Can-Can
Recordings

Original Broadway Cast Recording

Milton Rosenstock, conductor
Starring Lilo and Peter Cookson
Recorded on May 17, 1953

Go to the Original Broadway Production page for further cast and production credits.

Digitally Remixed and Remastered Version
Remastered by Robert Norberg
Liner Notes by David Foil

• Introduction / "Maidens Typical of France" - Company (2:59)
• "Never Give Anything Away" - Lilo, Women's Chorus (1:57)
• "Quadrille" - Orchestra (2:07)
• "C'est Magnifique" - Lilo, Peter Cookson (3:19)
• "Come Along With Me" - Erik Rhodes, Hans Cnreid (4:31)
• "Live and Let Love" - Lilo (1:52)
• "I Am in Love" - Peter Cookson (2:36)
• "If You Loved Me Truly" - Gwen Verdon, Peter Cookson (3:09)
• "Montmart'" - Company (1:29)
• "Allez-vous-en, Go Away" - Lilo (2:13)
• "Never, Never Be an Artist" - Hans Conreid, Company (2:54)
• "It's All Right With Me" - Peter Cookson (1:56)
• "Every Man is a Stupid Man" - Lilo (2:20)
• "I Love Paris" - Lilo, Company (2:26)
• "Can-Can" - Lilo, Women's Chorus (2:55)

Medley from Can-Can

Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
Arranged by Jack Andrews
Liner Notes by Alfred Simon

Cole Porter's "Can-Can"

Art Ferrante and Lou Teicher, pianists

• "Montmart'"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "I Am in Love"
• "Allez-vous-en, Go Away"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can"

Studio Cast Recording (selections)

Sue Bennett, vocals; Ted Straeter, vocals-conductor

• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Allez-vous-en, Go Away"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can"

Studio Cast Recording (selections)

Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra

• "I Am in Love"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Allez-vous-en (Go Away)"
• "It's All Right With Me"

Original London Cast Recording

The Coliseum Orchestra; Conductor: Charles Prentice
Performers: Irene Hilda (La Mome Pistache), Edmund Hockridge (Judge Aristide Forestier), Alfred Marks (Boris Adzinidzinadze), George Gee (Hilaire Jussac), Gilian Lynne (Claudine), Eve Ashley, Vincent Charles, Alan Gabriel, Gloria George, Warren Mitchell, Aleta Morrison, and Joy Turpin

• Overture - Orchestra / "Maidens Typical of France" - The Laundresses
• "Never Give Anything Away" - Irene Hilda with Ensemble
• "C'est Magnifique" - Irene Hilda and Edmund Hockridge
• "Come Along With Me" * - George Gee and Alfred Marks
• "Live and Let Live" * - Irene Hilda
• "I Am in Love" - Edmund Hockridge
• "If You Loved Me Truly" - Alfred Marks, Gillian Lynne, Warren Mitchell, Vincent Charles, Alan Gabriel, Eve Ashley, Joy Turpin, and Gloria George
• "Montmart'" - Ensemble
• "Allez-vous-en, Go Away" - Irene Hilda
• "Never, Never Be an Artist" - Alfred Marks, Warren Mitchell, Alan Gabriel, Vincent Charles, and Aleta Morrison
• "It's All Right With Me" - Edmund Hockridge
• "I Love Paris" - Irene Hilda with Ensemble
• "Can-Can " - Irene Hilda and The Laundresses

Songs from Cole Porter's Can-Can (by Genevieve)

Genevieve, vocals (star of the National Touring Company of Can-Can)
Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer
Accordian: Dominic Cortese
Recorded on September 15, 1958 at Webster Hall, NYC

• "Never Give Anything Away" (2:03)
• "C'est Magnifique" (1:44)
• "Live And Let Live" (1:41)
• "Allez-vous En" (2:16)
• "I Love Paris" (2:57)
• "Can-Can" (2:01)

Information on this recording courtesy of Tom Herson

Mimi Benzell & Felix Knight Sing
Cole Porter's Can-Can

Conductor: Warren Vincent
Performers: Mimi Benzell and Felix Knight

• "Allez-vous-en"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "I Love Paris"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "If You Loved Me Truly"

Afro Can-Can
Selections from the Cole Porter musical "Can-Can."

