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 76-100 of 325 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-013355 | 10-in. | 9/8/1937 | Who knows? | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-013806 | 10-in. | 9/15/1937 | In the still of the night | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-013810 | 10-in. | 9/15/1937 | Who knows? | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-014670 | 10-in. | 10/13/1937 | Close | Leo Reisman Orchestra ; Lee Sullivan | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-014671 | 10-in. | 10/13/1937 | Rosalie | Leo Reisman Orchestra ; Lee Sullivan | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-015831 | 10-in. | 11/4/1937 | Rosalie | Art Kassel ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra ; Billy Leach | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-024079 | 10-in. | 7/24/1938 | Begin the beguine | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-024425 | 10-in. | 8/1/1938 | You never know | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-024427 | 10-in. | 8/1/1938 | At long last love | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-024451 | 10-in. | 8/4/1938 | From Alpha to Omega | Joseph Rines Hotel St. Regis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-024454 | 10-in. | 8/4/1938 | For no rhyme or reason | Joseph Rines Hotel St. Regis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-027000 | 10-in. | 9/7/1938 | At long last love | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-027232 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | What is this thing called love? | Artie Shaw Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-027919 | 10-in. | 10/14/1938 | Get out of town | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-027920 | 10-in. | 10/14/1938 | From now on | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-028198 | 10-in. | 11/3/1938 | Night and day | Van Alexander Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-028339 | 10-in. | 10/28/1938 | From now on | Les Brown Orchestra ; Miriam Shaw | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-028342 | 10-in. | 10/28/1938 | Get out of town | Les Brown Orchestra ; Miriam Shaw | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-028947 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | My heart belongs to Daddy | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-028948 | 10-in. | 11/11/1938 | Most gentlemen don't like love | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-030382 | 10-in. | 12/10/1938 | Night and day | Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-030716 | 10-in. | 12/17/1938 | My heart belongs to daddy | Elisse Cooper ; Eddie De Lange Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-031493 | 10-in. | 1/17/1939 | Rosalie | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | MBS-032312 | 10-in. | before November 1939 | Empieza el beguine | Conjunto Dupont | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | BS-032875 | 10-in. | 4/17/1939 | Empieza el beguine | Marimba Pan-Americana | Marimba band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Porter, Cole," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102688.
Porter, Cole. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102688.
"Porter, Cole." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017862
Wikidata: Cole Porter - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q215120
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Getty ULAN: Porter, Cole - http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500444831
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