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Bien porteña

Music by Enrique Alessio. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1957–1957.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Juan D'Arienzo, 1957

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1957

Versions of Bien porteña recorded 1957

Bien porteña was composed by Enrique Alessio.

Bien porteña is a milonga.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

30 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Alessio
Words
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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 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1957 to 1957.

1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedBien porteñaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalmilongaRCA Victor
    30 dances
    1957
All recordings of Bien porteña

One recording

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

Juan D'Arienzo

Bien porteñaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalmilongaRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 30 Performances

Cristian López & Edison Chávez & Gonzalo Cuello & Gaspar Godoy & Vanesa VillalbaWorld Champion · Tango Escenario 20032015 · 2:56

Danced to it

Music from 1957 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 2, 2012: 1, 2014: 4, 2015: 4, 2016: 5, 2017: 2, 2018: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 4, 2024: 1, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCristian López & Edison Chávez & Gonzalo Cuello & Gaspar Godoy & Vanesa Villalba2015
  2. The 2020sCristian Cisneros & Veronica Rue2023

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 6 complete sets on film

  1. Agnieszka Stach and Facundo Peñalva

    2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Te aconsejo que me olvidesAníbal Troilo, 1941
    2. 2Lágrimas y sonrisasRodolfo Biagi, 1941
    3. 3UnoArmando Pontier, 1957
    4. 4Bien porteñaJuan D'Arienzo, 1957
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Ariadna Naveira and Fernando Sanchez

    2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Tu melodíaDomingo Federico, 1944
    2. 2Pabellón de las rosasJuan D'Arienzo, 1935
    3. 3ArrabalPedro Laurenz, 1937
    4. 4Bien porteñaJuan D'Arienzo, 1957
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. René-Marie Meignan and Tania Heer

    EMBRACE BERLIN, 2018 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Bien porteñaJuan D'Arienzo, 1957
    2. 2BarroOsvaldo Pugliese, 1951
    3. 3El Nene del AbastoJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    4. 4Cotorrita de la suerteAníbal Troilo, 1945
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Alessio

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/7635

tango.info · T0370334727

MusicBrainz · 43ed1cf2-1995-45d3-bdf0-b7c7631f7199source

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Is a Milonga

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  1. Bien porteñaJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentalmilongaRCA Victor

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