Jack Costanzo, bongos and leader

• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "Snake Dance"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "Allez-vous-en"
• "Never Give Anything Away"
• "The Inch Worm"
• "If You Loved Me Truly"
• "Montmart'"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can Overture"
• "I Am in Love"

Highlights from the Musical Hit "Can-Can"

Viennese Symphonic Orchestra; unidentified soloists or conductor
Recorded in Europe

• "Allez vous en"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can Montage"
• "Can-Can Medley"

"Can-Can Medley" and "Can-Can Montage" are based on "Galop Infernal" from Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach

Original Film Soundtrack Recording

 
Starring Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine
Music arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle

 
Go to the Film Version page for further cast and productions credits.

• Entr'acte - Orchestra (3:19)
• "It's All Right With Me" - Frank Sinatra (4:12)
• "Come Along With Me" - Shirley MacLaine (2:02)
• "Live and Let Live" - Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan (1:49)
• "You Do Something to Me" - Louis Jourdan (1:55)
• "Let's Do It" - Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine (2:45)
• Main title - Orchestra / "I Love Paris" - Chorus / "Montmart'" - Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier and Chorus (3:00)
• "C'est Magnifique" - Frank Sinatra (1:59)
• "Maidens Typical of France" - Chorus and Orchestra (3:30)
• "Just One of Those Things" - Maurice Chevalier (2:07)
• "I Love Paris" - Frank Sinatra and Maurice Chevalier (2:25)
• "Can-Can" - Orchestra (3:17)

Music of the Motion Picture "Can-Can"

Music arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle
(This may have been only the musical score from the film and not the vocal numbers)

• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Allez-vous-en, Go Away"
• "You Do Something to Me"
• "Maidens Typical of France"
• "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)"
• "Just One of Those Things"
• "I Love Paris"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "Montmart'"
• "Can-Can"

Cole Porter's Can-Can and Anything Goes (by Benny Carter)

• "I Love Paris"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Allez-vous en, Go Away"
• "I Am in Love"

These songs are from Anything Goes

• "Anything Goes"
• "All Through the Night"
• "Waltz Down the Aisle"
• "Buddie Beware"
• "You're the Top"

Music from Cole Porter's Can-Can (by Terry Gibbs and His Quintet)

Terry Gibbs with Frank Strazzieri, Herb Ellis, Al Mckibbon, and Frank Kapp

• "You Do Something to Me"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Let's Do It"
• "Come Along with Me"
• "It's All Right with Me"
• "Can-Can"
• "C'Est Magnifique"
• "Just One of Those Things"
• "Live and Let Live"

Cole Porter's Can-Can (by Bernard Peiffer)

• "Come Along with Me"
• "It's All Right with Me"
• "Just One of Those Things"
• "You Do Something to Me"
• "Let's Do It"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Montmartre"
• "C'Est Magnifique"

Studio Cast Recording (selections)

The London Theatre Company Orchestra conducted by Eric Rogers
Performers: Rosalind Page, Bryan Johnson, Eula Parker, and the Michael Sammes Singers

• Overture / "C'est Magnifique"
• "I Am in Love"
• "Allez-vous-en"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "I Love Paris"

Can-Can from Cole Porter's Show

Sounds of a Thousand Strings; with Glenn Hart, Barbara Newcomb and the Lido Can Can Singers and Dancers

• "Overture"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "I Love Paris"
• "I Am in Love"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "Montmart'"
• "Allez-vous-en, Go Away"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Can-Can
• "Apache Dance"
• "Montmart' Finale"

Studio Cast Recording (selections)

Conductor: Michael Adams
Performers: Elizabeth Larner, Ian Wallace, and Michael Garson

Studio Cast Recording

Supporting soloists and chorus with Ted Lopez Orchestra, conducted by Maurice Williams

• "Prelude"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "I Am in Love"
• "Allez-vous-en"
• "Can-Can"
• "Finaletto"

Selections from Cole Porter's Can-Can

Conductor: Mark Andrews
Performers: Dick Ballentine, Bob Mitchell, and Pat O'Day

• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "I Am in Love"
• "Allez-vous-en"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can"

Cole Porter's Can Can

Hollywood Radio City Orchestra and Chorus

• Overture
• "C�est Magnifique"
• "I Love Paris"
• "I�m In Love"
• "Montemartre"
• "Alles Vous En"
• "Live And Let Live"
• "It�s All Right With Me"
• "Can Can"
• Finale

