Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter.

Well-known songs

Shows listed are stage musicals unless otherwise noted. (Where the show was done both as a film and on stage, the year refers to the stage version.)

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• (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'
• (1932) Gay Divorcee (film) -- 'After You, Who', 'Night And Day'
• (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', 'Easy To Love (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'
• (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'
• (1939) Dubarry Was A Lady -- 'Do I Love You', 'Well, Did You Evah!', 'Friendship'
• (1941) Let's Face It -- 'Ev'rything 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 -- 'Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye'
• (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'
• (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: http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/cole/Songs.html.

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