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Una noche de garufa · Los Astros Del Tango · 1958

Los Astros Del Tangosinger unknowntangoMusic Hall
Music by Eduardo Arolas, lyrics by Gabriel Clausi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1966.

Pinned at 1958 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Los Astros Del Tango recordings indexed 1958

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

187 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eduardo Arolas
Words
Gabriel Clausi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

En esta noche de garufa yo me quiero divertir con los amigos de bohemia en el viejo Armenonville. La vida es corta y se pianta muy pronto, en esta noche hay que vivir. En las nostálgicas veladas vuelve el tiempo del ayer con este tango que nos lleva como un sueño a su compás. Viejos recuerdos, paicas papusas, dulce momento del ayer. Cómo me emocionan tus notas en esta velada porteña, deja que la música embriague para hacer, del tango una fiesta. Yo te soñé como nostalgia que vuelve, vida, en suaves noches de luna, de antes, son los recuerdos que añoro de la garufa que ya se fue. Viejo recuerdo tanguero quiero vivir esta emoción, besar tus labios rojos, muchacha diquera. Que se enciendan los faroles para alumbrar esta ilusión de ver tus ojos negros brillando por mi amor.

English · machine translation

In this night of garufa I want to have fun with bohemian friends in the old Armenonville. Life is short and it's coming to an end very soon, on this night you have to live. In the nostalgic evenings the time of yesterday returns with this tango that takes us like a dream to its rhythm. Old memories, paicas papusas, sweet moment of yesterday. How your notes thrill me in this porteña evening, let the music intoxicate to make tango a party. I dreamed of you like nostalgia that returns, life, in soft moonlit nights of yesteryear, are the memories I long for of the garufa that is already gone. Old tango memory I want to live this emotion, to kiss your red lips, diquera girl. Let the lanterns be lit to light up this illusion of seeing your black eyes shining for my love.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1931 to 1966.
1930’40’50’60
Recordings of Una noche de garufa · Los Astros Del Tango · 1958 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

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

The leader is Ricardo Tanturi, 1941, with 99% of the 187 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

15 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. Ricardo TanturiMost dancedUna noche de garufaRicardo TanturiinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    186 dances · 99%
    1941
  2. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdUna noche de garufaCarlos Di SarliinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    1 dance · <1%
    1931
  3. Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Una noche de garufaQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)singer unknowntangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1953
  4. Los Astros Del TangoUna noche de garufaLos Astros Del Tangosinger unknowntangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  5. Florindo SassoneUna noche de garufaFlorindo SassoneinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1966
  6. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueApr 191927
  7. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueAug 161934
  8. Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueAug 141953
  9. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueSep 291953
  10. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogue
  11. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue
  12. Eduardo ArolasNot in our catalogue
  13. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  14. Ricardo Luis BrignoloNot in our catalogue
  15. Los TubatangoNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Los Astros Del Tango

Una noche de garufaLos Astros Del Tangosinger unknowntangoMusic Hall

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What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The day it was recorded.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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  1. Una noche de garufaCarlos Di Sarlisinger unknown

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