Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate (1948) (based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew), Fifty Million Frenchmen and Anything Goes, as well as songs like "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and "I've Got You Under My Skin." He was noted for his sophisticated (sometimes ribald) lyrics, clever rhymes, and complex forms. He was one of the greatest contributors to the Great American Songbook. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (500x703, 87 KB)A promotional picture of Cole Porter Licence This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 288th day of the year (289th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). ... Kiss Me, Kate is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... Fifty Million Frenchmen is a musical comedy written by Cole Porter and produced on Broadway in 1929. ... For other uses, see Anything Goes (disambiguation). ... Night and Day is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1932 musical play The Gay Divorce. ... I Get a Kick Out of You is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in Anything Goes (1934). ... Ive Got You Under My Skin is a song written by Cole Porter. ... Ribaldry is the third and somewhat neglected genre of sexual entertainments, something different from either pornography or erotica, yet is often confused with them. ... Lyrics are the words in songs. ... Songwriter Harold Arlen (right) with singer Bing Crosby (left) and Decca Records owner Jack Kapp (center) Great American Songbook is an informal term referring to the interrelated music of Broadway musical theater, the Hollywood musical, and Tin Pan Alley, in a period that begins roughly in the 1920s and tapers...

Early years

Porter was born in Peru, Indiana, to a wealthy Episcopalian family;^[1] his maternal grandfather, James Omar "J.O." Cole, was a coal and timber speculator who dominated his daughter's family. His mother started Porter in musical training at an early age; he learned the violin at age six, the piano at eight, and he wrote his first operetta (with help from his mother) at 10. Porter's mother, Kate, recognized and supported her son's talents. She changed his legal birth year from 1891 to 1893 to make him appear more prodigious. Porter's grandfather J.O. Cole wanted the boy to become a lawyer,^[2] and with that career in mind, sent him to Worcester Academy in 1905 (where he became class valedictorian)^[2] and then Yale University beginning in 1909. Peru is a city in Miami County, Indiana, United States. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction or wood... Speculation is the buying, holding, and selling of stocks, commodities, futures, currencies, collectibles, real estate, or any valuable thing to profit from fluctuations in its price as opposed to buying it for use or for income - dividends, rent etc. ... The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. ... A short grand piano, with the lid up. ... Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. ... For the fish called lawyer, see Burbot. ... Worcester Academy is an independent coeducational preparatory school spread over 67 acres in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Yale redirects here. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Porter was a member of Scroll and Key and Delta Kappa Epsilon, and sang as a member of the original line-up of the Whiffenpoofs. While at Yale, he wrote a number of student songs, including the football fight songs "Yale Bulldog" and "Bingo Eli Yale" (aka "Bingo, That's The Lingo!") that are still played at Yale to this day. Cole Porter wrote 300 songs while at Yale.^[2] The Scroll and Key Society is a secret society established by John Addison Porter and others at Yale University, New Haven, CT, in 1842. ... Delta Kappa Epsilon (ΔΚΕ; also pronounced D-K-E or Deke) is the oldest secret college mens fraternity of New England origin. ... Established in 1909, the Whiffenpoofs are an all-male vocal ensemble at Yale University, and the oldest collegiate singing group in the nation. ...

Porter spent a year at Harvard Law School in 1913, and then transferred into Arts and Sciences.^[2] An unverified story tells of a law school dean who, in frustration over Porter's lack of performance in the classroom, suggested tongue-in-cheek that he "not waste his time" studying law, but instead focus on his music. Taking this suggestion to heart, Porter transferred to the School of Music. Harvard Law School (colloquially, Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ...

In 1915, his first song on Broadway, "Esmeralda," appeared in the revue Hands Up. The quick success was immediately followed by failure; his first Broadway production, in 1916, See America First (book by Lawrason Riggs), was a flop, closing after two weeks. He soon started to feel the crunch of rejection, as other revues for which he wrote were also flops. After the string of failures, Porter banished himself to Paris, selling songs and living off an allowance partly from his grandfather and partly from his mother. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

Paris and marriage

Porter was working as a songwriter when the U.S. entered World War I in 1917. He traveled all over Europe, socializing with some of the best known intellectuals and artists in Europe, and becoming a charter member of the Lost Generation. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Lost Generation (disambiguation). ...

