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Cole Porter
Cole Porter © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Born: Jun 9, 1891 in Peru, IN
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Died: Oct 15, 1964 in Santa Monica, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Vocal Jazz, Soundtracks, Vocal, Musicals, Nostalgia, Traditional Pop
Biography: Many arguments could be generated over whether Cole Porter or Irving Berlin should be considered America's greatest tunesmith. Both wrote music and lyrics; it's clearly a pick 'em situation. Porter had violin and piano lessons as a child, pursued undergraduate studies at Yale (where he penned fight songs ...Read full biography
Cole Porter: An All-Star Tribute
Released: 2004
Label: Video Artist International
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This album, the audio complement to a video of the same name, presents an episode of the television series The Bell Telephone Hour broadcast on January 28, 1964, in tribute to Cole Porter. Porter, who ...Read full review
Anything Goes: Music Theatre Hour
Released: 2004
Label: Jay
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In 1987, Cole Porter's 1934 Broadway musical Anything Goes was revamped for a Broadway revival, the changes including a re-jiggered song list that dumped some lesser numbers and interpolated better-known ...Read full review
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