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Viejo rincón

Music by Raúl de los Hoyos, lyrics by Roberto Lino Cayol. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1925–1985.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1925

  1. Alfredo De AngelisOscar Larroca1953
  2. Francisco Canaro1925
  3. Típica Victor1926
  4. José BassoGloria Díaz1985
  5. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma1955

Versions of Viejo rincón recorded 1925–1985

Viejo rincón was composed by Raúl de los Hoyos.† The lyrics of Viejo rincón are by Roberto Lino Cayol.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

1 Dance filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Raúl de los Hoyos
Words
Roberto Lino Cayol
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Héctor Varela’s 1955 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1925 to 1985.
1920’30’40’50’60’70’80
Recordings of Viejo rincón by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

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  1. Alfredo De AngelisViejo rincónAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1953
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdViejo rincónFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1925
  3. Típica VictorViejo rincónTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1926
  4. José BassoViejo rincónJosé BassoGloria Díaztango
    No match yet
    1985
  5. Héctor VarelaMost dancedViejo rincónHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango
    1 dance
    1955
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1925
  7. Osvaldo FresedoNot in our catalogueOct 61925
  8. Ángel Domingo Riverol, Guillermo Barbieri, José María AguilarNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Sep 301930
  9. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Dec 51930
  10. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Feb 271964
  11. Ciriaco Ortiz, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1965
  12. Carlos García, Roberto GrelaNot in our catalogueOct 61966
  13. Carlos FigariNot in our catalogueTita Merello1969
  14. Carlos GardelNot in our catalogue
  15. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Viejo rincón

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

Viejo rincónHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 1 Performance

Tono Gallesio2:48

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370029870

TodoTango · tema/674

MusicBrainz · 9fdc4811-e597-4da2-90aa-9b21564be50csource

Composer1

Composed by Raúl de los Hoyos

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Roberto Lino Cayol

Listen

  1. Viejo rincónFrancisco CanarotangoOdeon
  2. Viejo rincónTípica VictorinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
  3. Viejo rincónAlfredo De AngelisOscar LarrocatangoOdeon
  4. Viejo rincónHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango
  5. Viejo rincónJosé BassoGloria Díaztango

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