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Tengo mil novias

Music by Enrique Rodríguez, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1939–1940.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Enrique Rodríguez, 1939

  1. Enrique RodríguezRoberto Flores1939
  2. Francisco CanaroFrancisco Amor1940
  3. Francisco LomutoFernando Díaz1940

Versions of Tengo mil novias recorded 1939–1940

Tengo mil novias was composed by Enrique Rodríguez.†† The lyrics of Tengo mil novias are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

15 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Rodríguez
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1940 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1939 to 1940.
1930’40
Recordings of Tengo mil novias by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

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. Enrique RodríguezEarliest we holdMost dancedTengo mil noviasEnrique RodríguezRoberto FloresvalsOdeon
    15 dances
    1939
  2. Francisco CanaroTengo mil noviasFrancisco CanaroFrancisco AmorvalsOdeon
    No match yet
    1940
  3. Francisco LomutoTengo mil noviasFrancisco LomutoFernando DíazvalsRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1940
All recordings of Tengo mil novias

One recording

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

Enrique Rodríguez

Tengo mil noviasEnrique RodríguezRoberto FloresvalsOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 17 Performances

Detlef Engel & Melina Sedó3:05

Danced to it

Music from 1939–1940 · danced on film 2009–2025

20092025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2010: 4, 2011: 2, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2025: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sVerónica Cordero & José Artigas2009
  2. The 2010sAlexey Roschektaev & Irina Nekrasova2011
  3. The 2020sMurat Erdemsel & Silvina Tse2025

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. Eugenia Parrilla and Pablo Inza

    2010 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Soy aquel viajeroCarlos Di Sarli, 1947
    2. 2Champagne tangoCuarteto Típico Roberto Firpo, 1946
    3. 3El andariegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1972
    4. 4Tengo mil noviasEnrique Rodríguez, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Pablo Canavire and Sara Westin

    2019 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Tengo mil noviasEnrique Rodríguez, 1939
    2. 2Que tiempo aquelFrancisco Lomuto, 1938
    3. 3A la gran muñecaCarlos Di Sarli, 1954
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Enrique Rodríguez

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370028220

MusicBrainz · f1e76e9b-4578-43df-be5a-e7645553c390source

TodoTango · tema/2348

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Listen

  1. Tengo mil noviasEnrique RodríguezRoberto FloresvalsOdeon
  2. Tengo mil noviasFrancisco LomutoFernando DíazvalsRCA Victor
  3. Tengo mil noviasFrancisco CanaroFrancisco AmorvalsOdeon

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