The Cabeceo

We've caught your eye across the milonga. Like any good tango, this starts with consent — nothing optional runs until you say so.Cookies only with your yes. What we store.

Skip to content

Song

Café para dos · Francisco Canaro · 1956

Francisco CanaroAlberto ArenastangoOdeon
Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Francisco Canaro. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1956.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1956

  1. Miguel CalóAlfredo Dalton1956
  2. Alfredo De AngelisOscar Larroca1956
  3. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Guillermo Rico19561956

Pinned at 1956 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: Later years, 1939–1964

Café para dos · Francisco Canaro · 1956 was sung by Alberto Arenas.† Café para dos · Francisco Canaro · 1956 is a tango.† Café para dos · Francisco Canaro · 1956 lasts 03:08.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

6 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Canaro
Words
Francisco Canaro
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Alfredo De Angelis’s 1956 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1956 to 1956.
1950
Recordings of Café para dos · Francisco Canaro · 1956 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

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. Miguel CalóCafé para dosMiguel CalóAlfredo DaltontangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1956
  2. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedCafé para dosAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon
    6 dances
    1956

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Café para dosFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenastangoOdeon

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Apr 12, 1956.

  1. Me gusta bailar milongaFrancisco CanaroAlberto ArenasmilongaOdeon

Read more

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · 02480002041153-1-19

tango.info · 04988006679276-7-1

Singers1

Sung by Alberto Arenas

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:08

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. Café para dosFrancisco CanaroAlberto Arenas

Ask Tangopedia

Answers only from cited facts, each with its source.