LA GROSSE VALISE
Composer: Gerard
Calvi
Lyricist: Harold Rome (English lyrics); Andre Maheux (French
lyrics)
Opened: December 14, 1965, 54th Street Theatre,
N.Y.C.
Performances: 7
C'est Defendu (It's Forbidden):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
2. Eh Bien Dansez
Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi
et Son Grand Orchestre)
3. Vogue 60eme Anniversaire, CD/Vogue Europe 743282
(Robert Dhery)
4. Louis De Funès/Bandes Originales De Films, CD/v
PL0901137 (unknown performer)
5. Cindy, CD/Universal (C. Jerome)
(unverified)
Comme La Douane (Like The
Customs) (French production only):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
2. Eh Bien Dansez
Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi
et Son Grand Orchestre)
Delilah Done Me
Wrong (The No Haircut Song) (Vas-Y Samson):
1. Demo, 10"/Chappell 81065
(Harold Rome)
2. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M) LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra
conducted by Gerard Calvi)
3. Eh Bien Dansez Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La
Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand Orchestre)
Escale A Seville (French production
only):
1. Eh Bien Dansez Maintenant Sur
Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand
Orchestre)
For You (Pour Toi):
1. Demo, 10"/Chappell 81065
(Harold Rome)
2. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M) LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra
conducted by Gerard Calvi)
3. Eh Bien Dansez Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La
Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand Orchestre)
La Grosse Valise (La Grosse
Valse):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
2. Eh Bien Dansez
Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi
et Son Grand Orchestre)
Hamburg Waltz
(C'est Bon La Biere (Beer Is Good) In France):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
2. Eh Bien Dansez
Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi
et Son Grand Orchestre)
Happy Song (Piano
Bar):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
2. Eh Bien Dansez
Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi
et Son Grand Orchestre)
Hawaii
(Finale):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M) LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
Mr.
Darling Et Le Douainer (Mr. Darling and The Customs Officer) (French production
only):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
2. Eh Bien Dansez
Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi
et Son Grand Orchestre) (as "Oh! Oh! Monsieur Darling")
Overture:
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
Poeme Pense (Poem Thought) (French production only):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M) LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted by Gerard Calvi)
Serenade A Baby (French production only):
1. Eh Bien Dansez Maintenant Sur
Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand
Orchestre)
Slippy Sloppy Shoes (Dans Mes Godasses):
1. Demo, 10"/Chappell 81065
(Harold Rome)
2. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M) LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra
conducted by Gerard Calvi)
3. Eh Bien Dansez Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La
Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand Orchestre)
4.
Louis De Funès/Bandes Originales De Films, CD/v PL0901137 (unknown
performer)
5. Lost Broadway And More, CDr/Original Cast (William Zeffiro,
piano and voice)
Spanish Dance (Les Nanas):
1. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M)
LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra conducted Gerard Calvi)
2. Eh Bien Dansez
Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi
et Son Grand Orchestre)
Xanadu (Les Elephants Roses) (La Marijuana):
1. Demo, 10"/Chappell 81065
(Harold Rome)
2. La Grosse Valse, Vogue (M) LD-593-30 (Cast with orchestra
conducted by Gerard Calvi)
3. Eh Bien Dansez Maintenant Sur Les Airs De "La
Grosse Valse," Vogue (M) LD-591-30 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand Orchestre)
4.
Broadway Express, RCA Victor (S) LSP-3544 (J.J. Johnson) [reissued as CD/RCA
Victor 74321 93844-2]
Unrecorded Material:
A Big One
La Java
Sandwich
For Two