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Barrio de tango · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · 2017

Orquesta Típica Pichuco · tango · 2017
Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2017.

Who recorded it

Every version10

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1942

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino · Nelly Vázquez …194219641971
  2. Miguel CalóJorge Ortiz1943
  3. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas1942
  4. Lucio DemareArmando Garrido1956
  5. Armando PontierRoberto Goyeneche1969
  6. Orquesta Típica ImperialCristina De Los Angeles2006

Recorded in 2017, during the Electronic and festival era (2000–).

2017

2000today

Orquesta Típica Pichuco · no periods written yet

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Key facts
Year
2017
Orchestra
Orquesta Típica Pichuco
Contents1The song2Who wrote it3Lyrics4Every version5One recording

The song

ORQUESTA TÍPICA PICHUCOOrquesta Típica PichucoBARRIO DE TANGOTango2017

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

8 orchestras recorded it

45 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Words
Homero Manzi
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it
Its words name
Nueva Pompeya

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Un pedazo de barrio, allá en Pompeya, durmiéndose al costado del terraplén. Un farol balanceando en la barrera y el misterio de adiós que siembra el tren. Un ladrido de perros a la luna. El amor escondido en un portón. Y los sapos redoblando en la laguna y a lo lejos la voz del bandoneón. Barrio de tango, luna y misterio, calles lejanas, ¡cómo estarán! Viejos amigos que hoy ni recuerdo, ¡qué se habrán hecho, dónde estarán! Barrio de tango, qué fue de aquella, Juana, la rubia, que tanto amé. ¡Sabrá que sufro, pensando en ella, desde la tarde que la dejé! Barrio de tango, luna y misterio, ¡desde el recuerdo te vuelvo a ver! Un coro de silbidos allá en la esquina. El codillo llenando el almacén. Y el dramón de la pálida vecina que ya nunca salió a mirar el tren. Así evoco tus noches, barrio 'e tango, con las chatas entrando al corralón y la luna chapaleando sobre el fango y a lo lejos la voz del bandoneón.

English · machine translation

A piece of neighborhood, back in Pompeya, falling asleep at the side of the embankment. A lantern swinging on the barrier and the mystery of goodbye sowed by the train. A dog barking at the moon. Love hidden in a gate. And the toads drumming on the lagoon and in the distance the voice of the bandoneon. Neighborhood of tango, moon and mystery, distant streets, how they will be! Old friends that today I don't even remember, what have they done to each other, where are they! Tango neighborhood, what became of that one, Juana, the blonde, whom I loved so much. She must know that I suffer, thinking of her, since the afternoon I left her! Tango neighborhood, moon and mystery, from the memory I see you again! A chorus of whistles there on the corner. The elbow filling the storehouse. And the dramón of the pale neighbor who never came out to watch the train. That's how I evoke your nights, tango neighborhood, with the trucks entering the yard and the moon splashing on the mud and in the distance the voice of the bandoneon.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 10 recordings of this song by 8 orchestras, 1942 to 2017.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Barrio de tango · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · 2017 by year, taller the more they are danced · 10 of 10 recordings carry a year · read Nov 8, 2026

A Song's recorded lineage

We hold dated Recordings by 8 orchestras; the earliest here is Aníbal Troilo in 1942.

  1. 1942Aníbal TroiloRecording
  2. 1942Ángel D'AgostinoRecording
  3. 1943Miguel CalóRecording
  4. 1956Lucio DemareRecording
  5. 1969Armando PontierRecording
  6. 2006Orquesta Típica ImperialRecording
  7. 2017Sexteto VisceralRecording
  8. 2017Orquesta Típica PichucoRecording

Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, with 89% of the 45 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Miguel CalóBarrio de tango · Miguel Caló · Jorge Ortiz · tango · Jan 19, 1943 · OdeonMeasured automatically · 124 BPM · C major
    3 dances · 7%
    1943
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoBarrio de tango · Ángel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas · tango · Dec 30, 1942 · RCA Victor
    2 dances · 4%
    1942
  3. Lucio DemareBarrio de tango · Lucio Demare · Armando Garrido · tango · 1956 · TK
    No match yet
    1956
  4. Armando PontierBarrio de tango · Armando Pontier · Roberto Goyeneche · tango · Aug 11, 1969
    No match yet
    1969
  5. Orquesta Típica ImperialBarrio de tango · Orquesta Típica Imperial · Cristina De Los Angeles · tango · Aug 1, 2006
    No match yet
    2006
  6. Sexteto VisceralBarrio de tango · Sexteto Visceral · Hernán Fernández · tango · 2017
    No match yet
    2017
  7. Orquesta Típica PichucoBarrio de tango · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · tango · 2017
    No match yet
    2017
  8. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1936
  9. Roberto GarzaNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone · May 121943
  10. Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Aug 111968
  11. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1983
  12. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  13. Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
  14. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  15. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
  16. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue
  17. Raúl LaviéNot in our catalogue
  18. Tito ReyesNot in our catalogue
  19. Osvaldo PiroNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

ORQUESTA TÍPICA PICHUCOOrquesta Típica PichucoBARRIO DE TANGOTango2017

Orquesta Típica Pichuco

Barrio de tango · Orquesta Típica Pichuco · tango · 2017

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

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  1. Barrio de tango · Aníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino · 1942

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