Artist: Jacques Offenbach
Author: Jacques Offenbach
Year: 1866
From La Vie Parisienne. You can recognise the same theme at the end of the overture of his opera Orpheus In The Underworld (1858).
Covers:
Camille Saint-Saƫns [slowed down parody in Tortues from Carnaval des animaux]
Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers [as Can Can '62; hit UK]
Jumping Jewels [as Jumping Can-Can]
Shirley Evans, The Beatles & crew [in film Magical Mystery Tour]
Brian Setzer Orch. [as Yes We Can Can]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)