Big Spender

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Relationships

lyricist:Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:Cy Coleman
publisher:Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/35703 [info]
Wikidata:Q4906403 [info]
later translated versions:Waßt wos, g’hoit da’s
איזה גבר (צ'ריטי המתוקה)
part of:Overture (Sweet Charity) (order: 1)
Sweet Charity (order: 3)
music quoted in:Main Title From “The Pink Panther Strikes Again”

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1965-10-27Big SpenderPeggy Lee2:07
1969-01-16Big Spender (Sweet Charity, 1969 film cast)Cy Coleman3:48
1970-01-14Big Spender (live, 1970-01-14: New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA)cover and liveDiana Ross & The Supremes1:59
1973-05Big Spender (live, May 1973: Carnegie Hall: New York, USA)liveShirley Bassey2:33
1973-09-13Big SpendercoverQueen1:10
1973-09-13Big Spender / Bama Lama Bama Loo (live, 1973-09-13: Golders Green Hippodrome, London, UK)live and medleyQueen3:15
1974-11-19Big Spender (live, 1974-11-19: Rainbow Theatre, London, England, UK)cover and liveQueen1:31
1974-11-19 – 1974-11-20Big Spendercover and liveQueen1:32
1975-04-29Big Spendercover and liveQueen1:37
1975-04-30Big Spendercover and liveQueen?:??
1975-05-01Hey Big Spendercover and liveQueen?:??
1975-12-24Big Spender (live, 1975-12-24: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)cover and liveQueen1:24
1975-12-24Big Spender (live, 1975-12-24: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK)cover and liveQueen1:26
1975-12-24Rock ’n’ Roll Medley: Big Spender! / Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be Bop a Lula / Jailhouse Rock / Shake Rattle & Rollcover, live, medley and partialQueen8:31
1976-01-30Hey Big Spender (live, 1976-01-30: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveQueen1:30
1976-01-30Hey Big Spender (live, 1976-01-30: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveQueen1:30
1977-03-13Big Spender (live, 1977-03-13: KeyArena, Seattle, WA, USA)cover and liveQueen?:??
1977-03-13Big Spender (live, 1977-03-13: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA)cover and liveQueen?:??
1977-03-13Hey Big Spender / Jailhouse Rock / Saturday Night… / Be Bop A Lula (live, 1977‐03‐13: Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA, USA)cover, live and medleyQueen10:38
1977-03-13Medley (live, 1977: USA)cover, live and medleyQueen10:49
1979-09-13Big Spender (live, 1973-09-13: Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, UK)cover and liveQueen1:08
1986-07-12Big Spender (live, 1986‐07‐12: Wembley Stadium, London, UK)cover and liveQueen1:08
1986-07-12Big Spender (live, 1986-07-12: Wembley Stadium, London, UK)cover and liveQueen1:06
1991-10-19 – 1991-10-24Big SpenderinstrumentalEmpire Brass4:31
1997Big Spender (live; 1997)liveShirley Bassey2:50
1997Big SpenderliveShirley Bassey4:46
1997Big Spender (live; 1997)liveShirley Bassey2:50
1999-01-24 – 1999-01-25Big SpenderValarie Pettiford & Jane Lanier4:20
2000-09-30Big SpenderliveTeekkaritorvet & Tiia Marjanen3:20
Big SpendercoverClark Terry?:??
Big SpenderShirley Bassey, London Symphony Orchestra, Carl Davis2:04
Big SpenderQueen1:10
Big SpenderQueen1:49
Big SpenderliveQueen?:??
Big SpenderQueen?:??
Big SpenderQueen?:??
Big SpenderliveNew Hampshire Gay Men's Chorus2:22
Big SpendercoverChie Ayado?:??
Big SpendercoverSam Phillips3:35
Big SpendercoverRed Band & דנה אינטרנשיונל?:??
Big SpenderPeggy Lee?:??
Big SpenderPeggy Lee?:??
Big SpenderPeggy Lee?:??
Big SpenderPeggy Lee2:06
Big SpenderPeggy Lee?:??
Big SpendercoverThe Ritchie Family5:26
Big SpenderCompany3:54
Big SpenderShirley Bassey2:04
Big SpendercoverBette Midler2:19
Big SpenderShirley Bassey1:50
Big SpenderJacqueline Dankworth, Josephine Blake, Shezwae Powell, National Symphony Orchestra, Martin Yates3:26
Big SpenderShirley Bassey2:00
Big Spendercover and partialThe Glee Project Cast0:56
Big SpenderliveViva La Diva Orchestra2:26
Big Spendercover and liveQueen1:06
Big SpenderJane Horrocks2:02
Big SpenderThe New York Theater Orchestra with The Broadway Choir3:42
Big SpenderHelen Gallagher, Thelma Oliver, Girls3:37
Big SpenderShirley Bassey1:57
Big SpenderThe Stage Door Orchestra1:59
Big SpendercoverThe Bates1:55
Big SpendercoverDee Snider with Cyndi Lauper3:34
Big SpendercoverJaimee Paul3:24
Big Spender (from I Am What I Am - 1984)Shirley Bassey with London Symphony Orchestra2:04
Big SpenderShirley Bassey1:50
Big SpenderShirley MacLaine3:04
Big SpendercoverGemma Ray2:51
Big Spender - FoxtrotDave Arch & The Strictly Come Dancing Band1:53
Big Spender ('Sweet Charity')Joan Baxter & Mike Sammes Male Choir3:19
Big Spender (“Sweet Charity”)[theatre]1:52
Big Spender (from "Sweet Charity")Footlights Orchestra & Chorus2:02
Big Spender (from Sweet Charity)cover[unknown]1:57
Big Spender (In the Style of ’Shirley Bassey’) (karaoke)karaokeZoom Karaoke1:47
Big Spender (live version)liveJane Horrocks1:49
Big Spender (Sweet Charity)Helen Gallagher & Thelma Oliver3:36
Big Spender [Sweet Charity]Cy Coleman1:48
Chapter 2 ‘(Hey,) Big Spender’Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly10:26
Hey Big SpendercoverChaka Khan feat. The London Symphony Orchestra3:18
Hey Big Spenderpartial[soundtrack]1:02
Main Title From the Pink Panther Strikes Againinstrumental and partialHenry Mancini2:36
Sweet CharitycoverPaul Mauriat and His Orchestra3:07
Sweet Charity: Big SpenderJoan Baxter, The Mike Sammes Male Choir, Nick Ingman Orchestra3:19
Sweet Charity: From Stage to Screen-- A Director’s DilemmapartialBob Fosse9:02
The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet CharitypartialEdith Head7:31
Use What You've Got / Big SpendermedleyJulie Wilson4:46