LA REVUE DES AMBASSADEURS
Composer: Cole
Porter
Lyricist: Cole Porter
Opened: May 10, 1928, Ambassadeurs Café, Paris
Performances: Unknown
Alpine Rose:
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. IV, CD/Painted Smiles PS-1371 (Patrice Munsel and The
Women) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-117]
Baby, Let's Dance:
1. Cole Porter Vol. III,
Painted Smiles PS- 1370 (The Darktown Strutters)
Blue Hours (cut from PARIS):
1. Cole Porter Revisited
Vol. V, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-122 (Ann Hampton Callaway and
Sandy Stewart)
Fish:
1. Unpublished Cole Porter
Vol. II, CD/Painted Smiles PS-1358 (Carmen Alvarez) [reissued as
CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-125]
Looking At You (cut; later used in WAKE
UP AND DREAM):
1. 78/Parlophone R-342
(Leslie Hutchinson) [also 78/Parlophone F-242; reissued on Hey,
Good Lookin', CD/Avid Records AMSC-571]
2. 78/HMV C-3194 (Leslie Hutchinson)
3. 78/HMV B-5621 (Jack Hylton and his Orchestra with vocal
refrain)
4. 78/HMV C-1665 (British Ligh Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone Vol. IV, CD/Pearl GEMS 0085]
5. 78/Liberty Music Shop L 294 (Lee Wiley with orchestra
conducted by Paul Wetstein [Weston]) [reissued on Lee Wiley
Sings The Songs Of George & Ira Gershwin & Cole Porter,
CD/Audiophile ACD-1]
6. Bobby Short On The East Side, Atlantic (M) 1321 (Bobby Short)
7. Mabel Mercer And Bobby Short At Town Hall, Atlantic (S)
SD2-604 (Bobby Short) [reissued as CD/Rhino 604]
8. It Amazes Me, Capitol (S) ST 2271 (Liza Minnelli with
orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued on The Complete
Capitol Collection, CD/DRG/EMI 19093]
9. At My Time Of Life, United Artists (S) UAS 29956 (Bing Crosby
with musical directed by Pete Moore) [reissued on The Complete
United Artists Sessions, CD/EMI 8598082]
10. Encore At Marty's, New York, Flair 8200 (Mel Torme)
[reissued as CD/DCC Compact Classics 621]
11. Some Other Spring, Blue Angel Music 512 (Jimmy Rowles)
12. Jazz Is A Fleeting Moment, CD/Hazzz 103 (Jimmy Rowles)
13. The Great American Composers: Cole Porter Vol. II,
CD/Columbia House 2C2 8307 (Joan Shaw)
14. Steve & Eydie And Friends Celebrate Porter, CD/ESE Music
ESED 106 (Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme with the New World
Philharmonic Orchestra)
15. The Latin Porter, CD/Go Jazz GO 6051 2 (Mark Murphy with
musical direction by Peter Schimke)
16. Something Latin/Something Porter, CD/DRG 8507 (Jeri Southern
with Billy May and His Orchestra)
17. Mabel Mercer Sings Cole Porter, CD/Rhino R2 71690 (Mabel
Mercer with Stan Freemand and Cy Walter, piano, and Frank
Carroll, bass)
18. Everyone Says I Love You, CD/RCA Victor 09026-68756-2 (Alan
Alda)
19. The Glory Of Love/Bits And Pieces, CD/Jasmine Records 470
(Jackie Cain & Roy Kral)
20. At The Crescendo, CD/Rhino 74314 (Mel Torme)
21. Fascinating Rhythm (Music Of The 30's), CD/Onyx Classics
267329 (Stephane Grappelli and Yehudi Menuhin)
22. East Coast Sounds, CD/Original Jazz Classics 10122 (Zoot
Sims)
23. Jazz In Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephane Grapelli Quartet,
Vol. 1, CD/Verve 013028 (Oscar Peterson-Stephane Grapelli
Quartet)
24. Subtle Legend, Vol. 1, CD/Storyville STCD 8287 (Jimmy
Rowles)
25. Music For The Still Of The Night, CD/Arbors ARCD 19221 (Ruby
Braff)
26. Too Hot For Words, CD/Jukebox Jazz 9904 (Terry Blaine)
27. Looking At You, CD/JMS Records 033 (Stephane Grapelli with
Marc Fossett)
28. Wonderful Wonderful/Johnny Mathis, CD/Columbia 4976032
(Johnny Mathis with the Percy Faith Orchestra)
29. Lucky Lucy Ann, CD/VSOP 6 (Lucy Ann Polk)
30. Swing High, Swing Low, CD/Bout Time 101 (Shanna Carlson)
31. The Very Best Of Pat Suzuki: The RCA & Vik Recordings,
CD/Taragon Records 1061 (Pat Suzuki)
32. Old Fashioned Love, CD/Sackville SKCD 2042 (Barbara
Sutton-Curtis)
33. New York Swing Tributes Cole Porter, CD/Lester Recording
Catalog 9055 (New York Swing)
34. Improvisations, CD/Verve 549242 (Stephane Grapelli)|
35. Looking At You, CD/PHD Music 1004 (Rebecca Kilgore with Dave
Frishberg, piano)
36. Close Up, CD/Celeste 6147 (Bobbe Norris)
37. Globe, CD/Elektra 61641 (Kate Ceberano)
38. Alone, CD/Bix (Sid Eden)
39. You're Sensational: Cole Porter In The '20s, '40s, &
'50s, CD/Koch A-33714 (Ruby Braff-George Barnes Quartet)
40. Look For The Silver Lining, CD/Maude Maggart (Maude Maggart
with John Boswell, piano)
41. Legendary Performers - Mabel Mercer, CD/Harbinger HCD-2001
(Mabel Mercer with Sam Hamilton, piano)
42. The Student Prince, CD/Sepia 1200 (Mario Lanza with
orchestra conducted by Ray Sinatra)
43. Saloon Singer, CD/Audiophile ACD-171/172 (Hugh Shannon with
Larry Carr, piano and celeste, Bill Breslin, bass, Marc Messing,
drums, and Bobby Hackett, cornet)
44. Some Other Time, CD/CD/Cabaret 5024-2 (Andrea
Marcovicci with musical direction by Glenn Mehrbach)
45. Duologue, CD/Storyville MZCB-1120 (Ellis Larkins, piano)
The Lost Liberty Blues:
1. Cole, RCA (S) LRL2
5054 (Angela Richards)
2. Look For The Silver Lining, CD/Maude Maggart (Maude Maggart
with John Boswell, piano)
Omnibus (subsequently revised as "Do
You Want To See Paris?" in FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN):
1. Fifty Million
Frenchmen, CD/New World Records 804172 (Howard McGillin. Peggy
Cass, Kim Criswell, James Harder, Karen Ziemba, and JQ and the
Bandits with orchestra conducted by Evans Haile) (as "Do You
Want To See Paris?")
2. You’re The Top, CD/A Records AL 73019 (Jeroen van Delft,
Martine Grunwald, and Rolinha Kross with musical direction by
Dolf De Vries) (as "Do You Want To See Paris?")
Pilot Me:
1. Bobby Short Loves Cole
Porter, Atlantic (S) SD 2-606 (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]
Unrecorded Material:
Almiro
Boulevard Break (no music survives)
Fountain Of Youth
Gershwin Specialty Introduction (no music survives)
Hans
In A Moorish Garden
Keep Moving (no music survives)
Military Maids
An Old-Fashioned Girl (Boy)
You And Me