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Portrait of Cole Porter

Composer

Cole Porter

1964–1891

488 works in the index

Born
1964
Died
1891

Biography

Cole Porter was born into wealth. His mother’s father, James Omar Cole, was a wildly successful speculator in timber and coal, and the growing boy wanted for nothing. He took up both the violin and piano very early in life. His mother financed student orchestras in the town of Peru, Indiana in return for an expectation that they would spotlight her boy in violin solos. He hit his stride as a composer with the success of Gay Divorce, the 1932 musical that introduced the world to “After You, Who?” “Night and Day?” and “How’s Your Romance?” For the 1937 movie Rosalie he created “In the Still of the Night.” Cole Porter’s greatest late-career Broadway hit, first produced in 1948, was Kiss Me Kate. Its song list included “Another Op’ning, Another Show,” “Why Can’t You Behave?,” and “Always True to You in My Fashion.” Porter died of kidney failure in California in October 1964. His body was returned to Peru, Indiana for burial.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Vocal, Voice, Guitar, Choir
Genres represented
Jazz, Blues, Classical, Broadway, Pop
Works with composition dates
0 of 488

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 7 of 11

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Paree, What Did You Do to Me? — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
I'm Getting Myself Ready for You — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
The Lost Liberty Blues — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
Which? — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 2
Why Don't We Try Staying Home? — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
Visit Panama — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
Let's Fly Away — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
River God — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
You Can Do No Wrong — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
Dubarry Was a Lady: Vocal Selections — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
I Sing Of Love — —— VoiceBlues, Jazz 3
Bianca — —— Piano, VoiceBlues, Jazz 3
Tale Of The Oyster — —— —Blues, Jazz 1
Oh, Lady Be Good! — —— PianoBlues, Jazz 2
Swanee — —— PianoBlues, Jazz 2
Finale — —— PianoBlues, Jazz 1
A Fool There Was — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
A Picture of Me Without You — —— Piano, VocalBlues, Jazz 1
Weren't We Fools? (Written For Fanny Brice) — —— PianoBlues, Jazz 1
Fool There Was, A — —— Piano, Vocal— 0
Little Rumba Numba, A — —— Piano, Vocal— 0
Little Skipper from Heaven Above, A — —— Piano, Vocal— 0
Picture of Me Without You, A — —— Piano, Vocal— 0
Me and Marie — —— Piano, Guitar, Vocal— 0
Mister Cellophane — —— Piano— 1
Thank You So Much, Mrs Lowsborough-Goodby — —— Piano, Guitar, Voice— 1
Friends on Broadway — —— ChoirBroadway 1
Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love) — —— —— 0
Always True To You In My Fashion — —— —— 0
Down In The Depths (On The Ninetieth Floor) — —— —— —
Overture - Kiss Me, Kate — —— Piano, VoiceBlues, Jazz 1
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? — —— —— —
Goodbye Little Dream Goodbye (Fr."Red Hot And — —— —Blues, Jazz —
Friendship Great Themes — —— —— —
Miss Otis Regretsshe's Unable To Have Lunch Today — —— —— —
Do I Love You — —— —— —
I Love You Truly — —— —— —
I Love You, Samantha — —— Piano, Guitar, Voice, Vocal— 0
I'm In Love With A Soldier Boy — —— —— —
Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today) — —— —— —
Wade In De Water — —— PianoBlues, Jazz —
It's Alright With Me — —— —— —
Night & Day — —— —— —
Every Time We Say Goodbye — —— —— —
Let's Misbehave Additional credits Cole Porter — —— Organ, Guitar, VoiceBlues, Jazz —
You've Got That Thing Additional credits Cole Porter — —— Organ, Guitar, VoiceBlues, Jazz —
Mister And Missus Fitch Additional credits Cole Porter — —— Organ, Guitar, VoiceBlues, Jazz —
Take Me Back To Manhattan Additional credits Cole Porter — —— Organ, Guitar, VoiceBlues, Jazz —