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What is the music and who performs it in the Zodiac Club?


I know one song is Stormy Weather, but there is also other music. I would be interested to know the performers as well.

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Pete Candoli, and Conte Candoli are mentioned in the cast list (The Brothers Candoli).
Haven't been able to find much info about albums...they did a lot of backup for other artists.
Good stuff, though, isn't it...maybe Columbia will come out with a soundtrack in the future...be
a nice accompanyment to all the "Bewitched" marketing that's gonna happen this summer.

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The male singer (French) is Philippe Clay, b. 7 March 1927, Paris, France, and I made the initial error of guessing that he was Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel, but my French friends set me straight about this. (Although they allowed that it was a good guess, for an American.) This is musical cabaret of the first water, a terrific support for the illusion that this is a magical place where anything can happen. These are demons here to entertain you, minstrels of the misbegotten, and the fevered pace of the instrumental flourishes, like the straining trumpets, lend a breathless feel to the atmosphere of the witch's club.

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Well stated, gavinicuss- wish Columbia would bring back the soundtrack on cd-

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The song performed by Philippe Clay is Le noyé assassiné (The drowned assassinated one) and, as Mrs. dePasse explains, the poor soul never liked drinking water. :D

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