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A las siete en el café

Music by Armando Baliotti. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1943.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1943

  1. Miguel CalóJorge Ortiz1943
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoRaul Aldao1943

Versions of A las siete en el café recorded 1943

A las siete en el café is a tango.

A las siete en el café was composed by Armando Baliotti.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

31 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Armando Baliotti
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Te extraña verme así como he llegado tan temprano y descuidado en el modo de vestir. No creas que he venido contrariado a buscar algo olvidado y después vuelvo a salir. Hermano, vos que sos mi compañero un amigo verdadero que sabés de mi vivir. Te ruego, que me escuches un momento quiero hablarte del encuentro que me vuelve a hacer feliz. Ayer por la tarde, al llegar a la cortada, oí que me hablaban y al mirar quién era vi a la Margarita la que fue mi amor primero y que yo por un mal día la perdí. Te juro que nunca me sentí tan apocado, estaba atontado sin saber lo que decir. Pero pronto comprendiendo que vivía equivocado prometí volver al lado, de su amor hasta morir.

English · machine translation

Do you miss seeing me like this as I have arrived so early and careless in the way I dress. Don't think that I've come disgruntled to look for something forgotten and then go out again. Brother, you who are my companion a true friend who knows my life. I beg you that you listen to me for a moment I want to talk to you about the encounter that makes me happy again. Yesterday afternoon, when I arrived at the cut, I heard someone talking to me and when I looked to see who it was I saw the girl Margarita the one who was my first love and that I, because I was a milonguero one bad day I lost her. I swear that I never I never felt so embarrassed, I was stunned not knowing what to say. But soon realizing that I was living wrong I promised to return to the side of his love until I died.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1943 to 1943.
1940
Recordings of A las siete en el café by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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

The leader is Miguel Caló, 1943, with 100% of the 31 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedA las siete en el caféMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon
    31 dances · 100%
    1943
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoA las siete en el caféÁngel D'AgostinoRaul AldaotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1943
All recordings of A las siete en el café

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

A las siete en el caféMiguel CalóJorge OrtiztangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 30 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2006–2024

20062024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 2, 2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2020: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  2. Confitería IdealSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  3. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 3 complete sets on film

  1. Fernando Galera and Silvina Valz

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Cara suciaCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
    2. 2FuimosAníbal Troilo, 1946
    3. 3ArrabaleraQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1950
    4. 4A las siete en el caféMiguel Caló, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Adrian Veredice and Alejandra Hobert

    2013 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1CarnavaleraJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    2. 2RecuerdoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1944
    3. 3A las siete en el caféMiguel Caló, 1943
    4. 4ArrabalOsvaldo Pugliese, 1974
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Elvira Malishevskaya and Ezequiel Gomez

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1A las siete en el caféMiguel Caló, 1943
    2. 2Champagne tangoCarlos Di Sarli, 1952
    3. 3Pura claseRodolfo Biagi, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

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