The Cabeceo

We've caught your eye across the milonga. Like any good tango, this starts with consent — nothing optional runs until you say so.Cookies only with your yes. What we store.

Skip to content

Song

De puro guapo

Music by Pedro Laurenz, lyrics by Manuel Meaños. 8 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–1972.
1935: 2 · danced 6 times1940: 1 · danced 28 times1964: 1 · danced 1 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times1969: 1 · danced 0 times1972: 1 · danced 0 times
1935’40’50’601972
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1935: 2, 6; 1940: 1, 28; 1964: 1, 1; 1967: 1, 0; 1968: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 0; 1972: 1, 0

  1. Pedro Laurenz recorded it in 1940 and 1968.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

De puro guapo was composed by Pedro Laurenz.† The lyrics of De puro guapo are by Manuel Meaños.†

Credit

Music
Pedro Laurenz
Lyrics
Manuel Meaños

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

8 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  2. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · RCA Victor · Nov 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  3. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Nov 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1972
  4. Pedro LaurenzMost dancedJuan Carlos Casas · RCA Victor · Jan 25
    28 dances
    1940
  5. Pedro LaurenzInstrumental · Microfon · Dec 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  6. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdRoberto Maida · Odeon · Jul 24
    6 dances
    1935
  7. Francisco LomutoJorge Omar · RCA Victor · Nov 26
    Not danced on film yet
    1935
  8. Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)Instrumental · Columbia
    1 dance
    1964
  9. Miguel MonteroNot in our catalogueMay 151961
  10. Pedro LaurenzNot in our catalogueInstrumental1966
  11. José LibertellaNot in our catalogueMiguel Montero
  12. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  13. Leopoldo Federico, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  14. Puro ApronteNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Danced to it

Music from 1935–1972 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 3, 2012: 4, 2013: 1, 2014: 5, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 4, 2019: 7, 2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 3, 2026: 2

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 20152019 · 3:09

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2019
  2. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa Aragón2024

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  2. El BesoBalvanera
    1 performance
  3. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  4. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    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 · T0370009894

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1440

Single source

MusicBrainz · a37d9961-3064-4612-bb48-6e5f5d1fdb23source

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Pedro Laurenz

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Manuel Meaños

Single source

Listen

  1. De puro guapoFrancisco Canaro · Roberto Maida1935
  2. De puro guapoFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar1935
  3. De puro guapoPedro Laurenz · Juan Carlos Casas1940
  4. De puro guapoQuinteto Real (Horacio Salgán) · no clip yet1964
  5. De puro guapoAníbal Troilo1967
  6. De puro guapoPedro Laurenz1968
  7. De puro guapoJuan D'Arienzo1969
  8. De puro guapoOsvaldo Pugliese1972

Ask Tangopedia

Answers only from cited facts, each with its source.