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Sencillo y compadre

Music by Juan José Guichandut, lyrics by Carlos Bahr. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1941.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1941

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino1941
  2. Francisco CanaroCarlos Roldán1941

Versions of Sencillo y compadre recorded 1941

Sencillo y compadre is a tango.

Sencillo y compadre was published in 1941.

Sencillo y compadre was composed by Juan José Guichandut.

The lyrics of Sencillo y compadre are by Carlos Bahr.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

14 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan José Guichandut
Words
Carlos Bahr
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Aníbal Troilo’s 1941 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1941 to 1941.
1940
Recordings of Sencillo y compadre by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 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. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedSencillo y compadreAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
    13 dances
    1941
  2. Francisco CanaroSencillo y compadreFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1941
  3. Carlos FigariNot in our catalogueTita Merello1969
  4. Ariel ArditNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Sencillo y compadre

One recording

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

Aníbal Troilo

Sencillo y compadreAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 12 Performances

Eduardo Pareja & Magdalena GutiérrezWorld Champion · Tango de Pista 20172023 · 3:35

Danced to it

Music from 1941 · danced on film 2016–2023

20162023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 5

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sAlejandro Larenas & Marisol Morales2017
  2. The 2020sEduardo Pareja & Magdalena Gutiérrez2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. MarabúSan Nicolás
    2 performances

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.

2 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Cecilia Garcia and Horacio Pebete Godoy

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Sencillo y compadreAníbal Troilo, 1941
    2. 2Yunta de oroColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez), 2003
    3. 3La tabladaEdgardo Donato, 1936
    4. 4Queen tangueraEsteban Morgado, 2007
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Javier Rodríguez and Moira Castellano

    Argentina Tango Salon Festival, 2022 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1ChacabuqueandoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1982
    2. 2Sencillo y compadreAníbal Troilo, 1941
    3. 3Del tiempo guapoAníbal Troilo, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/824

tango.info · T0370177346

MusicBrainz · 56a8ac45-ec00-48a1-a0e1-792dd98b4e2dsource

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1941

Composer1

Composed by Juan José Guichandut

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Carlos Bahr

Listen

  1. Sencillo y compadreAníbal TroiloFrancisco FiorentinotangoRCA Victor
  2. Sencillo y compadreFrancisco CanaroCarlos RoldántangoOdeon

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