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El rey del compás

Music by Príncipe Cubano, lyrics by Príncipe Cubano. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1949.

El rey del compás was composed by Príncipe Cubano.†† The lyrics of El rey del compás are by Príncipe Cubano.†

Credit

Music
Príncipe Cubano
Lyrics
Príncipe Cubano

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Orquesta Típica VictorEarliest we holdInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 121939
  2. Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Sep 121941
  3. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Dec 1919497 dances

Danced to it

Music from 1939–1949 · danced on film 2010–2025

20102025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2019: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

Carlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2013 · 2:37

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sCarlitos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado2013
  2. The 2020sAlejandro Lencina & Sabrina Veliz2025

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19391949

1939: 1, 1941: 1, 1949: 1

Composer1

Composed by Príncipe Cubano

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370135855

Single source

MusicBrainz · 73f2a364-6937-4616-9e05-d75a396ef420source

Single source

TodoTango · tema/2722

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Príncipe Cubano

Single source

Listen

  1. El rey del compásno clip yet1939
  2. El rey del compásJuan D'Arienzo1941
  3. El rey del compásJuan D'Arienzo1949

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