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Cole Porter (1891–1964)

Author of The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter

303+ Works 1,222 Members 13 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Cole Porter began his musical career at Yale University, writing songs for college functions and football games, including "Bulldog" and "Bingo Eli Yale." He also took academic courses at Harvard Law School and later at the Harvard School of Music. His first musical comedy in New York City was See show more America First (1916). Porter wrote the words and music for Can-Can (1953), Kiss Me Kate (1948), and Silk Stockings (1955), all of which are distinguished by their sophisticated and engaging songs. His most popular songs include "Night and Day" (1932), "Let's Do It" (1928), and "In the Still of the Night" (1937). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Cole Porter

Cole: A Biographical Essay (1971) 92 copies
The Best of Cole Porter (1992) 53 copies
Kiss Me Kate (Score) (1967) 37 copies
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1990) — Composer — 31 copies
Kiss Me Kate: Original 1948 Broadway Cast Recording (1948) — Composer — 25 copies
Kiss Me, Kate [libretto] (1953) — Lyrics — 19 copies
The Unpublished Cole Porter (1975) 17 copies
De-Lovely: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2004) — Composer — 14 copies
The Letters of Cole Porter (2019) 14 copies
Let's Do It (1993) 11 copies
The Cole Porter Song Book (1959) 9 copies
Kiss Me, Kate: Original 1990 Studio Cast Recording (1990) — Composer — 8 copies
From this moment on (1992) 8 copies
Centennial Gala Concert (1992) 7 copies
The Cole Porter Years (1978) 7 copies
103 Lyrics of Cole Porter (1954) 6 copies
Can-Can (Vocal Selection) (1953) 5 copies
Rosalie (1937) 4 copies
Cole Porter (1990) 4 copies
Anything Goes [libretto] — Composer — 3 copies
Songs By Cole Porter (1954) 3 copies
I Love You (1943) 3 copies
Cole Porter Song Book (1998) 2 copies
I Concentrate on You (2011) 2 copies
Ultimate Cole Porter 3 (2003) 2 copies
The Lorelei 2 copies
Porter on Broadway (1995) 2 copies
Leave It To Me — Composer — 2 copies
I Love Paris 1 copy
Friendship 1 copy
Why Can't You Behave? (2011) 1 copy
Nobody's Chasing Me (2011) 1 copy
Aladdin / Les Girls (2010) 1 copy
Rosalie 1 copy
Can-Can (Vocal score) (1954) 1 copy
I Love You (1943) 1 copy
Classic Cole Porter (1992) 1 copy
The Porter project (2012) 1 copy
Classic Cole (1977) 1 copy
Evil Under the Sun [soundtrack] (1999) — Composer — 1 copy
Friendship 1 copy
Kiss Me Kate 1 copy
Let's do it 1 copy
Overtures (1991) 1 copy
Ultimate Cole Porter 4 (2003) 1 copy

Associated Works

Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (2004) — Contributor — 298 copies
De-Lovely [2004 film] (2004) — Composer — 198 copies
High Society [1956 film] (1956) — Composer — 165 copies
Kiss Me Kate [1953 film] (1953) — Composer — 110 copies
Evil Under the Sun [1982 film] (1982) — Composer — 83 copies
Ten Great Musicals of the American Theatre (1973) — Contributor — 83 copies
My Favorite Things (1961) — Songwriter — 56 copies
Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Songbook (1956) — Songwriter — 48 copies
Night and Day [1946 film] (1946) — Composer — 43 copies
Silk Stockings [1957 film] (1957) — Composer — 41 copies
Broadway Melody of 1940 [film] (1940) — Composer — 35 copies
Anything Goes [1956 film] (1956) — Composer — 30 copies
Can-Can [1960 film] (1960) — Composer — 22 copies
Les Girls [1957 film] (1987) — Composer — 22 copies
A Swingin' Affair! (1957) — Songwriter — 17 copies
The Patsy Cline Story (1990) — Songwriter — 14 copies
Kiss Me, Kate [2003 TV] (2003) 13 copies
The Rocketeer: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1991) — Composer — 11 copies
Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Cole Porter (1996) — Songwriter — 10 copies
Born to Dance [1936 film] (1936) — Composer — 7 copies
Hits! The Videos — Composer — 7 copies
Nightclub (2004) — Composer — 5 copies
Je dis oui! (2014) — Composer — 4 copies
Thomas Lauderdale Meets the Pilgrims — Composer — 2 copies
In Person — Songwriter — 1 copy
Night and Day — Composer — 1 copy
37 Favorites for Dancing (1958) — Composer — 1 copy

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ACT I
1 Introduction & Maidens Typical Of France 2:59
2 Never Give Anything Away 1:57
3 Quadrille 2:07
4 C'est Magnifique 3:19
5 Come Along With Me 4:31
6 Live And Let Live 1:52
7 I Am In Love 2:36
8 If You Loved Me Truly 3:09
9 Montmart' 1:29
10 Allez-Vous En, Go Away 2:13
ACT II
11 Never, Never Be An Artist 2:54
12 It's All Right With Me 1:56
13 Every Man Is A Stupid Man 2:20
14 I Love Paris 2:26
15 Can-Can 2:55
Arranged By [Dance Music Arrangements] – Genevieve Pitot
Liner Notes – David Foil
Music By, Lyrics By – Cole Porter
Music Director – Milton Rosenstock
Orchestrated By – Philip J. Lang
Vocals [Boris Adzinidzinadze] – Hans Conried
Vocals [Claudine] – Gwen Verdon
Vocals [Hilaire Jussac] – Erik Rhodes
Vocals [Judge Aristide Forestier] – Peter Cookson
Vocals [La Mome Pistache] – Lilo (9)
Written-By [Book By], Directed By – Abe Burrows
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Rating
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ISBNs
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