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Song

Yo me llamo Juan te quiero

Music by Antonio Molina, lyrics by Fernán Silva Valdés. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–1934.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1934

  1. Francisco CanaroErnesto Famá1934

Versions of Yo me llamo Juan te quiero recorded 1934

Yo me llamo Juan te quiero is a milonga.† Yo me llamo Juan te quiero was composed by Antonio Molina.†† The lyrics of Yo me llamo Juan te quiero are by Fernán Silva Valdés.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

1 orchestra recorded it

28 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Antonio Molina
Words
Fernán Silva Valdés
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Read the lyrics on Francisco Canaro’s 1934 recording in TangoCloud

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1934 to 1934.

1 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. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMost dancedYo me llamo Juan te quieroFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamámilongaOdeon
    28 dances
    1934
All recordings of Yo me llamo Juan te quiero

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

Yo me llamo Juan te quieroFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamámilongaOdeon
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Couples filmed dancing this recording · 36 Performances

Oscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas0:16

Danced to it

Music from 1934 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2026: 1

Through the decades

  1. The 2010sOscar Mandagaran2013
  2. The 2020sOscar Mandagaran & Georgina Vargas2022

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.

3 of 3 complete sets on film

  1. Bruno Tombari and Rocio Lequio

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Bahia BlancaCarlos Di Sarli, 1957
    2. 2MiedoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    3. 3Verano porteñoAníbal Troilo, 1967
    4. 4Yo me llamo Juan te quieroFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    Watch it on TangoTube

  2. Delphine Blanco and Jens Krüger

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Yo me llamo Juan te quieroFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    2. 2Sin saborEdgardo Donato, 1939
    3. 3AngélicaAlfredo De Angelis, 1961
    4. 4Qué nocheJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    Watch it on TangoTube

  3. Noelia Hurtado and Pablo Rodriguez

    Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival, 2010 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1TierritaJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    2. 2Yo me llamo Juan te quieroFrancisco Canaro, 1934
    3. 3Alma en penaJuan Maglio, 1928
    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

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/4568

tango.info · T0370153711

Is a1

Is a Milonga

Composer1

Composed by Antonio Molina

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Fernán Silva Valdés

Listen

  1. Yo me llamo Juan te quieroFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamámilongaOdeon

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