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

Los cosos de al lao

Music by Marcos Larrosa, José Canet, lyrics by Marcos Larrosa. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1954–2005.
1954: 3 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 1 times2005: 1 · danced 0 times
1954’60’70’80’90’002005
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1954: 3, 0; 1965: 1, 1; 2005: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1954 and 1965.

    How we know

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

Los cosos de al lao is a tango.

Los cosos de al lao was composed by Marcos Larrosa and José Canet.

The lyrics of Los cosos de al lao are by Marcos Larrosa and José Canet.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Marcos Larrosa, José Canet
Lyrics
Marcos Larrosa

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1950’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloJorge Casal · TK
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  2. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedTito Reyes · RCA Victor · Jan 13
    1 dance
    1965
  3. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdCarlos Almagro · Odeon · Oct 13
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  4. Orquesta Francini-PontierRoberto Florio · Oct 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  5. Orquesta Típica SilencioOmar Fernández
    Not danced on film yet
    2005
  6. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueJorge Vidal · Sep 221954
  7. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Florio · Oct 211954
  8. Adriana VarelaNot in our catalogue
  9. Cristóbal RepettoNot in our catalogue
  10. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue
  11. Luis CardeiNot in our catalogue
  12. José CanetNot in our catalogueAlberto Gómez
  13. Orquesta SilencioNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1954–2005 · danced on film 2024

Jonathan Spitel & Betsabet FloresWorld Champions · Tango Escenario 20092024 · 3:47

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

TodoTango · tema/683

Single source

Wikidata · Q61789278source

Single source

tango.info · T0370335311

Single source

MusicBrainz · 5a9403e6-8203-469d-b1e2-46967487e668source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Composer2

Composed by Marcos Larrosa

Single source

Composed by José Canet

Single source

Lyricist2

Lyrics by Marcos Larrosa

Single source

Lyrics by José Canet

Single source

Listen

  1. Los cosos de al laoMiguel Caló · Carlos Almagro · no clip yet1954
  2. Los cosos de al laoOrquesta Francini-Pontier · Roberto Florio · no clip yet1954
  3. Los cosos de al laoAníbal Troilo · Jorge Casal1954
  4. Los cosos de al laoAníbal Troilo · Tito Reyes1965
  5. Los cosos de al laoOrquesta Típica Silencio · Omar Fernández · no clip yet2005

Ask Tangopedia

Answers only from cited facts, each with its source.