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Song

Whisky

Music by Héctor Marcó, lyrics by Héctor Marcó. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1957–1965.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1957

  1. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán1957
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba1965

Versions of Whisky recorded 1957–1965

Whisky is a tango.

Whisky was published in 1957.

Whisky was composed by Héctor Marcó.

The lyrics of Whisky are by Héctor Marcó.

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

15 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Héctor Marcó
Words
Héctor Marcó
Written
not yet cited · help fill it
First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Carlos Di Sarli’s 1957 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, 1957 to 1965.
1950’60
Recordings of Whisky 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 · 1 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. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdMost dancedWhiskyCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor
    13 dances
    1957
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseWhiskyOsvaldo PuglieseAbel CórdobatangoPhilips
    2 dances
    1965
  3. Antonio De MayoNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Whisky

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

WhiskyCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 12 Performances

Pancho Martinez Pey & Lorena ErmocidaNora's Tango Week · 2014 · 3:48

Danced to it

Music from 1957–1965 · danced on film 2011–2018

20112018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 2, 2014: 3, 2015: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance

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.

1 of 2 complete sets on film

  1. Lorena Ermocida and Pancho Martinez Pey

    Porteño y Bailarín, 2014 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1BailemosCarlos Di Sarli, 1955
    2. 2BerretínOsvaldo Pugliese, 1979
    3. 3Que tiempo aquelFrancisco Lomuto, 1938
    4. 4WhiskyCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/661

tango.info · T0370421956

MusicBrainz · 45fd161f-38e6-4dfd-8953-325f1ec2c574source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Published1

Published 1957

Composer1

Composed by Héctor Marcó

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Héctor Marcó

Listen

  1. WhiskyCarlos Di SarliJorge DurántangoRCA Victor
  2. WhiskyOsvaldo PuglieseAbel CórdobatangoPhilips

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