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Song

Ojos negros · Horacio Salgan · 1951

Horacio SalganinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
Music by Vicente Greco, lyrics by Pedro Numa Córdoba. 26 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2003.

Who recorded it

Every version26

Earliest we hold: Francisco Lomuto, 1927

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1969
  2. Carlos Di Sarli1945
  3. Aníbal Troilo194819531970
  4. Osvaldo Pugliese1972
  5. Osvaldo Fresedo19271979
  6. Francisco Canaro19321949

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Horacio Salgan recordings indexed 1950–1969

Ojos negros · Horacio Salgan · 1951 is a tango.† Ojos negros · Horacio Salgan · 1951 lasts 02:16.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

19 orchestras recorded it

105 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Vicente Greco
Words
Pedro Numa Córdoba
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
not yet cited · help fill it

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

These are the song’s words. This take is instrumental.

Español

Ojos negros y... soñadores de mis amores dueños ellos son. Ojos que encantan a mi alma y que dan dulce calma a mi fiel corazón. Cuando en su cristal me suelo mirar me causa placer, porque en ellos yo suelo adivinar su mucho querer. Nunca jamás podré olvidar la expresión arrobadora de tu faz. Como divinos luceros son tus ojos negros dignos de admirar, y por ellos yo me muero y en sus pestañas quiero poder siempre besar.

English · machine translation

Black eyes and... dreamers of my loves owners they are. Eyes that enchant my soul and that give sweet calm to my faithful heart. When in their crystal I look at myself it gives me pleasure because in them I I usually guess their much love. I can never ever I will never be able to forget the rapturous expression of your face. Like divine stars are your black eyes worthy of admiration, and for them I die and in their eyelashes I want to always be able to kiss.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 26 recordings of this song by 19 orchestras, 1927 to 2003.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Ojos negros · Horacio Salgan · 1951 by year, taller the more they are danced · 26 of 26 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

26 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 21 more we know of

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

The leader is Raúl Garello, 1980, with 40% of the 105 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

12 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Raúl GarelloMost dancedOjos negrosRaúl Garellotango
    42 dances · 40%
    1980
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseOjos negrosOsvaldo PugliesetangoOdeon
    28 dances · 27%
    1972
  3. Carlos Di SarliOjos negrosCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    17 dances · 16%
    1945
  6. Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoOjos negrosCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpoinstrumentaltango
    1 dance · <1%
    1942
  7. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdOjos negrosFrancisco LomutoinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1927
  9. Osmar MadernaOjos negrosOsmar MadernainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1947
  10. Alberto MancioneOjos negrosAlberto MancioneJorge Ledesmatango
    No match yet
    1951
  12. Julio De CaroOjos negrosJulio De Caroinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1952
  13. Armando PontierOjos negrosArmando PontierinstrumentaltangoCBS Columbia
    No match yet
    1958
  14. Héctor VarelaOjos negrosHéctor Varelainstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1967
  16. Juan D'ArienzoOjos negrosJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1969
  18. Miguel VillasboasOjos negrosMiguel Villasboastango
    No match yet
    1971
  19. Orquesta Típica ImperialOjos negrosOrquesta Típica Imperialtango
    No match yet
    2003
  20. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1917

One recording

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

Horacio Salgan

Ojos negrosHoracio SalganinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Horacio Salgan recorded on Dec 7, 1951.

  1. La tabladaHoracio SalganinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues7

tango.info · 00743214130223-1-17

tango.info · 02480002031109-1-7

tango.info · 08427328130424-1-9

tango.info · 02480002724704-1-1

tango.info · 00884385555689-2-13

tango.info · 02480002028444-1-5

tango.info · 02480002333548-1-7

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:16

Vocal1

Vocal instrumental

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  1. Ojos negrosFrancisco Lomuto

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