TangoNot in our catalogue1996
  9. Quinteto ÁngelNot in our catalogue2004
  10. Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogue
  11. Armando PontierNot in our catalogue
  12. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogue
  13. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa

Danced to it

Music from 1950–1998 · danced on film 2005–2026

20052026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2011: 3, 2012: 3, 2013: 2, 2014: 3, 2015: 5, 2016: 2, 2017: 12, 2018: 13, 2019: 20, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 6, 2023: 6, 2024: 11, 2025: 8, 2026: 9

Germán Ballejo & Magdalena Gutiérrez & Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia HurtadoWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20172019 · 23:53

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sJonathan Saavedra2005
  2. The 2010sGermán Ballejo & Magdalena Gutiérrez & Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2019
  3. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    2 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  3. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  4. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  5. La Comedia TangoRecoleta
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Armando Pontier

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370163317

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1375

Single source

MusicBrainz · 1bbb64b0-de5b-4dff-8de6-88a8ae777ec2source

Single source

Listen

  1. A los amigosOrquesta Francini-Pontier · no clip yet1950
  2. A los amigosOsvaldo Pugliese1960
  3. A los amigosOrquesta Francini-Pontier · no clip yet1973
  4. A los amigosOrquesta Forever Tango1998

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