PARIS
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: October 8, 1928, Music Box Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 195
Among My Souvenirs (M/L: Edgar Leslie; Horatio Nicholls) (used in the film version):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard.
An' Furthermore (M: Harry Warren; L:
Bud Green):
1. 78/Victor 21260 (Irving
Aaronson, Phil Saxe, and Chorus with Irving Aaronson and His
Commanders) [reissued on Let's Misbehave: 1926-1928,
CD/Rivermont 1155]
2. 78/Okeh 40922 (Beth Challis)
3. Country Carnival Classic, CAS/Country Carnival CM1538
(Country Carnival Classics)
4. An' Furthermore: The Firman Bands 1927-1931, CD/Mellotone
Records MELLO 0007 (John & Bert Firman)
5. Ray Starita And His Ambassadors Band, Vol. 1: 1928-1929,
CD/Mellotone Records MELLO 012 (Ray Starita and His Ambassadors'
Club Band)
6. New York Jazz: Adrian Rollini 1927, Vol. 5, CD/Makin Friends
(Jay C. Flippen)
(Two Little) Babes In The Wood (cut
from GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES (1924)):
1. 78/Victor 24825 (Cole
Porter, piano and voice) [also 78/Gramophone B 8284; reissued on
Let's Misbehave”: A Cole Porter Collection 1927-1940, CD/Naxos
Nostalgia 8.120533]
2. 78/Victor mx BE 43761 (Irene Bordoni with Irving Aaronson and
His Commanders) (five takes, all unissued)
3. Hutch: Leslie A. Hutchinson At The Piano, World Records (M)
SHB-28 (Leslie Hutchinson)
4. Two Little Babes In The Wood: Rarities By Cole Porter,
CAS/Trapezium Recordings (Marsha Hunter and Brian Kent with
Steven Blier, piano)
5. Night And Day, CD/EMI Classics CDC 7 54203 2 (Thomas Hampson
with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn)
Blue Hours (not used; subsequently
used in LA REVUE DES AMBASSADEURS):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Ann Hampton Callaway and
Sandy Stewart)
Dizzy Baby (cut):
1. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2 5054
(Una Stubbs, Rod McLennan, Kenneth Nelson)
Don't Look At Me That Way:
1. 78/Victor 21742 (Irene
Bordoni with Irving Aaronson's Commanders) [reissued on You're
Sensational: Cole Porter In The ‘20s, ‘40s, & ‘50s,
CD/Koch A-33714; From This Moment On: The Songs Of Cole Porter,
CD/Smithsonian RD 047 AA-22481]
2. Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter, Capitol (M) T-1173 (Jeri
Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra) [reissued on
Something Latin/Something Porter, CD/DRG 8507]
3. Cole: A Musical Tribute To Cole Porter, Stanyan (S) SR-10136
(Susannah McCorkle)
4. Kiri Sings Porter, CD/Angel 55050 (Kiri Te Kanawa with the
New World Philharmonic conducted by Peter Matz) }
5. Julie Wilson Sings The Cole Porter Songbook, CD/DRG CDSL 5208
(Julie Wilson with William Roy, piano)
6. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Porter, CD/ESE Music
ESED 106 (Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme with the New World
Philharmonic Orchestra)
7. Sarah Vaughan Sings Broadway: Great Songs From Hit Shows,
CD/Verve 314 526 464-2 (Sarah Vaughan and David Carroll's
Orchestra)
8. The Decline And Fall Of The Entire World As Seen Through The
