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El Cachafaz

Music by Manuel Aróztegui, lyrics by Ángel Villoldo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–1954.
1937: 1 · danced 10 times1950: 1 · danced 0 times1954: 1 · danced 2 times
1937’40’501954
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1937: 1, 10; 1950: 1, 0; 1954: 1, 2

El Cachafaz is a tango.

El Cachafaz was composed by Manuel Aróztegui.

The lyrics of El Cachafaz are by Ángel Villoldo.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Manuel Aróztegui
Lyrics
Ángel Villoldo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1930’40’50

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jun 2
    10 dances
    1937
  2. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · Music Hall · Jan 26
    2 dances
    1954
  3. Ricardo PedevillaInstrumental · Pampa · Dec 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  4. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue1912
  5. Eduardo Del PianoNot in our catalogueMay 201953
  6. Eduardo Del PianoNot in our catalogueMay 221953
  7. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue1975
  8. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue
  9. Los muchachos de antesNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1937–1954 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2025: 1

Geraldine Rojas1:44

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sAlicia Pons & Robert Hauk2009
  2. The 2010sElina Roldán2010
  3. The 2020sLuciano Millaqueo & Celeste CiminoMilonga La Baldosa · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    3 performances

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/400

Single source

tango.info · T0370004764

Single source

MusicBrainz · ba2e43ed-b588-4236-aed7-8717585ee0acsource

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Manuel Aróztegui

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Ángel Villoldo

Single source

Listen

  1. El CachafazJuan D'Arienzo1937
  2. El CachafazRicardo Pedevilla · no clip yet1950
  3. El CachafazCarlos Di Sarli1954

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