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El sueño del pibe · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945

Osvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon
Music by Juan Puey, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1965.

Pinned at 1945 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Early years, 1943–1945

El sueño del pibe · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945 was sung by Roberto Chanel.† El sueño del pibe · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945 is a tango.† El sueño del pibe · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945 lasts 02:58.† El sueño del pibe · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945: A football tango about a lad dreaming of scoring the winning cup-final goal, sung by Chanel's 'street voice with class'.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

26 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Puey
Words
Reinaldo Yiso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1945 to 1965.
1940’50’60
Recordings of El sueño del pibe · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1945 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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

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  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedEl sueño del pibeOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon
    19 dances
    1945
  2. Ricardo TanturiEl sueño del pibeRicardo TanturiEnrique CampostangoRCA Victor
    7 dances
    1945
  3. Domingo FedericoEl sueño del pibeDomingo FedericoRubén SáncheztangoFuentes (Colombia)
    No match yet
    1965
  4. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogue
  5. Muzet RoyalNot in our catalogueCaio Rodríguez

One recording

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

Osvaldo Pugliese

El sueño del pibeOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto ChaneltangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 21 Performances

Juan Malizia & Manuela RossiWorld Champions · Tango Escenario 20142024 · 3:40

Danced to it

Music from 1945 · danced on film 2011–2025

20112025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 6, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 2, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sChristian Marquez & Virginia Gomez2016
  2. The 2020sJuan Malizia & Manuela Rossi2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. DNI TangoAlmagro
    1 performance

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1El cencerroJuan D'Arienzo, 1937 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. 2El calabozoJuan D'Arienzo, 1941 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3Ilusión azulAlfredo De Angelis, 1945 · danced together in 2 Performances

Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues11

tango.info · 00077778132622-1-6

tango.info · 00724354170324-1-13

tango.info · 02480002005223-1-6

tango.info · 02480002334125-1-2

tango.info · 02480002334255-2-6

tango.info · 02480002709190-1-1

tango.info · 04024236202195-1-9

tango.info · 07798049045030-1-7

tango.info · 07798108080071-2-8

tango.info · 08427328130714-1-9

tango.info · 08427328146036-1-10

Singers1

Sung by Roberto Chanel

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:58

Audio feature15

Audio feature 117.5

Audio feature 0.931

Audio feature F

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.716

Audio feature -23.2

Audio feature 0.392

Audio feature 0.205

Audio feature 0.57

Audio feature 0.006

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.423

Audio feature 118.8

Audio feature 59.4

Audio feature step

Notes1

A football tango about a lad dreaming of scoring the winning cup-final goal, sung by Chanel's 'street voice with class'.

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. El sueño del pibeOsvaldo PuglieseRoberto Chanel

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