He did not register for the draft, yet loved to tell the press that he had joined the French Foreign Legion. In reality, he went to work for the Duryea Relief Fund and maintained a closet full of various tailormade military uniforms that he wore when the mood suited him. The French Foreign Legion, however, claims Porter as an enlistee and displays his portrait in its museum in Aubagne. “Conscript” redirects here. ... Legionnaire redirects here. ...

In 1918, Porter met Linda Lee Thomas, a rich, Louisville, Kentucky-born divorcée eight years his senior,^[1] whom he married the following year. Linda Lee Thomas (1883 – 20 May 1954) was an American socialite, the wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter. ... Louisville redirects here. ...

Sexual orientation

Although Porter was often photographed in the arms of beautiful women and was married for 34 years to one wife who conceived and miscarried,^[3] it is the current consensus that he was homosexual.^[4] The couple separated briefly in the early 1930s when, it is believed, Porter's sexual orientation became more and more open during their time living in Hollywood. After Porter was badly injured in a horseriding accident, Linda was reunited with her husband. He had an affair in 1925 with Boris Kochno, a poet and Ballets Russes librettist. He also reportedly had a long relationship with his constant companion, Howard Sturges, a Boston socialite, as well as with architect Ed Tauch (for whom Porter wrote "Easy to Love"), choreographer Nelson Barclift (who inspired "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To"), director John Wilson (who later married international society beauty Princess Nathalie Paley), and longtime friend Ray Kelly, whose children still receive half of the childless Porter's copyright royalties. Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Sexual orientation refers to the direction of an individuals sexuality, usually conceived of as classifiable according to the sex or gender of the persons whom the individual finds sexually attractive. ... ... Boris Kochno Boris Kochno (January 3, 1904, Moscow — December 8, 1990, Paris) was a Russian poet, dancer and librettist. ... Léon Bakst: Firebird, Ballerina, 1910 There was also the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo from 1932 to 1963 The Ballets Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and resident first in the Théâtre Mogador and Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris... “Boston” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Architect (disambiguation). ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

On the sidelines

Unlike contemporaries such as George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, Porter had not succeeded on Broadway in his early years. However, born to as well as married to wealth, he did not lack for money, and sat out most of the 1920s, living in luxury in Europe. Porter was not lazy, though, and continued to write. Some of these songs would later be hits. “Gershwin” redirects here. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ...

Richard Rodgers, in his autobiography, Musical Stages, relates an anecdote about meeting Cole in Venice during this period. Porter played Rodgers several of his compositions and Rodgers was highly impressed, wondering why Porter was not represented on Broadway, not knowing Cole had already written several shows that had flopped. This article is about the American composer. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...

In the late 1920s, Porter returned to Broadway, and made up for lost time.

Middle years

Porter reintroduced himself to Broadway with the musical Paris (1928), which featured one of his greatest "list" songs, "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)." Following this Gallic theme, his next show was Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929), which included several popular numbers including "You Do Something To Me" and "You've Got That Thing." Finishing out the decade, opening on December 30, 1929, was Wake Up and Dream, with a score that included "What Is This Thing Called Love?" This article is about the capital of France. ... Lets Do It, Lets Fall in Love (1928) is the first, possibly the best, of Cole Porters famous list songs. ... Gallic, derived from the name for the ancient Roman province of Gaul, describes the cultural traditions and national characters of the French speaking nations and regions, as Hispanic does for the Hispanophone world, Anglo-Saxon for the Anglophone, and Lusitanic for the Lusophone. ... Fifty Million Frenchmen is a musical comedy written by Cole Porter and produced on Broadway in 1929. ... You Do Something to Me is noteable in that it was the first number in Cole Porters first fully integrated book-musical, Fifty MIllion Frenchmen. ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... What is This Thing Called Love? is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ...

He started the 1930s with the revue The New Yorkers (1930), which included a song about a streetwalker, "Love For Sale." The lyric was considered too explicit for radio at the time, but has gone on to become a standard. Next came Fred Astaire's last stage show, Gay Divorcee (1932). It featured a hit that would become perhaps Porter's best known song, "Night And Day." The New Yorkers is a musical written by Cole Porter (lyrics and music) and Herbert Fields (book). ... Street prostitution is a common scenario for prostitution. ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Night and Day is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1932 musical play The Gay Divorce. ...