Studio Cast Recording

Conductor: Jimmy Warren
Performers: Jennie Gray and Ricky Barker

Can-Can
Pocket Songs: You Sing the Hits, and You Sing the Shows

• "Overture"
• "Never Give Anything Away"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "I Am in Love"
• "Montmartre"
• "Allez-vous-en"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Apache Dance"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can"
• "Finale"

London Revival Cast Recording

Conductor: Grant Hossack
Performers: Donna McKechnie, Milo O'Shea, Bernard Alane, Norman Warwick, Janie Dee, Peter Durkin, Jean Michel Dagory, John Denton, and Mike Montgomery

• "I Love Paris"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Quadrille"
• "Why Shouldn't I" [from Jubilee]
• "You Do Something to Me" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen]
• "Come Along With Me"
• "The Cocotte" [from Nymph Errant]
• "Allez-vous-en"
• Entr'acte
• "You Don't Know Paree" [from Fifty Million Frenchmen]
• "Absinthe" [from The Kaleidoscope]
• "All of You" [from Silk Stockings]
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Maidens Typical of France"
• "Nobody's Chasing Me" [from Out of This World]
• "Can-Can "

Aspects of Broadway

No other credits available

• "Can-Can"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Never Give Anything Away"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Allez vous-en"
• "Montmart"

These selections are from Silk Stockings

• "Silk Stockings"
• "Satin and Silk"
• "All of You"
• "Hail Bibinski"

Cole Sings Porter: Rare and Unreleased Songs from Can-Can and Jubilee

Cole Porter, piano and vocals
Originally recorded late 1952 in New York City "Private recordings made to demonstrate Porter's intentions for the songs."
Lyrics and program notes by Steve Nelson & Robert Kimball

• "Maidens Typical of France"
• "Never Give Anything Away"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "I Am in Love"
• "Montmart'"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can"
• "The Law"
• "Her Heart Was in Her Work"
• "What a Fair Thing is a Woman"
• "I Do"
• "Who Said Gay Paree?"

Foreign Language Recordings

Vienna Cast Recording (in German)

Orchester des Theater an der Wien; Johannes Fehring, conductor
Performers: Violetta Ferrari, Günther Frank, Rosi Rohr, and Vico Torriani

• Ouvertüre (4:42)
• "Das ist alles Paris" (1:56)
• "Was du mal hast" (2:05)
• "C'est magnifique" (2:44)
• "Häng' dich ein bei mir" (2:37)
• "Ich bin verbliebt" (2:10)
• "Sag ja, Chérie" (3:00)
• "Can-Can" (2:30)
• "Ball im Paradies" (5:23)
• "Mir soll's recht sein" (2:34)
• "Leb' und lass leben" (2:45)
• "Ganz Paris träumt von der Liebe" (3:02)
• "C'est Magnifique" (2:28)
• "Can-Can Finale" (3:20)

Swedish Cast Recording

Conductor: Jan Boquist
Performers: Ulla Sallert and Lars Amble
Swedish translation by Gösta Rybrant and Lars Amble

• "Never Give Anything Away"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "Montmart'"
• "Allez-vous-en"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "Every Man is a Stupid Man"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can "
• "Let's Do It"

Takarazuka Cast Recording (in Japanese)

Conductor: Yoshiki Okada
Performers: Tsubasa Makoto, Asato Shizuki, Misai Aoii ,Hoshika Hisayo, Sayo Hubuki, Mai Kazehana, Sakiho Kiri, Natsuki Kuni, Haru Mayama, Shiho Mihara, Maya Misato, Yuki Nagikaze, Rei Nagitori, Yura Natsukawa, Mami Natsuki, Mayumi Ohou, and Hosachi Sen

• "Maidens Typical of France"
• "Never Give Anything Away"
• "C'est Magnifique"
• "Come Along With Me"
• "Live and Let Live"
• "I Am in Love"
• "If You Loved Me Truly"
• "Montmart'"
• "Allez-vous-en"
• "It's All Right With Me"
• "I Love Paris"
• "Can-Can "

These selections are retitled but unidentified songs

• "A Good Lawyer, a Good Neighbor"
• "Because It's Illegal"

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