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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 Hollywood films .
Jun 5, 2024 · Cole Porter (born June 9, 1891, Peru, Indiana, U.S.—died October 15, 1964, Santa Monica, California) was an American composer and lyricist who brought a worldly élan to the American musical and who embodied in his life the sophistication of his songs.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Cole Porter? A talented composer and songwriter, Cole Porter handled both music and lyrics with ease, and conquered Broadway and Hollywood with his witty songs.
Oct 15, 2000 · The ghost that hovers over “Confidentially, Cole” is the Porter who picked up sailors on the docks, who dressed up his tricks as delivery men, and who wrote desperate and passionate...
Jan 13, 2020 · The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter. Almost inhumanly prolific, the songwriter produced a new kind of American lyric—and language. By Adam Gopnik. January 13, 2020. The artist’s genial...
Cole Porter. Music Department: At Long Last Love. Cole Porter was born June 9, 1891, at Peru, Indiana, the son of pharmacist Samuel Fenwick Porter and Kate Cole. Cole was raised on a 750-acre fruit ranch.
Cole Porter was born June 9, 1891, at Peru, Indiana, the son of pharmacist Samuel Fenwick Porter and Kate Cole. Cole was raised on a 750-acre fruit ranch. Kate Cole married Samuel Porter in 1884 and had two children, Louis and Rachel, who both died in infancy.
Aug 7, 2020 · The Cole Porter Story - American Masters - PBS - 1990. Part of the American Masters series, this program reviews the extraordinary life and times of Cole Porter, produced for PBS.
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.
Jun 9, 2016 · The only top-ranking Broadway composer besides Irving Berlin who writes his own lyrics, he usually begins with a song title to fit the plot situation, then finds his melody, and...
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