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Chinita

Music by Eleuterio Iribarren, lyrics by Enrique Carrera Sotelo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–1946.

Versions of Chinita recorded 1930–1946

Chinita is a tango.

Chinita was composed by Eleuterio Iribarren.

The lyrics of Chinita are by Enrique Carrera Sotelo.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

0 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Eleuterio Iribarren
Words
Enrique Carrera Sotelo
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 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1930 to 1946.
1930’40
Recordings of Chinita by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdChinitaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon1930
  2. Enrique AlessioChinitaEnrique AlessioAlberto Castillotango1946
  3. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Aug 211930
All recordings of Chinita

One recording

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Francisco Canaro

ChinitaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon

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The year it was written.

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In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/4105

tango.info · T0370086751

Is a1

Is a Tango

Composer1

Composed by Eleuterio Iribarren

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Carrera Sotelo

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  1. ChinitaFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. ChinitaEnrique AlessioAlberto Castillotango

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