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 Hollywood films.
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, was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote both music and lyrics.
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. 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", "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", and "You're the Top". He also composed scores for films from the 1930s through the 1950s, including Born to Dance (1936), which features "You'd Be So Easy to Love"; Rosalie (1937), which features "In the Still of the Night"; High Society (1956), which features "True Love"; and Les Girls (1957), which features "Ça, C'est L'amour".
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Películas (51)
Kiss Me, Kate
2024 · Songs, Original Music Composer
Anything Goes
2021 · Musical, Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
2021 · Songs, Lyricist, Music
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Kiss Me Kate: BBC Proms
2014 · Sound
Kiss Me, Kate
2011 · Music
Public Speaking
2011 · Self (archive footage)
De-Lovely
2004 · Musical Performer - "You're The Top", Songs, Lyricist
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Ça c'est l'amour
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Kiss Me, Kate
2003 · Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine
2003
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1999 · Music
Can-Can / Nightless Castle in Manhattan
1996 · Original Music Composer
Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993 · Music
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Evil Under the Sun
1982 · Music
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Thanks
At Long Last Love
1975 · Songs, Lyricist
Kiss Me, Kate
1964 · Original Music Composer
Let's Make Love
1960 · Songs
Can-Can
1960 · Lyricist, Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
Kiss Me, Kate
1958 · Lyricist, Songs, Music
Aladdin
1958 · Songs, Lyricist, Music Director
Les Girls
1957 · Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Silk Stockings
1957 · Lyricist, Original Music Composer
High Society
1956 · Original Music Composer, Lyricist
Anything Goes
1956 · Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Paris in the Springtime
1956 · Songs, Lyricist
Anything Goes
1954 · Lyricist, Songs
Kiss Me Kate
1953 · Songs, Music, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
The Pirate
1948 · Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Night and Day
1946 · Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · Songs, Lyricist
Something for the Boys
1944 · Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
Let's Face It
1943 · Songs, Lyricist
All Star Melody Masters
1943 · Songs, Lyricist
Something to Shout About
1943 · Songs, Lyricist
Panama Hattie
1942 · Songs, Lyricist
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Songs, Lyricist, Music, Original Music Composer
Broadway Melody of 1940
1940 · Songs, Lyricist
Rosalie
1937 · Original Music Composer, Songs, Lyricist
Born to Dance
1936 · Songs, Lyricist, Music, Original Music Composer
¡Joropo!
1936 · Music
Anything Goes
1936 · Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
The Gay Divorcee
1934 · Lyricist, Music
Paree, Paree
1934 · Songs, Lyricist, Music
50 Million Frenchmen
1931 · Music, Musical
The Battle of Paris
1929 · Songs, Lyricist
Paris
1929 · Theatre Play