In 1934, Porter wrote what is thought by most to be his greatest score of this period, Anything Goes (1934). Its songs include "I Get A Kick Out Of You," "All Through The Night," perhaps his ultimate "list" song "You're The Top," and "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," as well as the title number. For years after, critics would compare most Porter shows — unfavorably — to this one. Anything Goes was also the first Porter show featuring Ethel Merman, who would go on to star in five of his musicals. He loved her loud, brassy voice, and wrote many numbers that featured her strengths. For other uses, see Anything Goes (disambiguation). ... I Get a Kick Out of You is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in Anything Goes (1934). ... Youre the Top is a Cole Porter song from the 1934 musical Anything Goes. ... For other uses, see Anything Goes (disambiguation). ... Ethel Merman (January 16, 1908 – February 15, 1984) was a Tony Award winning star of stage and film musicals, well known for her powerful voice and vocal range. ...

Jubilee (1935), written with Moss Hart while on a cruise around the world, was not a major hit, but featured two songs that have since become part of the Great American Songbook — "Begin the Beguine" and "Just One of Those Things." Red Hot And Blue (1936), featuring Merman, Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope, introduced "It's De-Lovely," "Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor)" and "Ridin' High." Jubilee is a theatre musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Moss Hart. ... Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. ... Begin the Beguine is a song written by Cole Porter and introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee (1934). ... Just One of Those Things is a popular song, written by Cole Porter in 1935 for the musical High Society. ... Red, Hot and Blue is a 1936 musical by Cole Porter originally starring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope. ... “Inka Dinka Doo” redirects here. ... Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ... Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor) is a song written by Cole Porter, for his 1936 musical Red, Hot and Blue, where it was introduced by Ethel Merman. ...

Porter also wrote for Hollywood, including the scores for Born To Dance (1936), featuring "Easy To Love" and "I've Got You Under My Skin," and Rosalie (1937), featuring "In the Still of the Night." In addition, he had composed the cowboy song "Don't Fence Me In" for an unproduced movie in the 1930s, but it didn't become a hit until Roy Rogers and Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, as well as other artists, introduced it to the public in the 1940s. ... Rosalie is an American musical play first produced in 1928. ... Dont Fence Me In is a song written by Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher [1] in 1944. ...

Porter continued to live the high life during this period, throwing lavish parties and hobnobbing with the likes of Elsa Maxwell, Monty Woolley, Beatrice Lillie, Igor Stravinsky and Fanny Brice. In fact, some of his lyrics mention his friends. Now at the height of his success, Porter was able to enjoy the opening night of his musicals; he would make a grand entrance and sit up front, apparently relishing the show as much as any audience member. Elsa Maxwell photographed by Carl van Vechten Elsa Maxwell (b. ... Monty Woolley (August 17, 1888 - May 6, 1963) was an American actor. ... Bea Lillie (May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989) was a comic actress. ... Igor Stravinsky. ... Early Ziegfeld Follies portrait of Fanny Brice Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances and her recordings. ...

Then, in 1937, a riding accident crushed his legs and left him in chronic pain, largely crippled. (According to a biography by William McBrien, a probably apocryphal story from Porter himself has it that he composed the lyrics to part of "At Long Last Love" while lying in pain waiting to be rescued from the accident.) Doctors told Porter's wife and mother that his right leg would have to be amputated and possibly the left one as well. Porter underwent more than 30 surgeries on his legs and was in constant pain for the rest of his life. During this period, the many operations led him to severe depression. He was one of the first people who experienced electric shock therapy. On the Threshold of Eternity. ... Electroconvulsive therapy, also known as electroshock or ECT, is a controversial type of psychiatric shock therapy involving the induction of an artificial seizure in a patient by passing electricity through the brain. ...

Later years

Despite his pain, Porter continued to write successful shows. Leave It to Me! (1938) (introducing Mary Martin singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"), DuBarry Was a Lady (1939), Panama Hattie (1940), Let's Face It! (1941), Something For The Boys (1943) and Mexican Hayride (1944) were all hits. These shows included songs such as "Get Out Of Town," "Friendship," "Make It Another Old-Fashioned Please" and "I Love You." Nevertheless, Porter was turning out fewer hit songs and, to some critics, his music was less magical. After two flops, Seven Lively Arts (1944) (which featured the standard "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye") and Around The World (1946), many thought that his best period was over. Leave It to Me! is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) born in Weatherford, Texas, was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... My Heart Belongs to Daddy is a song written by Cole Porter in 1938. ... MGM Musical version of DuBarry was a Lady DuBarry Was a Lady was a 1939 musical with songs by Cole Porter. ... Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva. ... Mexican Hayride is a 1948 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. ... I Love You was a popular song, written in 1939 by Cole Porter and popularized by Bing Crosby in 1944. ... Seven Lively Arts was a Sunday afternoon anthology television series produced by CBS television and executive producer John Houseman. ... Around the World may refer to: Around the World (1956 song), a song from the movie Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film) Around the World (East 17 song), a song by East 17, and also their album Around the World - The Journey So Far Around the World (Daft...

