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  1. Cole Porter. Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. He wrote musical comedies like Kiss Me, Kate, Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady and Anything Goes.

  2. Jun 9, 2015 · When Cole Porter died of kidney failure at age 73 on Oct. 15, 1964, only his closest friends knew the extent of the physical and mental anguish he had endured for 27 years.

    • Dr. Howard Markel
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  4. Cole Porter died on October 15, 1964 in Santa Monica, California after kidney surgery. Cole Porter produced a rich and fascinating body of work, characterized by wit and sophistication, with an underlying strain of restless melancholy and loneliness.

    • Experience on Broadway
    • Europe and Marriage
    • Middle Years
    • Later Years

    In 1915, his first song on Broadway, "Esmeralda," appeared in the revue Hands Up. However, the quick success was immediately followed by failure; his first Broadway production, in 1916, America First produced by Elizabeth Marbury, was a flop, closing after two weeks. He soon started to feel the crunch of rejection, as other revues he wrote for were...

    Porter was working as a songwriter when the U.S. entered World War Iin 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. He did not register for the draft, yet loved to tell the press that he had joined the French Foreign Legion. In r...

    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 ou...

    In 1940 Linda bought "Buxton Hill" a 350-acre country estate in Massachusettswith a glorious view of the Berkshires, which they used throughout the year, inviting friends, when not staying at their suite at the Waldorf Hotel in New York. The main house was filled with Linda's treasures shipped from France and she converted a small guest house for h...

  5. Cole Porter Biography written by JX Bell. Cole Porter's name derives from the surnames of his parents, Kate Cole and Sam Porter. Kate's father, James Omar (known as J. O.), was an influential man both in the community and in Cole's early life. J.O. started from humble beginnings as son of a shoemaker, but his business savvy and strong work ...

  6. Apr 7, 2017 · Cole Porter, one of the most urbane members of the great American songbook writers, was born and spent the first 10 years of his life in the American Midwest, in this Victorian home in Peru...

  7. Cole Porter remains one of America's all-time greatest composers and songwriters – one of the few who wrote both the lyrics and the music. His hits include the musical comedies The Gay Divorce (1932), Anything Goes (1934), Panama Hattie (1939), Kiss Me, Kate (1948) and Can-Can (1952); and featured songs like "Night and Day", "I Get a Kick out ...

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