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CAN-CAN [musical show]

Title

CAN-CAN [musical show]

Opening Date

May 07, 1953

Genre

musical show

Production and Recordings Information

Orig prod. MUSIC & WORDS: Cole Porter. ORCH: Philip J Lang. COND: Milton Rosenstock. CAST: Lilo, Peter Cookson, Hans Conried, Gwen Verdon, Erik Rhodes. (Cap S-452; CD/Cap CDP-792064; CD/Prism(E) PLATCD-1278, with orig London prod; CD/Naxos(E) 8.120845, with addl material (ALB-2309). Excerpts: Cookson: "It's All Right with Me" (ALB-830) Cookson, Lilo: "C'est magnifique" (ALB-1420) Lilo, chorus: "Can-Can" (ALB-1488).)

1952 demonstration records sung by Cole Porter, composer. "Maidens Typical of France," "Never Give Anything Away," "Live and Let Live," "I Am in Love," "Montmart'," "I Love Paris," "Can-Can," "The Law," "Her Heart Was in Her Work," "What a Fair Thing Is a Woman," "I Do," "Who Said Gay Paree?" (ALB-1605) "C'est magnifique" (ALB-1605, ALB-1941)

1953 album. No credits. (Royale 1423, with Me and Juliet & addl material)

1954 London prod. COND: Charles Prentice. CAST: Irene Hilda, Edmund Hockridge, Alfred Marks, George Gee, Gillian Lynne. (Parlophone(E) 10" PMD-1017; CD/Sepia(E) 1041, with Wedding in Paris (ALB-2197). Incomplete: Monmouth 7073, with Call Me Madam. Excerpts: "Never Give Anything Away," "C'est magnifique," "Live and Let Live," "I Am in Love," "It's All Right with Me" (CD/Prism(E) PLATCD-1278, with orig prod)

1957 records by Lilo of orig cast. "C'est magnifique," "I Love Paris" (ALB-1824)

1958 album by Genevieve of 1962 prod. COND: Archie Bleyer. (45/Cadence album CEP-505. Excerpts: "C'est magnifique," "Allez-vous en," "I Love Paris" (ALB-2190).)

1960 album by Mimi Benzell & Felix Knight. COND: Warren Vincent. (Design DCF-1009, with Kiss Me Kate)

1960 film soundtrack with interpolated Porter songs. ORCH & COND: Nelson Riddle. CAST: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan. (Cap SW-1301; CD/Cap 791248-2. Excerpts: Sinatra: "It's All Right with Me" (ALB-833, ALB-1941, ALB-2065) "C'est Magnifique" (ALB-833, ALB-2065) Sinatra, Chevalier: Main Title "Can-Can/Monmart'," "I Love Paris" Sinatra, MacLaine: "Let's Do It" (ALB-2065).)

1960 studio prod. COND: Eric Rogers. VOCALS: Eula Parker, Bryan Johnson, chorus. (Ace of Clubs(E) 1025, with Kismet)

1961 studio prod. ORCH & COND: Michael Adams. CAST: Ian Wallace, Elizabeth Larner, Michael Garson, chorus. (Cap SN-7506, with Paint Your Wagon)

1988 London prod, with many interpolations of Porter songs. ORCH: David Cullen. COND: Grant Hossack. CAST: Donna McKechnie, Milo O'Shea, Bernard Alane, Jean Michel Dagory, Janie Dee, Peter Durkin. (CD/Virgin(G) CDV-2570)

Performances by Susan Johnson of 1963 touring prod. "I Love Paris," "C'est magnifique" (ALB-2057)

Records by members of 1960 film prod. Maurice Chevalier: "C'est magnifique," "It's All Right with Me" (1958: ALB-1387) "I Love Paris" (1958: ALB-1387, ALB-1420) Frank Sinatra: "Let's Do It," "It's All Right with Me," "I Love Paris" (1967: ALB-1692)

Studio prod. COND: Jimmy Warren. CAST: Jennie Gray, Ricky Barker, others uncredited. (Fidelio(E) ATL-4082)

Studio prod. COND: Mark Andrews. CAST: Pat O'Day, Dick Ballentine, Bob Mitchell. (Parade SP-380)

Studio prod. VOCALS: Glenn Hart, Barbara Newcomb, chorus. (Crown 178)

Note

From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond

DigitalID

loc.natlib.smor.19530507

Last Updated: 08-23-2012