In 1948, Porter made a great comeback, writing what was by far his biggest hit show, Kiss Me, Kate. The production won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and Porter won for Best Composer and Lyricist. The score — generally conceded to be his best — includes "Another Op'nin' Another Show," "Wunderbar," "So In Love," "We Open In Venice," "Tom, Dick or Harry," "I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua," "Too Darn Hot," "Always True to You (In My Fashion)," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." Porter was back on top. Kiss Me, Kate is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... So In Love is a popular song, popularized by Patti Page in 1949. ... Always True to You in My Fashion is a 1948 show-tune by Cole Porter, written for the musical Kiss Me, Kate. ...

Though his next show — Out Of This World (1950) — was not greatly successful, the show after that, Can-Can (1952), featuring "C'est Magnifique" and "It's All Right With Me," was a major hit. His last original Broadway production, Silk Stockings (1955), featuring "All Of You," was also successful. Out of This World can refer to: Out of This World, the American title for the video game Another World the television series Out of This World a fantasy novel by Lawrence Watt-Evans a 1950 musical by Cole Porter a 2004 Japanese film This is a disambiguation page &#8212... Can-Can is a 1953 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, with a book by Abe Burrows. ... Cest Magnifique (Its Magnificent) is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Lilo and Peter Cookson. ... Its All Right With Me is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson. ... Silk Stockings was a 1954 musical composed by Cole Porter, based upon Ninotchka. ...

After his riding accident, Porter also continued to work in Hollywood, writing the scores for two Fred Astaire movies, Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940), which featured "I Concentrate On You," and You'll Never Get Rich (1941). He later wrote the songs for the Gene Kelly/Judy Garland musical The Pirate (1948). The film lost money, though it does feature the delightful "Be A Clown" (intriguingly echoed in Donald O'Connor's performance of "Make 'Em Laugh" in the 1952 musical film Singin' in the Rain). High Society (1956), starring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly, had Porter's last major hit, "True Love." He wrote songs for Les Girls (1957) with Gene Kelly. His final score was for a CBS color special, Aladdin (1958); Columbia Records issued a stereophonic LP of songs from the program. Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell dance to Begin the Beguine in Broadway Melody of 1940. ... Youll Never Get Rich (Columbia Pictures) is a 1941 Hollywood musical comedy film with a wartime theme starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, Cliff Nazarro, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... For the similarly-named American actress, see Jean Kelly. ... Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for her role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939). ... The Pirate is a slang term for a supposed sex move performed during oral sex. ... Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. ... Make Em Laugh is a song first featured in the film Singin in the Rain, performed by Donald OConnor. ... Singin in the Rain is a song with lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown, published in 1929. ... High Society is a 1956 musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in VistaVision with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... “Sinatra” redirects here. ... Grace, Princess of Monaco née Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress who, upon marriage to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco in 1956, became Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, but was generally known as Princess... True Love is a popular song. ... Les Girls, also known as Cole Porters Les Girls, is a 1957 comedy film musical made by MGM. It was directed by George Cukor, produced by Sol C. Siegel with Saul Chaplin as associate producer from a screenplay by John Patrick based on a story by Vera Caspary with... For the similarly-named American actress, see Jean Kelly. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Aladdin was a 1958 musical comedy with a book by S.J. Perlman and music and lyrics by Cole Porter, televised in color on the DuPont Show of the Month by CBS. It was Porters very last musical score. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... Stereophonic means having two channels of audio. ...

Eventually, his injuries caught up with him. After a series of ulcers and 34 operations on his right leg, it had to be amputated and replaced with an artificial limb in 1958. The operation followed the death of his beloved mother in 1952 and the end of his wife's battle with emphysema in 1954. The combined hardships Porter endured proved to be too much. He never wrote another song after 1958 and spent the remaining years of his life in relative seclusion. Endoscopic images of a duodenal ulcer. ...

