CAN-CAN
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: May 7, 1953, Shubert Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 892
Note: Only material not found on the original Broadway cast
album is noted below.
Absinthe (added to the 1988 London revival; originally used in THE KALEIDOSCOPE and subsequently used in MISS INFORMATION):
1. Can-Can, CD/Virgin CDV
2570 (Peter Durkin, John Denton, Mike Montgomery, and Norman
Warwick with orchestra directed by Grant Hossack)
All Of You (added to the 1988 London
revival; originally used in SILK STOCKINGS):
1. I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this interpolated Porter
standard.
The Apaches (aka "Apache Dance"):
1. Can Can, Society (M)
SOC 905 (Regent Orchestra directed by Gerry Levy)
2. Sounds Of A Thousand Strings Play Cole Porter's Can-Can,
Crown (S) CST 178 (Sounds Of A Thousand Strings)
3. Can-Can, Audio Engineering Associates (S) AEA-1271-2 (Waiters
& Laundresses with musical direction by Robert Billings)
C'est Magnifique (reprise):
1. Can-Can, Audio
Engineering Associates (S) AEA-1271-2 (Gregg Robblee and Pam
Johnson with music direction by Robert Billings)
Come Along With Me (reprise):
1. Can-Can, Audio
Engineering Associates (S) AEA-1271-2 (James McClure and Debbie
Thureson with music direction by Robert Billings)
The Cocotte (added to the 1988 London
revival; originally used in NYMPH ERRANT):
1. 78/Victor 24859 (Cole
Porter, piano and voice) [reissued on You're The Top: Cole
Porter In The 1930s, CD/Koch DMK2-1020]
2. Nymph Errant, CD/Angel CDC-54079 (Alexis Smith with orchestra
conducted by David Firman)
Entr'acte:
1. Can-Can, Audio
Engineering Associates (S) AEA-1271-2 (Los Angeles Harbour
College orchestra directed by Robert Billings)
2. Can-Can, CD/Virgin CDV 2570 (orchestra directed by Grant
Hossack)
3. High Society/Can Can/Pal Joey, CD/Capitol EMI (S) 7912482
(orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle) (film version)
Finaletto:
1. Can-Can, Fidelio (S)
TLS-6082 (orchestra conducted by Jimmy Warren) [same recording
as Egmont (S) TLS-6082 (Ted Lopez orchestra conducted by Maurice
Williams)]
2. Can-Can, Spinorama MK 3080 (orchestra conducted by Mark
Andrews) [also Parade SP 380; Gala GLP 376]
The Garden Of Eden Ballet (dance)
(includes "Snake Dance" and "The Inch Worm"):
1. Ballet On Broadway, RCA
(M) LSP-1865 (Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel)
[reissued on Ballet On Broadway & Nantucket, CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-149]
2. Can-Can, Audio Engineering Associates (S) AEA-1271-2 (Debbie
Thureson & Ensemble with musical direction by Robert
Billings)
3. Can-Can, CD/Honda Music International HMI-104 (orchestra
conducted by Jan Boquists)
Her Heart Was In Her Work (unused):
1. Cole Sings Porter,
CD/Koch International Classics 3-7171-2H1 (Cole Porter, piano
and voice)
2. Cole Porter Vol. III, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1370 (Arthur
Siegel and Lynn Redgrave) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-105]
I Do (unused; same music as "Who Wants
To Be A Millionaire?" in HIGH SOCIETY):
1. Cole Sings Porter, CD/Koch International Classics 3-7171-2H1 (Cole Porter, piano and voice)
For recordings of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" see:
1. High Society, Capitol W
750 (Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm with the M-G-M Studio
Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green) [also 78/Capitol 3508;
45/Capitol F3508; reissued on High Society/Can-Can/Pal Joey,
CD/Capitol EMI 8140792]
2. High Society, Music For Pleasure (M) MFP 1169 (Joan Savage
and Shane Rimmer with Alyn Ainsworth and His Orchestra)
3. High Society, CD/DRG 19011 (Randy Graff and Stephen Bogardus
with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
4. High Society, CD/EMI CDP 7 46777 2 (Stephen Rea and Angela
Richards with orchestra directed by David Mellor)
