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Compadrón

Music by Luis Visca, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1949.
1927: 2 · danced 1 times1940: 1 · danced 0 times1942: 1 · danced 27 times1949: 1 · danced 1 times
1927’30’401949
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 2, 1; 1940: 1, 0; 1942: 1, 27; 1949: 1, 1

Compadrón is a tango.† Compadrón was published in 1927.† Compadrón was composed by Luis Visca.†† The lyrics of Compadrón are by Enrique Cadícamo.††

Credit

Music
Luis Visca
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1920’30’40

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedHéctor Mauré · RCA Victor · Dec 22
    27 dances
    1942
  2. Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante · Odeon · Aug 16
    1 dance
    1949
  3. Francisco CanaroLuis Scalon · Odeon · Sep 23
    1 dance
    1927
  4. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  5. Quinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro)Odeon · Jan 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1940
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Oct 61927
  7. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueNov 121927
  8. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueLuis Scalón · Feb 131928
  9. Bernardo AlemanyNot in our catalogue1930
  10. Quinteto Don Pancho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueJan 261940
  11. Luis Nicolas ViscaNot in our catalogueAlfredo Castells1950
  12. Luis Nicolas ViscaNot in our catalogue1950
  13. Luis Nicolas ViscaNot in our catalogue1951
  14. Carlos FigariNot in our catalogueTita Merello1968
  15. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogueNina Miranda
  16. Luis Nicolas ViscaNot in our catalogueAlfredo Castells

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1949 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 1, 2024: 2, 2026: 1

Sebastián Achaval & María Ximena GallicchioWorld Champions · Tango de Salón 20052:00

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sMario Consiglieri & Anabella Diaz Hojman2008
  2. The 2010sCinzia Lombardi2010
  3. The 2020sJose Luis Salvo & Carla Rossi2022

Where it is danced

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

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

TodoTango · tema/327

Single source

tango.info · T0370006782

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Wikidata · Q37678597source

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MusicBrainz · c951dfc4-77a5-4584-a6e3-d3421a01321csource

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

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Published1

Published 1927

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Composer1

Composed by Luis Visca

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

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Listen

  1. CompadrónFrancisco Lomuto · no clip yet1927
  2. CompadrónFrancisco Canaro · Luis Scalon1927
  3. CompadrónQuinteto Don Pancho (Francisco Canaro) · no clip yet1940
  4. CompadrónJuan D'Arienzo · Héctor Mauré1942
  5. CompadrónAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante1949

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