Cole Porter died of kidney failure at the age of 73 in Santa Monica, California and is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in his native Peru, Indiana. Porter is buried between his wife and father. The kidneys are organs that filter wastes (such as urea) from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. ... For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). ... Peru is a city in Miami County, Indiana, United States. ...

Tributes

At halftime of the 1991 Orange Bowl between Colorado and Notre Dame, Joel Grey led a large cast of singers and dancers in a tribute to Porter marking one hundred years since his birth. The program was called, "You'll Get A Kick Out of Cole." The Orange Bowl is an annual college football game that is usually played on January 1 in the Miami, Florida metro area, in the United States. ... Joel Grey (born Joel Katz on April 11, 1932 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American stage and screen actor, who graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California in 1950. ...

Legacy

His life was made into Night and Day, a very sanitized 1946 Michael Curtiz film starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith. His life was also chronicled, somewhat more realistically, in De-Lovely, a 2004 Irwin Winkler film starring Kevin Kline as Porter and Ashley Judd as Linda. Night and Day is a 1946 film made by Warner Brothers, based on the life of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director. ... This article is about the British actor. ... Alexis Smith Alexis Smith (June 8, 1921 – June 9, 1993) was an actress. ... De-Lovely movie poster. ... Irwin Winkler (born May 25, 1931) is an American film producer and director. ... Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor. ... Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella on April 19, 1968) is an American actress. ...

Judy Garland performed a medley of Porter's songs at the 37th Academy Awards, the first Oscars ceremony held following Porter's death. Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for her role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939). ... Date: 5 April Host: Bob Hope Location: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA Notes: For the first time, the Academy presents an award in the field of makeup. ...

In 1980, Porter's music was used for the score of Happy New Year, based on the Philip Barry play Holiday. He is referenced in the song The Call of the Wild (Merengue) by David Byrne on his 1989 album Rei Momo. He is also mentioned in the song Tonite It shows by Mercury Rev on their 1998 album Deserter's Songs Happy New Year is a musical with a book by Burt Shevelove and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Philip Barry (June 18, 1896 - December 3, 1949) was an American playwright. ... Merengue can mean either: A style of music from Hispainolia based from either Domininican or Haitian origin [1][2]  ; see merengue music See also Méringue, style of music. ... Mercury Rev are an American rock music group, formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. ... Deserters Songs is the fourth album by the rock band Mercury Rev, released in 1998. ...

Song samples

• Complete List of Cole Porter works
• Cole Porter Collection at the Library of Congress

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Well-known songs

Shows listed are stage musicals unless otherwise noted. (Where the show was later made into a film, the year refers to the stage version.)

• (1916) See America First
• (1919) Hitchy Koo Of 1919 — "An Old Fashioned Garden"
• (1928) Paris — "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love"
• (1929) Wake Up And Dream — "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
• (1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen — "You Do Something To Me"
• (1930) The New Yorkers — "Love for Sale," "I Happen to Like New York"
• (1932) Gay Divorcee — "After You, Who?," "Night And Day" (basis for film renamed "The Gay Divorcee" in 1934)
• (1933) Nymph Errant — "Experiment," "The Physician," "It's Bad For Me"
• (1934) Anything Goes — "All Through the Night," "Anything Goes," "Blow Gabriel, Blow," "I Get a Kick Out of You," "You're the Top"
• (1934) Adios Argentina (un-produced) — "Don't Fence Me In"
• (1935) Jubilee — "Begin the Beguine," "Just One of Those Things"
• (1936) Red, Hot and Blue — "It's De-Lovely"
• (1936) Born to Dance (film) — "Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor)," "You'd Be So Easy to Love," "I've Got You Under My Skin"
• (1937) Rosalie (film) — "In the Still of the Night"
• (1937) You Never Know — "At Long Last Love," "From Alpha To Omega"
• (1938) Leave It to Me! — "From Now On," "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
• (1939) Broadway Melody Of 1940 — "Between You And Me," "I Concentrate on You," "I've Got My Eyes On You," "I Happen To Be In Love," "Begin the Beguine"
• (1939) Dubarry Was A Lady — "Do I Love You?," "Well, Did You Evah!," "Friendship"
• (1940) Panama Hattie — "Let's Be Buddies," "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please"
• (1941) You'll Never Get Rich (film) — "Dream Dancing," "So Near and Yet So Far"
• (1941) Let's Face It — "Everything I Love," "I Hate You, Darling"
• (1942) Something for the Boys — "Could It Be You"
• (1942) Something To Shout About — "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
• (1943) Mexican Hayride — "I Love You"
• (1944) Seven Lively Arts — "Every Time We Say Goodbye"
• (1946) Around the World in Eighty Days — "Look What I Found"
• (1947) The Pirate — "Be a Clown"
• (1948) Kiss Me, Kate — "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," "I Hate Men," "So In Love," "Too Darn Hot"
• (1950) Out Of This World — "From This Moment On," "I Am Loved"
• (1953) Can-Can — "I Am in Love," "I Love Paris," "C'est Magnifique"
• (1954) Silk Stockings — "All Of You," "Paris Loves Lovers"
• (1955) High Society — "Mind if I Make Love to You?," "True Love," "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," "You're Sensational"
• (1956) Les Girls — "Ca, C'est L'amour," "You're Just Too, Too"
• (1958) Aladdin (television) — "Opportunity Knocks But Once"