5. High Society, CD/Playback PBHS CD1 (Martin Fisher and Monica
Bravo with musical direction by Dannie Bourne)
6. High Society, CD/Pickwick PWKS 4193 (Carl Wayne and Tracy
Collier with the West End Concert Orchestra conducted by Matthew
Freeman)
7. High Society, CD/Pickwick PWKS 4193 (orchestra conducted by
Matthew Freeman)
8. High Society, CD/Hallmark 703532 (London Theatre Orchestra
& Cast)
9. High Society, CD/Going For 187 (C.C. Productions studio cast)
10. Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter, CD/Chrysalis
F2-21799 (Thompson Twins with music conducted by John Mitchell
J)
11. Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter, CD/Concord 4696
(Susannah McCorkle with musical direction by Allen Farnham)
12. The Cole Porter Album, CD/Hallmark 30777 (Moonlight
Serenaders)
13. The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/E-Squared 134 (101 Strings
Orchestra)
14. We'll Meet Again, CD/Four Leaf Clover (Jazzin' Jacks)
(unverified)
15. Our Kinda Guys: Sinatra, Chevalier & Montand, CD/The
Follen Angels (The Follen Angels)
16. I Wanna Sing You a Song: 25 Sing Along Favourites, CD/BMG
International 37196 (Max Bygraves)
17. Get Happy, CD/Disky Communications 901169 (Big Ben Banjo
Band)
18. What A Classic, CD/Big Mouth (Andrea Bates)
19. Steppin' Out, CD/Pegasus 338 (Simon Gilbert, Shirley
Pilgrim, and Elden Caputo)
20. Songs From The Musicals, CD/Emporio 339 (unknown performer)
21. Musicals: The Ultimate Collection, CD/Red Box 409 (unknown
performer)
22. More Magic Of The Musicals, CD/Xtra 26434 (unknown
performer)
23. Mixed Pop Hits, Vol. 8, CD/Zoom (karaoke)
24. Karaoke Duets, CD/EMI 36012 (karaoke)
The Law (cut):
1. Cole Sings Porter,
CD/Koch International Classics 3-7171-2H1 (Cole Porter, piano
and voice)
Maidens Typical Of France (reprise):
1. Can-Can, Audio
Engineering Associates (S) AEA-1271-2 (Laundresses &
Ensemble with musical direction by Robert Billings)
Main Title (film version):
1. High Society/Can
Can/Pal Joey, CD/Capitol EMI (S) 7912482 (orchestra conducted by
Nelson Riddle)
Nobody's Chasing Me (added to the 1988
London revival; originally used in OUT OF THIS WORLD):
1. 78/Victor 20-3978
(Dinah Shore with Henri Rene's Orchestra) [also 45/Victor
4-3978; reissued on 'S Wonderful, CD/Dutton Vocalion 3029]
2. 7"/Columbia 1-910 (Doris Day with orchestra conducted by Fred
Comstock) [reissued on It's Magic, CD/Bear Family 15609; The
Great American Composers: Cole Porter Vol. II, CD/Columbia House
2C2 8307]
3. 45/Capitol F1325 (Roy Cordell with Jan Garber and his
Orchestra)
4. 45/Columbia DB 8315 (Dora Bryan with orchestra conducted by
Johnny Douglas)
5. 45/Decca 9-27281 (Evelyn Knight with chorus and orchestra)
[reissued on The Lass With The Delicate Air, CD/Dutton Vocalion
3032]
6. Broadway Ditties, 10"/Capitol (M) H 517 (Dorothy Shay with
orchestra conducted by Billy May) [reissued on Here's Dorothy
Shay, CD/Sepia 1078]
7. Out Of This World, Columbia (M) ML 4390 (Charlotte Greenwood
with orchestra directed by Pembroke Davenport) [also 78/Columbia
4660 M]
8. More Songs For Adults Only, Roulette (S) SR-25101 (Pearl
Bailey) [reissued on Songs For Adults Only/More Songs For Adults
Only, CD/Capitol 5970572]
9. Out Of This World, CD/DRG 94764 (Andrea Martin with the
Coffee Club Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
10. The Coral Treasures, CD/Sepia 1096 (Martha Tilton and Connie
Haines with the George Cates Orchestra)
11. It's All Right With Me . . . A Collection of Cole Porter,
CD/Prism Studio (Bradford Newquist)
12. High Society, CD/Playback PBHS CD1 (Jackie Trent with
musical direction by Dannie Bourne)
13. Can-Can, CD/Virgin 2570 (Milo O'Shea with musical direction
by Grant Hossack)
14. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002
(Joan Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
A radio transcription performed by Bette Chapel and the
Manhattan Nighthawks is also known to exist.
