Cole Porter
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- June 9, 1891
- Died
- October 15, 1964 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Peru, Indiana, USA
Biography
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".
Known For
Filmography
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter
Movie · Songs, Music
Anything Goes
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Kiss Me Kate: BBC Proms
Movie · Sound
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Music
De-Lovely
Movie · Songs
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Original Music Composer
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Movie · Music
Can-Can / Nightless Castle in Manhattan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Movie · Music
Evil Under the Sun
Movie · Music
At Long Last Love
Movie · Songs
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Original Music Composer
Can-Can
Movie · Music, Songs, Original Music Composer
Let's Make Love
Movie · Songs
Aladdin
Movie · Songs, Music Director
Kiss Me, Kate
Movie · Songs, Music
Les Girls
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Silk Stockings
Movie · Original Music Composer
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · Original Music Composer · 1 ep
High Society
Movie · Original Music Composer
Anything Goes
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Paris in the Springtime
Movie · Songs
Anything Goes
Movie · Songs
Kiss Me Kate
Movie · Songs, Music, Original Music Composer
The Pirate
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Night and Day
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Something for the Boys
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Hollywood Canteen
Movie · Songs
Let's Face It
Movie · Songs
Something to Shout About
Movie · Songs
All Star Melody Masters
Movie · Songs
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Panama Hattie
Movie · Songs
You'll Never Get Rich
Movie · Songs, Music, Original Music Composer
Broadway Melody of 1940
Movie · Songs
Rosalie
Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs
Anything Goes
Movie · Songs, Original Music Composer
Born to Dance
Movie · Songs, Music, Original Music Composer
¡Joropo!
Movie · Music
Paree, Paree
Movie · Songs, Music
The Gay Divorcee
Movie · Music
50 Million Frenchmen
Movie · Music
The Battle of Paris
Movie · Songs