A far more comprehensive list of Cole Porter songs, along with their date of composition and original show, is available here: [1]. Paris is a 1928 Cole Porter musical, his first Broadway hit, which introduced the song Lets Do It. Lets Misbehave was written for Paris, but was not used in the production. ... Lets Do It, Lets Fall in Love (1928) is the first of Cole Porters famous list songs. ... What is This Thing Called Love? is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. ... Fifty Million Frenchmen is a musical comedy written by Cole Porter and produced on Broadway in 1929. ... You Do Something to Me is noteable in that it was the first number in Cole Porters first fully integrated book-musical, Fifty MIllion Frenchmen. ... The New Yorkers is a musical written by Cole Porter (lyrics and music) and Herbert Fields (book). ... Love For Sale is a jazz song by Cole Porter, from the 1930 musical The New Yorkers. ... After You, Who? is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1932 musical Gay Divorce, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire Ella Fitzgerald - Dream Dancing (1978) Categories: | | | | | | ... Night and Day is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1932 musical play The Gay Divorce. ... The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... For other uses, see Anything Goes (disambiguation). ... All Through the Night is a 1937 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1937 musical Anything Goes. ... Anything Goes is a song by American hard rock band Guns N Roses. ... I Get a Kick Out of You is a song by Cole Porter, originally featured in Anything Goes (1934). ... Youre the Top is a Cole Porter song from the 1934 musical Anything Goes. ... Dont Fence Me In is a song written by Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher [1] in 1944. ... Jubilee is a theatre musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Moss Hart. ... Begin the Beguine is a song written by Cole Porter and introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee (1934). ... Just One of Those Things is a popular song, written by Cole Porter in 1935 for the musical High Society. ... Red, Hot and Blue is a 1936 musical by Cole Porter originally starring Ethel Merman, Jimmy Durante, and Bob Hope. ... Its De-Lovely is one of Cole Porters hit songs. ... Eleanor Powell, dances in the Swingin the Jinx finale of Born to Dance. ... Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor) is a song written by Cole Porter, for his 1936 musical Red, Hot and Blue, where it was introduced by Ethel Merman. ... Youd Be So Easy to Love is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1936 film Born to Dance, where it was introduced by Eleanor Powell and James Stewart, Frances Langford. ... Ive Got You Under My Skin is a song written by Cole Porter. ... Rosalie is an American musical play first produced in 1928. ... In The Still of The Night is a song written by F. Parris. ... At Long Last Love is an American motion picture musical that was released in 1975 and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich. ... Leave It to Me! is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... My Heart Belongs to Daddy is a song written by Cole Porter in 1938. ... Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell dance to Begin the Beguine in Broadway Melody of 1940. ... I Concentrate on You is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1940 film Broadway Melody of 1940, where it was introduced by Douglas McPhail [1]. Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956), Ella Loves Cole (1972) Frank Sinatra - Songs by Sinatra (1950), Sinatras Swingin... Ive Got My Eyes on You (1939 song) is a popular song by Cole Porter, published in 1939. ... Begin the Beguine is a song written by Cole Porter and introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee (1934). ... MGM Musical version of DuBarry was a Lady DuBarry Was a Lady was a 1939 musical with songs by Cole Porter. ... Do I Love You? is a 1939 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical DuBarry Was a Lady, where it was introduced by Ronald Graham and Ethel Merman. ... Well, Did You Evah! is a song written by Cole Porter for his 1939 musical Du Barry Was a Lady, where it was introduced by Betty Grable and Charles Walters [1]. It was also performed in the 1956 film High Society by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra [2]. Bing Crosby... Categories: | ... Panama Hattie is a theater musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva. ... Dream