Cole Porter

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American composer Broadway composer composer human lyricist songwriter

Cole Porter was an influential American composer and songwriter renowned for his sophisticated, witty contributions to Broadway and Hollywood musicals in the early to mid-20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Cole Porter canonical 162
Cole Albert Porter 1
Cole Porter score 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American composer ⓘ
Broadway composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activePeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, Indiana, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath kidney failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1891-06-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-10-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
familyName Porter ⓘ
fieldOfWork film music ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
fullName Cole Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cole Albert Porter
gender male ⓘ
genre jazz standard ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
givenName Cole ⓘ
influenced American popular song ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Great American Songbook ⓘ
notableAchievement wrote music and lyrics for Kiss Me, Kate, the first musical to win the Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
notableSong Anything Goes ⓘ
Begin the Beguine ⓘ
Every Time We Say Goodbye ⓘ
I Get a Kick Out of You ⓘ
In the Still of the Night ⓘ
It’s De-Lovely ⓘ
I’ve Got You Under My Skin ⓘ
Just One of Those Things ⓘ
Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love ⓘ
My Heart Belongs to Daddy ⓘ
Night and Day ⓘ
So in Love ⓘ
Too Darn Hot ⓘ
You’re the Top ⓘ
notableWork Anything Goes ⓘ
Can-Can ⓘ
DuBarry Was a Lady ⓘ
Fifty Million Frenchmen ⓘ
The Gay Divorcee ⓘ
surface form: Gay Divorce

High Society ⓘ
Jubilee ⓘ
Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ
Leave It to Me! ⓘ
Nymph Errant ⓘ
Out of This World ⓘ
Panama Hattie ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Red, Hot and Blue ⓘ
Silk Stockings ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Peru, Indiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
sexualOrientation homosexual ⓘ
spouse Linda Lee Thomas ⓘ
style sophisticated melodies ⓘ
witty lyrics ⓘ

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High Society → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
High Society → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Fred Astaire → workedWith → Cole Porter ⓘ
Robert Russell Bennett → collaboratedWith → Cole Porter ⓘ
Cole Porter → fullName → Cole Porter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cole Albert Porter
You’re Sensational → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
subject surface form: "You’re Sensational"
You’re Sensational → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
subject surface form: "You’re Sensational"
You’re Sensational → writer → Cole Porter ⓘ
subject surface form: "You’re Sensational"
You’re Sensational → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
subject surface form: "You’re Sensational"
You’re Sensational → lyricsBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
subject surface form: "You’re Sensational"
Well, Did You Evah! → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
Well, Did You Evah! → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
Well, Did You Evah! → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Well, Did You Evah! → lyricsBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? → musicByInFilm → Cole Porter ⓘ
True Love → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
True Love → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
True Love → writer → Cole Porter ⓘ
True Love → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
True Love → lyricsBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Liz Imbrie → workMusicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
The Gay Divorcee → basedOnWorkAuthor → Cole Porter ⓘ
The Gay Divorcee → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Silk Stockings → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
Silk Stockings → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
Silk Stockings → stageMusicalMusicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Broadway Melody of 1940 → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Jubilee → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
Jubilee → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Jubilee → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
Jubilee → writtenBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book → basedOnWorkBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration) → composerOfSourceMaterial → Cole Porter ⓘ
Kiss Me, Kate (orchestration) → associatedWith → Cole Porter ⓘ
Great American Songbook → hasNotableSongwriter → Cole Porter ⓘ
Mexican Hayride → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
Mexican Hayride → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
Mexican Hayride → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Mexican Hayride → lyricsBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Mexican Hayride → creator → Cole Porter ⓘ
Warner Chappell Music → hasNotableSongwriter → Cole Porter ⓘ
Cole → hasNotableBearer → Cole Porter ⓘ
DuBarry Was a Lady → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ
DuBarry Was a Lady → lyricist → Cole Porter ⓘ
DuBarry Was a Lady → musicBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
DuBarry Was a Lady → lyricsBy → Cole Porter ⓘ
Panama Hattie → composer → Cole Porter ⓘ