Whatever Lola Wants

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"Whatever Lola Wants" is a sultry, seductive show tune from the 1955 musical Damn Yankees, famously performed by the character Lola as she attempts to tempt the protagonist.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song
show tune
song
associatedWith American musical theatre NERFINISHED
Broadway NERFINISHED
basedOnWork The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant NERFINISHED
characterAssociated Lola (Damn Yankees character) NERFINISHED
composer Jerry Ross NERFINISHED
Richard Adler NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs seductive
sultry
featuredInFilm Damn Yankees (1958 film) NERFINISHED
firstPerformanceYear 1955
fromMusical Damn Yankees NERFINISHED
genre jazz standard
pop standard
show tune
hasAlternateTitle Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) NERFINISHED
hasFamousLyric "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets" NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn later pop and jazz interpretations of femme fatale songs
hasNotablePerformer Abigail Breslin NERFINISHED
Connie Francis NERFINISHED
Della Reese NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Gwen Verdon NERFINISHED
Lola Falana NERFINISHED
Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED
Shirley Bassey NERFINISHED
hasTheme desire
seduction
temptation
includedIn Damn Yankees original Broadway cast recording NERFINISHED
isStandardIn cabaret repertoire
jazz vocal repertoire
lyricist Jerry Ross NERFINISHED
Richard Adler NERFINISHED
musicStyle Latin-tinged
narrativeRole seduction song
originalLanguage English
partOfWork Damn Yankees NERFINISHED
performedByCharacter Lola NERFINISHED
performedInAct Act I of Damn Yankees
publicationYear 1955
tempo moderate
usedFor tempting the protagonist Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees
vocalType mezzo-soprano feature

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Damn Yankees notableSong Whatever Lola Wants
Lola in Damn Yankees notableSong Whatever Lola Wants
subject surface form: Lola (Damn Yankees)