LA PLUME DE MA TANTE
Composer: Gerard
Calvi
Lyricist: Ross Parker (English lyrics); Francis Blanche
(French lyrics)
Opened: November 11, 1958, Royale Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 835
Acrobatie:
1. Robert Dhery/Gerard Calvi, CD/Auvidis K1511 (from the soundtrack of BRANQUIGNOL) (as "Presentation Des Acrobatics, Illusionistes")
IAdministration:
1. La Plume De Ma Tante,
Vogue (M) LD-691-30 (Cast with Gerard Calvi and His Orchestra)
Le Bal Chez Madame de Mortemouille:
1. La Plume De Ma Tante,
Vogue (M) LD-691-30 (Cast with Gerard Calvi and His Orchestra)
Note: Will Holt subsequently penned English lyrics to this song
which has been recorded numerous times as "One Of Those Songs."
Femmes Fatales (dance):
1. Grand Prix De La Danse,
Vogue (M) LD-479-30 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand Orchestre de
Danse)
Frere Jacques (Bell-Ringing Monks):
1. La Plume De Ma Tante,
Vogue (M) LD-691-30 (Gerard Calvi and His Orchestra) (as "Bell
Bell Boogie") [reissued on Vogue 60eme Anniversaire, CD/Vogue
Europe 743282]
2. Grand Prix De La Danse, Vogue (M) LD-479-30 (Gerard Calvi et
Son Grand Orchestre de Danse) (as "Bell Bell Boogie")
3. Bell Bell Boogie, 45EP/Vogue VE 170104 EP (Gerard Calvi and
His Orchestra)
4. Laurie Johnson Presents Recording: Balance: Joe Meek,
CD/Edsel EDSD 2068 (Laurie Johnson)
In A Small Café (sketch):
1. Grand Prix De La Danse,
Vogue (M) LD-479-30 (Cast with Gerard Calvi et Son Grand
Orchestre de Danse) (as "Le Petit Café)
2. Maid In France, Vogue MDINT 9-156 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand
Orchestre)
On The Beach ("Sur La Plage"):
1. 45/Columbia 4-41328
(Percy Faith and His Orchestra) [reissued on Columbia Singles
Volume 2: 1952-1958, CD/Collectables 7636]
2. La Plume De Ma Tante, Vogue (M) LD-691-30 (Cast with Gerald
Calvi and His Orchestra)
3. Maid In France, Vogue MDINT 9-156 (Gerard Calvi et Son Grand
Orchestre)
4. Lost West End Revues, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9058 (Petula Clark)
La Plume De Ma Tante:
1. La Plume De Ma Tante,
Vogue (M) LD-691-30 (Cast with Gerard Calvi and His Orchestra)
2. Grand Prix De La Danse, Vogue (M) LD-479-30 (Gerard Calvi et
Son Grand Orchestre de Danse)
3. Madeline's Rescue, CD/Image Entertainment 0946 (unknown
performer) (unverified)
Queen Of The Striptease ("Ne Comptez
Pas Sur Moi . . . Pour Me Montrer Toute Nue"):
1. La Plume De Ma Tante,
Vogue (M) LD-691-30 (Cast with Gerard Calvi and His Orchestra)
2. Grand Prix De La Danse, Vogue (M) LD-479-30 (Gerard Calvi et
Son Grand Orchestre de Danse)
3. Souvenirs Souvenirs, CD/Magic 3930257 (Rita Cadillac)
(unverified)
Unrecorded Material:
Amsterdam (sketch)
Ballet Classique
Ballet Moderne
Billet Doux (song or sketch)
La Corrada (song or sketch)
Courting Time (sketch)
Le Finale de Paris ("Paris Is The End!")
Hommage Musical
Husbands Beware! (sketch including "Dance Of The Wardrobes")
In An Indian Temple (dance)
In The Tuileries Gardens (sketch)
Light Soprano ("The Song Of The Balloon")
Men At Work (sketch)
Mobile Squad (Bicycles) (sketch)
Precision (Kickline routine)
Rider To The Sea
Song Of The Swing Speakerine (sketch)
Take-Off (sketch)
This Other Eden (sketch including "Like A Little Pussy Cat")
Trapped (Pissotiere) (sketch)
The Ventriloquist (sketch)