Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
"Whatever Lola Wants" is a popular song, sometimes rendered as "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets". The music and words were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for the 1955 musical play Damn Yankees. The song is sung to Joe Hardy by Lola, the Devil's assistant, a part originated by Gwen Verdon, who reprised the role in the film.
Damn Yankees (retitled What Lola Wants in the United Kingdom) is a 1958 American musical sports romantic comedy film. It was directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Abbott, adapted from his and Douglass Wallop's book of the 1955 musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, itself based on the 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the ...
Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend [1] set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball.
Cross-over hits from the show were "Heart", recorded by Eddie Fisher, and "Whatever Lola Wants", by Sarah Vaughan. [1] The duo had authored the music and lyrics for three great Broadway successes in three years, and had seen over a half-dozen of their songs reach the US top ten, two of them peaking at No. 1.
Track #9 contains a sample of "Whatever Lola Wants" as performed by Sarah Vaughan; Track #10 contains elements from "Papa Don't Take No Mess" Track #11 contains samples from "Music" as performed by Marvin Gaye; Track #12 contains a sample of "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair"
“Hey, the food Lola wants to try is not dangerous! It makes no sense, Lola.” He keeps saying her name until all I hear is “Lola, Lola, Lola”. He connects trying new foods to other learning ...
At Mercury, she had her biggest chart success, with the top ten hits "Make Yourself Comfortable" and "Whatever Lola Wants." In 1959, Vaughan's single "Broken Hearted Melody" reached number seven on the Billboard pop chart and became an international success, becoming the biggest single of her career. [3]
Just like Lola's parents, folks couldn't get enough of her version of the hit song online. "So so talented and refreshing. I see a rising star in the very near future! 🌠," one person wrote.