Cole Porter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cole Porter

American composer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1891

Place of Birth: Peru, Indiana, United States

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1964

Profession: composer, playwright, pianist, musician, songwriter, lyricist, film score composer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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About 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 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 '30s, 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).

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