Eyes Of Cole Porter, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-124 (Carmen Alvarez
with orchestra conducted by Skip Redwine)
9. Complete Album Series, CD/Stage Door STAGE 9055 (Pat Suzuki
with Ralph Burns and His Orchestra)
The Heaven Hop (originally used in THE
GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES (1924)):
1. Anything Goes, Epic (S)
15100 (Margery Gray and Girls with orchestra directed by Julian
Stein) [reissued as CD/Epic EK 15100]
2. Karaoke In The Style Of Anything Goes, CD/Stingray (karaoke)
3. Karaoke Mixed Standards & Showtunes, Vol. 1, CD/Ingrooves
(karaoke)
I Wonder What Is Really On His Mind (M:
Edwad Ward; L: Al Bryan) (written for the film version):
1. 78/Columbia 1983-D
(Irene Bordoni with Rube Bloom, piano) [also 78/Columbia 5691]
2. 78/Imperial 2333 (Elsie Carlisle with orchestra)
It All Belongs To Me (M/L: Irving
Berlin) (used in the film version; originally used in
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1927):
1. 78/Columbia 1113 D
(Ruth Etting with Rube Bloom, piano) [reissued on Flappers,
Vamps & Sweet Young Things, CD/ASV Living Era CD AJA 5015]
2. 78/Victor 20900 (Franklyn Baur with Johnny Hamp's Kentucky
Seranaders)
3. 78/Victor 20893 (Johnny Marvin with clarinet)
4. 78/Victor 35845 (Franklyn Baur, The Brox Sisters, Fairchild
& Rainger, duo piano, and Nat Shilkret and His Orchestra)
[reissued on Stars Of The Ziegfeld Follies, Pelican (M) LP 102]
5. Irving Berlin: All By Myself: Vol. 2 – Puttin' On The Ritz:
The Years 1926-1930, Monmouth Evergreen (S) MRX/6810 (Steve
Clayton with the Rusty Dedrick Orchestra) [reissued as
CD/Audiophile ACD 21-22]
6. Cheers, Command 872 (Tessie O'Shea) [reissued on I'm Ready,
I'm Willing, CD/Pearl PASTCD 7078]
7. Country Carnival Classics, CAS/Country Carnival CM1534
(Country Carnival Classics)
8. Singing In The Rain, CD/Audiophile Records 17 (Cliff "Ukelele
Ike" Edwards)
9. Broadway Baby, CD/DRG CDSL-5203 (Dorothy Loudon)
10. Tough Assignment: A Tribute To Dave Tough, CD/Nagel Heyer
Records NHCD 053 (Ed Metz and His Gang)
11. Ukelele Mama, CD/Original Cast 1005 (Estelle Reiner)
12. Taters, CD/Grumpledump (Shorty Long)
13. The Night Owl, CD/Lake LACD 274 (Spats Langham & His Hot
Combination)
The Land Of Going To Be (M: E. Ray
Goetz; Walter Kollo; L: E. Ray Goetz):
1. 78/Victor 21742 (Irene
Bordoni with Irving Aaronson and His Commanders)
2. 78/Victor 21745 (Irving Aaronson and His Commanders)
3. 78/Diva 3087 G (Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees)
[also 78/Velvet Tone 2087 V; 78/Harmony 1087 H]
4. 78/Brunswick 4116 (Glen Wick with William F. Wirges and His
Orchestra)
(Let's Do It) Let's Fall In Love
(subsequently used in the English production of WAKE UP AND
DREAM):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
original cast member performances.
1. 78/Victor 21745 (Phil Saxe and Jack Armstrong with Irving
Aaronson and His Commanders) [reissued on The Ultimate Cole
Porter - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEM 0111]
Let's Misbehave (cut):
1. Click here for
recordings of "Let's Misbehave".