Dancing is a 1978 (see 1978 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. ... So Near and Yet So Far is a song written by Cole Porter, for the 1941 film Youll Never Get Rich, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. ... Everything I Love is the sixth studio album by country music singer Alan Jackson. ... Something for the Boys was a 1943 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields. ... Youd Be So Nice to Come Home To is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for the 1943 film Something to Shout About, where it was introduced by Janet Blair and Don Ameche. ... Mexican Hayride is a 1948 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. ... I Love You was a popular song, written in 1939 by Cole Porter and popularized by Bing Crosby in 1944. ... Every Time We Say Goodbye (disambiguation) // Albums “Every Time You Say Goodbye” (1992): Allison Krauss & Union Station (Rounder Records) Songs Evry Time We Say Goodbye, Cole Porter jazz song “Every Time You Say Goodbye”, Allison Krauss song, on 1992 album of the same name “Every Time You Say Goodbye... The Pirate is a slang term for a supposed sex move performed during oral sex. ... Be a Clown is a song written in by Cole Porter for the 1948 movie The Pirate. ... Kiss Me, Kate is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Samuel and Bella Spewack and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... So In Love is a popular song, popularized by Patti Page in 1949. ... Too Darn Hot is one of the best known songs from Cole Porters 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate. ... Cole Porters Out of This World debuted on Broadway in 1950. ... From This Moment On is a 1951 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Out of This World, where it was dropped, but included in the 1953 film adaptation of Kiss Me, Kate. ... Can-Can is a 1953 musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, with a book by Abe Burrows. ... I Am in Love is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Peter Cookson. ... I Love Paris is a popular song. ... Cest Magnifique (Its Magnificent) is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical Can-Can, where it was introduced by Lilo and Peter Cookson. ... Silk Stockings was a 1954 musical composed by Cole Porter, based upon Ninotchka. ... All Of You is a popular song. ... High Society is a 1956 musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in VistaVision with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Mind if I Make Love to You? is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1956 film High Society, where it was sung by Frank Sinatra to Grace Kelly [1]. Frank Sinatra - High Society (1956) Categories: | | | | ... True Love is a popular song. ... Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1956 film High Society, where it was introduced by Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm [1]. Whilst looking at expensive wedding presents, the singers decide that they dont want to be millionaires. ... Youre Sensational is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1956 film High Society, where it was introduced by Frank Sinatra [1]. Frank Sinatra - High Society (1956) Categories: | | | | ... Les Girls, also known as Cole Porters Les Girls, is a 1957 comedy film musical made by MGM. It was directed by George Cukor, produced by Sol C. Siegel with Saul Chaplin as associate producer from a screenplay by John Patrick based on a story by Vera Caspary with... Ca, Cest Lamour is a popular song by Cole Porter, published in 1957. ...

References

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Further reading

• JX Bell, Cole Porter Biography (retrieved February 16, 2005).
• Derbyshire, John (NRO columnist), "Oh, the Songs!" (indepth review of film De-Lovely), 2004-07-28, National Review Online (nationalreview.com), webpage: NationalReview-CP: explains Cole Porter's marriage.
• Stefan Kanfer, (Winter 2003) The Voodoo That He Did So Well City Journal.
• McBrien, William (1998). Cole Porter: A Biography. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-72792-2.
• Powell, Don: Music Producer, Playwright.
• Rimler, Walter: A Cole Porter Discography, N. Charles Sylvan Company, 1995, ISBN 1-886385-25-4.
• Schwartz, Charles: Cole Porter: A Biography (Hardcover and a Da Capo Paperback), May 1, 1979, ISBN 0-306-80097-7.

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External links

• Cole Porter at the Internet Movie Database
• Cole Porter Birthplace & Museum
• Gay Greats - Cole Porter