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Ventarrón · Típica Victor · 1933

Típica VictorAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor
Music by Pedro Maffia, lyrics by José Horacio Staffolani. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–2006.

Pinned at 1933 · Guardia Nueva 1920–1934 · Típica Victor recordings indexed 1925–1944

Ventarrón · Típica Victor · 1933 was sung by Alberto Gómez.† Ventarrón · Típica Victor · 1933 is a tango.† Ventarrón · Típica Victor · 1933 lasts 03:01.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

7 orchestras recorded it

27 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Pedro Maffia
Words
José Horacio Staffolani
Written
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First played
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Its words name
Nueva Pompeya

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

Por tu fama, por tu estampa, sos el malevo mentado del hampa; sos el más taura entre todos los tauras, sos el mismo Ventarrón. ¿Quién te iguala por tu rango en las canyengues quebradas del tango, en la conquista de los corazones, si se da la ocasión? Entre el malevaje, Ventarrón a vos te llaman... Ventarrón, por tu coraje, por tus hazañas todos te aclaman... A pesar de todo, Ventarrón dejó Pompeya y se fue tras de la estrella que su destino le señaló. Muchos años han pasado y sus guapezas y sus berretines los fue dejando por los cafetines como un castigo de Dios. Solo y triste, casi enfermo, con sus derrotas mordiéndole el alma, volvió el malevo buscando su fama que otro ya conquistó. Ya no sos el mismo, Ventarrón, de aquellos tiempos. Sos cartón para el amigo y para el maula un pobre cristo. Y al sentir un tango y retobado, recordás aquel pasado, las glorias guapas de Ventarrón.

English · machine translation

For your fame, for your image, you're the underworld's most famous malevo; you are the most taura among all the tauras, you are Ventarrón himself. Who equals you for your rank in the broken canyengues of tango, in the conquest of hearts, if the occasion arises? Among the malevaje, Ventarrón they call you... Ventarrón, for your courage, for your exploits all acclaim you... In spite of everything, Ventarron left Pompeii and went after the star that his destiny pointed out to him. Many years have passed and his guapezas and his berretines he left them in the coffee shops as a punishment from God. Alone and sad, almost sick, with his defeats biting his soul, the malevo returned looking for his fame that someone else had already conquered. You are no longer the same, Ventarrón, of those times. You are cardboard for the friend and for the maula a poor Christ. And when you feel a tango compadrón and frolicking, you remember that past, the beautiful glories of Ventarrón.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 8 recordings of this song by 7 orchestras, 1933 to 2006.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Ventarrón · Típica Victor · 1933 by year, taller the more they are danced · 8 of 8 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 11 more we know of

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. Juan D'ArienzoVentarrónJuan D'ArienzoArmando LabordetangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1967
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdVentarrónFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1933
  3. Típica VictorMost dancedVentarrónTípica VictorAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor
    27 dances
    1933
  4. Alberto MancioneVentarrónAlberto Mancioneinstrumentaltango
    No match yet
    1950
  5. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroVentarrónOrquesta Típica Fernández Fierrosinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2001
  6. Roberto GoyenecheVentarrónRoberto Goyenechesinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    1980
  7. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Domingo Julio Vivas, Guillermo Barbieri, Horacio PettorossiNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Feb 151933
  8. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Gómez · Mar 61933
  9. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue1993
  10. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  11. Carlos BuonoNot in our catalogue
  12. Elvino VardaroNot in our catalogueAlberto Gómez
  13. José ColángeloNot in our catalogue
  14. Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
  15. Quinteto VentarrónNot in our catalogue
  16. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogueRuben Peloni
  17. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueAlberto Gómez

One recording

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

Típica Victor

VentarrónTípica VictorAlberto GómeztangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 28 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1933 · danced on film 2007–2022

20072022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 2, 2009: 4, 2010: 2, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2020: 1, 2022: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance

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From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues15

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tango.info · 02480002333487-2-5

tango.info · 02480002710936-1-1

tango.info · 04024236204403-1-9

tango.info · 07798108081986-1-22

tango.info · 08427328130943-1-11

tango.info · 00743217050320-2-2

tango.info · 08427328149013-1-16

tango.info · 00743218656927-1-12

tango.info · 00828766032727-1-6

tango.info · 02480002001164-1-3

tango.info · 02480002028468-1-14

tango.info · 02480002044673-1-3

tango.info · 02480002112921-1-16

tango.info · 02480002152064-1-18

Singers1

Sung by Alberto Gómez

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:01

Audio feature15

Audio feature 123.0

Audio feature 0.938

Audio feature G

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.679

Audio feature -19.3

Audio feature 0.549

Audio feature 0.265

Audio feature 0.136

Audio feature 0.032

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.831

Audio feature 123.8

Audio feature 61.9

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. VentarrónFrancisco CanaroErnesto Famá

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