JUST A GIGOLO
(German Version: Leonello Casucci / Julius Brammer)
(English Version: Leonello Casucci / Irving Caesar)
(Italian Version: Leonello Casucci / Daniele Serra)

Richard Tauber (German Version) - 1929
Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orch. - 1931
Ted Lewis & His Band - 1931
Ben Bernie & His Orch. - 1931
Bing Crosby (with Gus Arnheim & His Cocoanut Grove Orch.) - 1931
Leo Reisman & His Orch.(vocal: Ben Gordon) - 1931
Vincent Lopez & His Orch. - 1931
Irène Bordoni (feat. in the short film "Just A Gigolo") - 1932
Les Brown & His Orch. - 1944
Louis Prima & His Orch. - 1945
Joe Mooney Quartet - 1946
Wild Bill Davison - 1947
Harry James - 1952
Jaye P. Morgan - 1953
Thelonious Monk Trio - 1954
Louis Prima (re-recording, paired with "I Ain't Got Nobody") - 1956
Sarah Vaughan - 1957
Eino Virtanen (Finnish Version) - 1958
Carmen McRae - 1963
Erroll Garner - 1964
Connie Francis - 1968
Oscar Peterson - 1970
Marlene Dietrich (feat. in the film "Just A Gigolo") - 1978
The Village People - 1978
Alex Harvey - 1979
David Lee Roth - 1985
Tiny Tim - 1987
Sheila - 1989
Jimmy Roselli - 1990
Leningrad Cowboys - 1993
Liliane Montevecchi (feat. in the London one-woman show
"On The Boulevard") - 1997
Johnny Marvin - 1999
Stephanie Pope - 2001
Amanda Lear - 2002
Gidi Gov (Hebrew Version) - 2003
Sergio Pángaro & Baccarat (Spanish Version) - 2003
Tony Hadley - 2006
Tyler Lewis - 2006

Also recorded by: Ralph Flanagan Orch.; Lou Bega;
Art Tatum; Peter Allen; Nat Gonella; Marty Grosz;
Stumpy Brown; Stéphane Garappelli; Matthieu Boré;
The Weavers; Sol Hoopii ........ and many others.



'Twas in a Paris café at first I found him
He was a Frenchman, a hero of the war
But war was over and here's how peace had crowned him
Of which he'd medals to wear and nothing more

Now, every night in the same café he shows up
And as he strolls by, ladies hear him say
If you admire me, hire me
A gigolo who knew a better day

Just A Gigolo, everywhere I go
People know the part I'm playing
Paid for every dance, selling each romance
Every night some heart betraying

There will come a day, youth will pass away
Then what will they say about me
When the end comes I know they'll say
"Just A Gigolo," as life goes on without me


(Transcribed from the Bing Crosby recording
of March 2nd 1931 by Mel Priddle - Aug 2010)


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German version, "Schöner Gigolo, Armer Gigolo":


Schoner Gigolo, armer Gigolo
Denke nicht mehr an die Zeiten
Wo du als Husar, goldverschnurt sogar
Koontest durch die Strassen reiten!

Uniform passee, Liebchen sagt: A-dieu!
Schone Welt, du ginst in Fransen!
Wenn das Herz das auch bricht, zeig ein
Jachendes Gesicht, man zahit und du musst tanzen!