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Caricias

Music by Juan Martí, lyrics by Alfredo Bigeschi. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–1970.
1937: 1 · danced 3 times1945: 1 · danced 43 times1951: 1 · danced 18 times1970: 1 · danced 0 times
1937’40’50’601970
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1937: 1, 3; 1945: 1, 43; 1951: 1, 18; 1970: 1, 0

Caricias was composed by Juan Martí.† The lyrics of Caricias are by Alfredo Bigeschi.†

Credit

Music
Juan Martí
Lyrics
Alfredo Bigeschi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Ángel D'AgostinoMost dancedÁngel Vargas · RCA Victor · Jul 17
    43 dances
    1945
  2. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Heredia · Odeon · Jul 30
    18 dances
    1951
  3. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdJorge Omar · RCA Victor · May 7
    3 dances
    1937
  4. Trío YumbaHugo Duval · CBS Harmony
    Not danced on film yet
    1970
  5. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1938
  6. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogueMar 281938
  7. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
  8. Oscar LarrocaNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1937–1970 · danced on film 2005–2026

20052026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 2, 2009: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 3, 2012: 2, 2013: 5, 2014: 4, 2015: 3, 2016: 2, 2017: 4, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2025: 3, 2026: 2

El Chino Perico & Paola Tacchetti2017 · 2:57

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRebecca Shulman2005
  2. The 2010sFabián Peralta & Josefina BermúdezViva La Pepa · 2015
  3. The 2020sAndres Laza Moreno & Eladia Cordoba2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    3 performances
  2. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  3. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  4. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370005778

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3653

Single source

MusicBrainz · 15f06d45-0766-40d8-b773-77ec2ff87058source

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Juan Martí

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Alfredo Bigeschi

Single source

Listen

  1. CariciasFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar1937
  2. CariciasÁngel D'Agostino · Ángel Vargas1945
  3. CariciasRodolfo Biagi · Carlos Heredia1951
  4. CariciasTrío Yumba · Hugo Duval · no clip yet1970

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