Whatever Lola Wants

"Whatever Lola Wants" is a popular song, sometimes rendered as "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets". The music and words were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for the 1955 musical play Damn Yankees. The song is sung to Joe Hardy by Lola, the Devil's assistant, a part originated by Gwen Verdon, who reprised the role in the film. The saying was inspired by Lola Montez, an Irish-born "Spanish dancer" and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who later became a San Francisco Gold Rush vamp. Also recorded by Natacha Atlas Les Baxter Tony Bennett (1955) Ran Blake Lola Blanc Bob & Ray Les Brown Reeve Carney Live at Molly Malone's (2006) Petula Clark Alma Cogan (1957) Annie Cordy - French version Tout ce que veut Lola (1957) Xavier Cugat Carla Boni Chiwetel Ejiofor Gracie Fields Ella Fitzgerald (1963) Gotan Project The Hi-Lo's - A Musical Thrill (2006) Molly Johnson Louis Jordan Stan Kenton - The Stage Door Swings (1958) Eartha Kitt (1962) Abbe Lane (with Tito Puente and His Orchestra (1957) Marinella (1992, album I Marinella Tragouda Megales Kyries) Carmen McRae (1955) Amanda Lear: On album With Love (2006) Sophie Milman (2007, Live at Winter Garden Theatre) Bebe Neuwirth Caroline O'Connor Patti Page (1960) Perez Prado and His Orchestra (1955) Julius Pringles (2001) Della Reese (1960) Aldemaro Romero Dinah Shore (1955) Bria Skonberg (2017) Dee Snider for the Dee Does Broadway album (2012) Ruby Stewart Anthony Strong Mel Tormé (1960) Sarah Vaughan (1955) Gwen Verdon Baby Face Willette John Williams (Johnny Williams And His Orchestra, Rhythm In Motion, 1961) Other instances "Whatever Lola Wants" is the title of an episode of the 2005 television series Hot Properties and the title of an episode of ABC-TV's 1965 crime drama Honey West.