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Palomita blanca

Music by Anselmo Aieta, lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1929–1972.
1929: 1 · danced 1 times1944: 1 · danced 49 times1953: 1 · danced 0 times1958: 1 · danced 0 times1967: 2 · danced 3 times1972: 1 · danced 4 times
1929’40’50’601972
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1929: 1, 1; 1944: 1, 49; 1953: 1, 0; 1958: 1, 0; 1967: 2, 3; 1972: 1, 4

The lyrics of Palomita blanca are by Francisco García Jiménez.†

Credit

Music
Anselmo Aieta
Lyrics
Francisco García Jiménez

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 18 more we know of

1920’30’40’50’60’70

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedAlberto Marino, Floreal Ruiz · RCA Victor · Nov 23
    49 dances
    1944
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCharlo · Odeon · Jun 12
    1 dance
    1929
  3. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Apr 27
    3 dances
    1967
  4. Hugo Diaz
    4 dances
    1972
  5. Baffa-Berlingierirca camden
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  6. Juan de Dios FilibertoAug 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1958
  7. Troilo-Grela
    Not danced on film yet
    1953
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Dec 191929
  9. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Mar 201930
  10. Armando BaliottiNot in our catalogueJan 41952
  11. Anselmo A. AietaNot in our catalogue1953
  12. Donato RacciattiNot in our catalogue1973
  13. Ariel RamírezNot in our catalogue1976
  14. QuinTangoNot in our catalogue2000
  15. Trío GarufaNot in our catalogue2004
  16. Anibal Arias, Osvaldo José MontesNot in our catalogue
  17. Antonio RíosNot in our catalogue
  18. Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogue
  19. Ernesto Baffa, Osvaldo BerlingieriNot in our catalogue
  20. Giora FeidmanNot in our catalogue

Danced to it

Music from 1929–1972 · danced on film 2007–2026

20072026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2012: 7, 2013: 1, 2014: 2, 2015: 2, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 2, 2021: 2, 2023: 4, 2024: 7, 2026: 1

Juan Malizia & Manuela RossiWorld Champions · Tango Escenario 20142016 · 3:32

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sGustavo Naveira & Giselle Anne2007
  2. The 2010sJuan Malizia & Manuela Rossi2016
  3. The 2020sMariano Chicho Frúmboli & Juana Sepulveda2021

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  2. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370022142

Single source

TodoTango · tema/117

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Francisco García Jiménez

Single source

Listen

  1. Palomita blancaFrancisco Canaro · Charlo1929
  2. Palomita blancaAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino, Floreal Ruiz1944
  3. Palomita blancaTroilo-Grela · no clip yet1953
  4. Palomita blancaJuan de Dios Filiberto1958
  5. Palomita blancaHéctor Varela · no clip yet1967
  6. Palomita blancaBaffa-Berlingieri · no clip yet1967
  7. Palomita blancaHugo Diaz1972

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