Cole Porter
Cole Porter was born the grandson of wealthy Indiana entrepreneur J.O. Cole and demonstrated musical talent from an early age. Porter entered Yale in 1913, joined the glee club and composed fight songs, some of which are still sung at Yale today. Porter's attempt to make it through Harvard Law School proved disappointing, and by 1916 he was in New York trying out his first Broadway show, which closed after only 15 performances. Porter would soon follow it with yet more failures.
In 1917 Cole Porter move to Paris and lived there for much of the 1920s. Though bisexual, in 1919 Porter married, and in 1923 composed his only large-scale "serious" work, the ballet Within the Quota, a piece that anticipated the symphonic jazz genre. In Paris, Porter met songwriter and producer E. Ray Goetz, brother-in-law of Irving Berlin. The first show they wrote together, Paris (1928), finally broke Porter's long losing streak and provided him with his first hit song, "(Let's Do It) Let's Fall in Love." Porter's next production, Fifty Million Frenchman (1929), was a smash and established his reputation. For this show Porter provided both lyrics and music, which would remain his working method for the rest of his career.
Throughout the 1930s Porter maintained a steady stream of Broadway successes, including The Gay Divorce (1932), Anything Goes (1934), Jubilee (1935), and Red, Hot and Blue (1936). Many of the songs for which Porter is best known were written for these productions, such as "Night and Day," "Begin the Beguine," "You're the Top," and "I Get a Kick Out of You." In 1937 Porter was injured in a riding accident, which resulted in the loss of a leg. For Porter this was a devastating setback and it resulted in his withdrawal from the active social life he had previously known. Nonetheless, Porter enjoyed his greatest Broadway successes afterward, with Du Barry Was a Lady (1939), Panama Hattie (1942), and Kiss Me, Kate (1948), which broke all standing box-office records with an unheard of 1,077 performances. Porter also wrote for motion pictures and lived for many years in Hollywood.
With the death of his wife in 1954 Porter began to slow down, and when he lost his other leg in 1958 Porter stopped writing altogether, living out his remaining years in seclusion. Cole Porter was an enormously prolific songwriter; a published collection of his lyrics contains words for more than 800 songs.
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Anything Goes (New Broadway Cast Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Ghostlight Records on Sep 6, 2011
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The Cole Porter Songbook
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Signum Records on Apr 6, 2015
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Cole Porter's The New Yorkers (2017 Encores! Cast Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Ghostlight Records on Dec 6, 2019
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Kiss Me Kate (2019 Broadway Cast Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Ghostlight Records on Jun 7, 2019
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Kiss Me, Kate (Original 1996 Studio Cast) (Complete Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by JAY Records on Jun 18, 1996
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The Great Melodies
Jazz - Released by Plaza Mayor Company, Ltd. on Jan 1, 2008
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At Long Last Love (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by RCA - Legacy on Feb 10, 2017
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Anything Goes (1989 London Cast Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by First Night Records on Dec 31, 1989
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Anything Goes (2003 London Cast Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by First Night Records on Sep 1, 2003
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You'd Be Surprised: Songs of Love and Laughter
Barbara Kennedy, Peter Lockwood
Classical - Released by Globe on Feb 15, 1999
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High Society (Original UK Cast Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by First Night Records on Dec 31, 1996
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Kiss Me, Kate (1987 Royal Shakespeare Company Cast Recording)
Film Soundtracks - Released by First Night Records on Oct 31, 1987
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The Musicality of Porter
Film Soundtracks - Released by Jay Records on Aug 1, 2006
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Cole Porter's You Never Know (World Premiere Cast Recording)
Musical Theatre - Released by Ghostlight Records on Oct 6, 2017
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Fifty Million Frenchmen
Howard McGillin, Kim Criswell, Susan Powell
Film Soundtracks - Released by New World Records on Jan 1, 1991
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Anything Goes (Original 2004 All Star Studio Cast)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Jay Records on Feb 3, 2004
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Love Songs
French Music - Released by Send - Alia on Mar 23, 2001
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Anything Goes Orignal London Cast (2023 DigiMIX Remaster)
Film Soundtracks - Released by That's Entertainment Records Ltd on Jan 1, 1984
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Solano Winds - Concert in an Indoor Park
Solano Winds Community Concert Band
Classical - Released by Tresona on Jan 1, 2008
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