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Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film.

Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, Porter defied his grandfather's wishes for him to practice law and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs.

After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and 1930s, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, Kiss Me, Kate. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical.

Porter's other musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes, Can-Can and Silk Stockings. His numerous hit songs include "Night and Day", "Begin the Beguine", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "Well, Did You Evah!", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "You're the Top". He also composed scores for films from the 1930s to the 1950s, including Born to Dance (1936), which featured the song "You'd Be So Easy to Love"; Rosalie (1937), which featured "In the Still of the Night"; High Society (1956), which included "True Love"; and Les Girls (1957).

Birth and Death Data: Born 1891 (Peru), Died October 15, 1964 (Santa Monica)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1956

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, vocalist, piano, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 151-175 of 316 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-068067 10-in. 11/3/1941 Everything I love Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal choir composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068090 10-in. 11/11/1941 Ev'rything I love Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068116 10-in. 10/24/1941 What is this thing called love Sidney Bechet ; New Orleans Feetwarmers Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BS-068141 10-in. 10/31/1941 Begin the beguine Arturo and his Cubano Rhythm Jazz/dance quintet composer  
Victor BS-068199 10-in. 11/13/1941 You do something to me Emile Coté ; Margaret Daum ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with female vocal solo and piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068302 10-in. 11/13/1941 Rosalie Emile Coté ; Walter Preston ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus and male vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068303 10-in. 11/13/1941 Blow, Gabriel, blow Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068304 10-in. 11/13/1941 In the still of the night Emile Coté ; Margaret Daum ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus and female vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068305 10-in. 11/13/1941 I've got you under my skin Emile Coté ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068307 10-in. 11/13/1941 Begin the beguine Emile Coté ; Frank Parker ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068309 10-in. 11/13/1941 Night and day Emile Coté ; Frank Parker ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus and male vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068382 10-in. 12/3/1941 What is this thing called love? Emile Coté ; Walter Preston ; Victor Mixed Chorus Mixed vocal chorus, with male vocal solo and piano composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068441 10-in. 11/28/1941 Begin the beguine Tommy Ryan ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068632 10-in. 12/13/1941 Ev'rything I love Dinah Shore Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068641 10-in. 12/15/1941 Everything I love Tito Guizar Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-068816 10-in. 12/29/1941 Muchacha linda Tito Guizar Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor BS-068951 10-in. 1/16/1942 Farming The Carrolleers ; Irv Carroll Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal ensemble composer, lyricist  
Victor PBS-072045 10-in. 1/19/1942 Night and day Frank Sinatra ; Axel Stordahl Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-075569 10-in. 7/22/1942 It might have been The Four Lyttle Sisters ; Hal McIntyre Orchestra ; Jerry Stuart Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and female vocal quartet composer, lyricist  
Victor BS-075573 10-in. 7/22/1942 You'd be so nice to come home to Hal McIntyre Orchestra ; Jerry Stuart Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Victor MBS-092559 10-in. before 1/2/1951 Begin the beguine Los Tres Diamantes Male vocal and instrumental trio composer, lyricist  
Victor MBS-093263 10-in. 1/9/1952 Noche y día Los Tres Diamantes Male vocal and instrumental trio composer  
Victor D4AB-0433 10-in. 11/21/1944 Don't fence me in Ruth Gaylor ; Hal McIntyre Orchestra ; Al Nobel Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet composer, lyricist  
Victor D5XB-1002 10-in. 1/2/1945 No digas no Tito Guizar Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor D5VB-1056 10-in. 6/7/1945 Easy to love Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
(Results 151-175 of 316 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Porter, Cole," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102688.

Porter, Cole. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102688.

"Porter, Cole." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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