Miss Wonderful (M: Edward Ward; L: Al
Bryan) (written for the film version):
1. 78/Gramophone B 5745
(Ted Weems and His Orchestra with vocal refrain) [reissued on
Marvelous: 1926-1929, CD/ASV/Living Era 5029-2]
2. 78/Broadway 1340 (Irving Kaufman with the Palace Dance
Orchestra)
3. 78/Velvet Tone 2028 V (Arthus Fields with The Harmonians)
4. 78/Piccadilly 492 (Cunard Dance Band)
5. 78/Perfect 15251 (John Andrews with the Imperial Dance
Orchestra)
6. 78/Regal 8893 (Irving Kaufman with the Imperial Dance
Orchestra)
7. 78/Parlophone PNY 41309 (Joe Curran's Band with vocal trio)
8. 78/Victor 22137 (Peter Gibbs with Ted Weems and His
Orchestra)
9. Legendary 1929 Sessions, CD/Sounds of Yesteryear DSOY 769
(Ambrose & His Orchestra)
10. Band Parade, Vol. 2: The Americans In London,
CD/Dutton/Vocalion 6109 (Van Phillips & His Band)
My Lover (M: Edward Ward; L: Al Bryan)
(written for the film version):
1. 78/Columbia 1983-D
(Irene Bordoni with piano) [also 78/Columbia 5691]
2. 78/Okeh 41303 (Joe Green)
Quelque-Chose (cut; originally written
for but not used in THE GREENWICH VILLAGE FOLLIES (1924)):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. IV, CD/Painted Smiles PS-1371 (Patrice Munsel and The Men)
[reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
Somebody Mighty Like You (M: Edward
Ward; L: Al Bryan) (written for the film version):
1. 78/Velvet Tone 2028 V
(Arthus Fields with The Harmonians)
2. 78/ Regal 8893 (Rodman Lewis with Sam Lanin's Dance
Orchestra)
3. 78/Parlophone PNY 41309 (Joe Curran's Band with vocal trio)
4. 78/Victor 22278 (Ernie Birchill with Wayne King and His
Orchestra)
5. Te Whanau Tahiwi, CD/Atoll 9801 (The Tahiwis)
6. Hot Hylton 1926-1930, CD/Challenge Records RTR 79024 (Jack
Hylton)
When I Found You (not used):
1. Unmined Cole:
Unpublished Gems Of Cole Porter, CD/Centaur CRC 2387 (Paulina
Stark with Judy Brown, piano)
Which? (cut; subsequently used in a
revised form in WAKE UP AND DREAM):
1. Jeri Southern Meets
Cole Porter, Capitol (M) T-1173 (Jeri Southern with orchestra
directed by Billy May) [reissued on Something Latin/Something
Porter, CD/DRG 8507]
2. At Long Last Love, RCA (S) ABL2-0967 (Cybill Shepherd and
Eileen Brennan)
3. Which?, CD/Naxos 860422 (Jackie Allen)
4. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Porter, CD/ESE Music
ESED 106 (Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Ethel Merman, and The
Swingle Singers with the New World Philharmonic Orchestra)
5. Night And Day: The Cole Porter Album, CD/Omega OCD 3002 (Joan
Morris with William Bolcom, piano)
6. Live, CD/Original Cast 5391 (Barry Lloyd)
Wob-A-Ly Walk (M: Harry Warren; L:
Bud Green):
1. 78/Romeo 625 (Broadway
Broadcasters with vocal refrain)
2. Get Easy Blues, CD/Frog 9 (Sammy Stewart and His Orchestra)
3. Ain't That A Grand And Glorious Feeling, CD/Stomp Off 1208
(Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra)
4. 48 Of The Best 48: 1927-1930, CD/Retrieval Recordings
RTR79059 (Rhythmic Eight)
5. Pasadena Roof Orchestra, CD/Warner Bros. WAS1030 (Pasadena
Roof Orchestra)
6. Bill Carlsen: 1926-1931, CD/Jazz Oracle BDW 8014 (Bill
Carlsen and His Orchestra)
7. Fred Waring, Vol. 1: Collegiate Years, CD/The Old Masters 126
(Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians)
Unrecorded Material:
Bad Girl In Paree (not used)
Crystal Girl (M: Edward Ward; L: Al Bryan) (written for the film
version)
I'm A Little Negative (M: Edward Ward; L: Al Bryan) (written for
the film version)
Noah's Ark (M: Miller; Kenneth Burton; L: Miller; William Craig)
Paris (M: Louis Alter; L: E. Ray Goetz)
Practice In Love (M: Miller; Kenneth Burton; L: Miller; William
Craig)
(Oh You) Sweet Whatch-May-Call-It (M: Fred Ahlert; L: Roy Turk)
Vivienne