Overture:
N.B. Since the OBC
recording has an abbreviate overture (denominated
"Introduction"), I have listed other recordings of the overture
below, although some of these are likely abbreviated as well.
1. Can-Can, 10"/Parlophone (M) PMD-1017 (orchestra conducted by
Charles Prentice) [reissued on Wedding In Paris/Can-Can, Sepia
1041]
2. Curtain Going Up, Columbia (S) CS-8094 (orchestra conducted
by Lehman Engel) [reissued on Another Openin' Another Show:
Broadway Overture, CD/Sony Broadway SK 53540]
3. Broadway Hits And Other Great Themes, Time (S) 5/328 (Richard
Hayman & The Manhattan Pops Orchestra)
4. Can-Can, World (M) LM-6 (orchestra conducted by Michael
Adams)
5. Can-Can, Fidelio (S) TLS-6082 (orchestra conducted by Jimmy
Warren) (as "Prelude") [same recording as Egmont (S) TLS-6082
(Ted Lopez orchestra conducted by Maurice Williams)]
6. Can Can, Society (M) SOC 905 (Regent Orchestra directed by
Gerry Levy)
7. Can Can, RCA Victor (S) MKS-2149 (orchestra directed by Pocho
Perez)
8. Kismet/Can Can, Richmond (S) S 30077 (London Theatre Company
Orchestra conducted by Eric Rogers)
9. Sounds Of A Thousand Strings Play Cole Porter's Can-Can,
Crown (S) CST 178 (Sounds Of A Thousand Strings)
10. Can Can/Paint Your Wagon, Imperial ILW 530 (New World Show
Orchestra conducted by Michael Adams)
11. Can-Can, Audio Engineering Associates (S) AEA-1271-2 (Los
Angeles Harbour College orchestra directed by Robert Billings)
12. Can-Can, Spinorama MK 3080 (orchestra conducted by Mark
Andrews) [also Parade SP 380; Gala GLP 376]
13. Overtures And Ballet Music, CD/EMI Classics CDC 7 54300 2
(London Sinfonietta conducted by John McGlinn)
14. Kiss Me, Kate, CD/JAY CDJAY2 1296 (National Symphony
Orchestra conducted by John Owens Edwards)
15. Can Can, CD/Spectrum 550 420-2 (orchestra conducted by
Johannes Fehring)
To Think That This Could Happen To Me
(unused):
1. Cole Sings Porter,
CD/Koch International Classics 3-7171-2H1 (Cole Porter, piano
and voice)
2. Unpublished Cole Porter Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1358
(Karen Morrow) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
What A Fair Thing Is A Woman (unused):
1. Cole Sings Porter,
CD/Koch International Classics 3-7171-2H1 (Cole Porter, piano
and voice)
When Love Comes To Call (unused;
possibly a forerunner of "C'est Magnifique"):
1. Unpublished Cole Porter
Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1358 (Laura Kenyon) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
Who Said Gay Paree? (unused):
1. Cole Sings Porter,
CD/Koch International Classics 3-7171-2H1 (Cole Porter, piano
and voice)
2. Night And Day, CD/EMI Classics CDC 7 54203 2 (Thomas Hampson
with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
3. Cole Porter Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1371
(Dolores Gray) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
4. You Can't Put Ketchup On The Moon: Broadway Flops &
Roadkills 1925-1955, CD/Rialto SLRR-9201 (Andrea Marcovicci with
musical direction by David Holcenberg)
5. A Swell Party, CD/Silva America SSD 1006 (David Kernan)
6. Travels With My Piano, CD/ BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
Why Shouldn't I? (added to the 1988
London revival; originally used in JUBILEE):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Why Shouldn't I?"
