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Retirao

Music by Carlos Posadas. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–1966.
1927: 1 · danced 0 times1939: 1 · danced 16 times1942: 1 · danced 0 times1956: 1 · danced 0 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1966: 2 · danced 0 times
1927’40’50’601966
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1927: 1, 0; 1939: 1, 16; 1942: 1, 0; 1956: 1, 0; 1957: 1, 0; 1966: 2, 0

Retirao is a tango.† Retirao was composed by Carlos Posadas.††

Credit

Music
Carlos Posadas

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1920’30’40’50’60

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedRCA Victor · Dec 11
    16 dances
    1939
  2. Aníbal TroiloInstrumental · Odeon · Jul 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  3. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeon · Jun 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  4. José GarciaMar 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  5. Héctor VarelaInstrumental · Oct 17
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  6. Horacio SalganTK
    Not danced on film yet
    1956
  7. Mariano Mores
    Not danced on film yet
    1966

Danced to it

Music from 1927–1966 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2019: 2, 2021: 2, 2024: 1, 2026: 2

Jonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónWorld Champions · Tango de Pista 2015Milonga El Garrón · 2026 · 2:32

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sFernando Sanchez & Ariadna Naveira2019
  2. The 2020sJonathan Saavedra & Clarisa AragónMilonga El Garrón · 2026

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    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 · T0370026304

Single source

TodoTango · tema/2705

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Posadas

Single source

Listen

  1. RetiraoFrancisco Canaro · no clip yet1927
  2. RetiraoCarlos Di Sarli1939
  3. RetiraoJosé Garcia1942
  4. RetiraoHoracio Salgan1956
  5. RetiraoAníbal Troilo1957
  6. RetiraoHéctor Varela · no clip yet1966
  7. RetiraoMariano Mores · no clip yet1966

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