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Mala pinta

Music by Francisco de Caro, Julio de Caro. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1928–1956.
1928: 1 · danced 0 times1944: 1 · danced 21 times1951: 1 · danced 1 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times
1928’40’501956
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1928: 1, 0; 1944: 1, 21; 1951: 1, 1; 1956: 1, 0

  1. Julio De Caro recorded it in 1928 and 1951.

    How we know

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

Mala pinta was composed by Julio De Caro and Francisco De Caro.†

Credit

Music
Francisco de Caro, Julio de Caro

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1920’30’40’50

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 21
    21 dances
    1944
  2. Julio De CaroEarliest we holdInstrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    1928
  3. Julio De CaroInstrumental · Nov 17
    1 dance
    1951
  4. Carlos FigariInstrumental · Aug 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  5. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1928–1956 · danced on film 2012–2025

20122025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 3, 2015: 1, 2018: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Sebastian Jimenez & Agostina TarchiniWorld Champion · Tango Escenario 2017 · World Champion · Tango de Salón 20102022 · 2:53

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sPancho Martinez Pey & Milena Plebs2012
  2. The 2020sSebastian Jimenez & Agostina Tarchini2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370086784

Single source

TodoTango · tema/424

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Julio De Caro

Single source

Composed by Francisco De Caro

Single source

Listen

  1. Mala pintaJulio De Caro1928
  2. Mala pintaOsvaldo Pugliese1944
  3. Mala pintaJulio De Caro1951
  4. Mala pintaCarlos Figari · no clip yet1956

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