You Do Something To Me (added to the
1988 London revival; originally used in FIFTY MILLION
FRENCHMEN):
1. I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this interpolated Porter
standard.
You Don't Know Paree (added to the 1988
London revival; originally used in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN):
1. Cole, RCA CRL2-5054
(Peter Gale with orchestra conducted by John Burrows)
2. Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, Atlantic (S) SD2-606 (Bobby
Short, piano and voice, with Beverly Peer, bass, and Richard
Sheridan, drums) [reissued on Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter/Guess Who's In Town: The Songs Of Andy Razaf,
CD/Collectables COL-CD-6844]
3. A Paris, Decca DL78987S (Vicki Benet with orchestra conducted
by Nick Perito) [reissued as CD/MCA 3025]
4. Fifty Million Frenchmen, CD/New World 804172 (Howard McGillin
with the Orchestra New England conducted by Evans Haile)
5. Noel/Cole: Let's Do It!, CD/Silva Screen 1259 (Liz Robertson
with Jason Carr and Paul Bateman, pianos, Steve McManus, bass,
and Richard Cole, drums)
6. On The Boulevard, CD/JAY CDJAY 1286 (Liliane Montevecchi with
musical direction by Dick Gallagher)
7. Some Other Time: Andrea Marcovicci Sings Mabel Mercer,
CD/Cabaret 5024 (Andrea Marcovicci)
8. Close: Steve Ross & Cole Porter, CD/Original Cast 1916
(Steve Ross, piano and voice)
9. Paris/Paree: Claudia Hommel Dans Son Cabaret, CD/Maison
Clobert (Claudia Hommel)
10. Starlight And Sweet Dreams, CD/Centaur 2623 (Nancy Armstrong
and Robert Honeysucker)
11. Broadway, CD/Dress Circle (Michael McCarthy)
12. You're The Top, CD/American Songbook Productions AL 73019
(Willem Nijholt with musical direction by Dolf De Vries)
13. The Broadway Musicals Of 1929, CD/Bayview RNBW038 (Christine
Andreas with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
14. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL
5208 (Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
15. A Swell Party RSVP Cole Porter, CD/No label 37101 35052 (KT
Sullivan and Mark Nadler)
16. Louis Lebeau Remembers Cole Porter, Not Stephen Sondheim
(But Sings Their Songs Anyway), CD/Original Cast OC-2101 (Robert
Clary with the John Rodby Trio)
17. Travels With My Piano, CD/ BBC Music SM 1939 (Steve Ross,
piano and voice)
Unrecorded Material:
Am I In Love (unused; no
music survives; forerunner of "I Am In Love")
I Like The Ladies (unused; no music survives)
I Shall Positively Pay You Next Monday (aka "I Will Positively
Pay You Next Monday") (cut)
If Only You Could Love Me (unused; no lyric exists)
Laundry Scene (unused)
A Man Must His Honor Defend (cut)
Nothing To Do But Work (unused)