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Song

El trece

Music by Albérico Spátola, lyrics by Ángel Villoldo. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1932–1969.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Adolfo Carabelli, 1932

  1. Juan D'Arienzo1969
  2. Ángel D'AgostinoÁngel Vargas · Tino García19431951
  3. Rodolfo Biagi1938
  4. Francisco Lomuto1938
  5. Adolfo CarabelliAlberto Gómez1932

Versions of El trece recorded 1932–1969

El trece was composed by Albérico Spátola.† The lyrics of El trece are by Ángel Villoldo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

9 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Albérico Spátola
Words
Ángel Villoldo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Rodolfo Biagi’s 1938 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1932 to 1969.
1930’40’50’60
Recordings of El trece by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 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 treceJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1969
  3. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedEl treceRodolfo BiagitangoOdeon
    9 dances
    1938
  4. Francisco LomutoEl treceFrancisco LomutotangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1938
  5. Adolfo CarabelliEarliest we holdEl treceAdolfo CarabelliAlberto Gómeztango
    No match yet
    1932
  6. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogue1912
  7. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogue1927
  8. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueAug 231927
  9. Juan de Dios FilibertoNot in our catalogue1934
  10. Joaquín Do ReyesNot in our catalogue1950
  11. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogue
  12. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogue
  13. Juan de Dios FilibertoNot in our catalogue
All recordings of El trece

One recording

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

Rodolfo Biagi

El treceRodolfo BiagitangoOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Hernan Rodriguez & Florencia LabianoSunderland Club · 2008 · 2:32

Danced to it

Music from 1932–1969 · danced on film 2008–2022

20082022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2022: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sHernan Rodriguez & Florencia LabianoSunderland Club · 2008
  2. The 2020sCorina Herrera & Martín Chili2022

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. Corina Herrera and Martín Chili

    2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1RebeldíaMiguel Caló, 1947
    2. 2Pobre florAlfredo De Angelis, 1946
    3. 3El treceRodolfo Biagi, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • Trece años. Empecé a bailar. Acá tengo un testigo que no me deja mentir, porque...

    Eduardo Arquimbau · GLORIA Y EDUARDO ARQUIMBAU. Tengo una pregunta para ustedes (by Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles

    open at 2:40
  • Y yo he visto fiestas, en la ciudad donde vivimos ahora, que es Łódź: hay un estadio para trece mil personas, y he visto fiestas latinas con trece mil personas.

    Fabián Peralta · FABIAN PERALTA Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.

    open at 1:03:07

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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 · T0370212295

TodoTango · tema/586

Composer1

Composed by Albérico Spátola

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Ángel Villoldo

Listen

  1. El treceAdolfo CarabelliAlberto Gómeztango
  2. El treceFrancisco LomutotangoRCA Victor
  3. El treceRodolfo BiagitangoOdeon
  4. El treceÁngel D'AgostinoÁngel VargastangoRCA Victor
  5. El treceÁngel D'AgostinoTino GarcíatangoRCA Victor
  6. El treceJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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