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Song

El embrollo

Music by Esteban Gilardi. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1952–1958.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1952

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1958
  2. Osvaldo Pugliese1952
  3. Ángel Dominguez1954

Versions of El embrollo recorded 1952–1958

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

10 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Esteban Gilardi
Words
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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 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1952 to 1958.
1950
Recordings of El embrollo by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 3, 2026

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

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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

  1. Juan D'ArienzoEl embrolloJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1958
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedEl embrolloOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    10 dances
    1952
  3. Ángel DominguezEl embrolloÁngel Domingueztango
    No match yet
    1954
  4. Roberto ChanelNot in our catalogueApr 151954
All recordings of El embrollo

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Pugliese

El embrolloOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 10 Performances

Diego Ortega & Aldana SilveyraWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2025 · World Champion · Tango Escenario 2010Viva La Pepa · 2025 · 3:09

Danced to it

Music from 1952–1958 · danced on film 2019–2025

20192025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2019: 1, 2023: 1, 2024: 1, 2025: 5

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sQuique Camargo & Mirta Milone2019
  2. The 2020sDiego Ortega & Aldana SilveyraViva La Pepa · 2025

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

The one complete set on film

  1. Felix Naschke and Paula Pandol

    2024 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1El embrolloOsvaldo Pugliese, 1952
    2. 2El olivoJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    3. 3La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370293165

TodoTango · tema/1461

Listen

  1. El embrolloOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. El embrollotango
  3. El embrolloJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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