Cole Porter

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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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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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Panama Hattie lyricist Cole Porter
Panama Hattie musicBy Cole Porter
Panama Hattie lyricsBy Cole Porter
Panama Hattie notableFor Cole Porter
this entity surface form: Cole Porter score
Red, Hot and Blue composer Cole Porter
Red, Hot and Blue lyricist Cole Porter
Red, Hot and Blue musicBy Cole Porter
Red, Hot and Blue lyricsBy Cole Porter
Fifty Million Frenchmen composer Cole Porter
Fifty Million Frenchmen lyricist Cole Porter
Fifty Million Frenchmen musicBy Cole Porter
Fifty Million Frenchmen lyricsBy Cole Porter
Fifty Million Frenchmen writtenBy Cole Porter
Leave It to Me! composer Cole Porter
Leave It to Me! lyricist Cole Porter
Leave It to Me! musicBy Cole Porter
Leave It to Me! lyricsBy Cole Porter
Leave It to Me! workByAuthor Cole Porter
Out of This World composer Cole Porter
Out of This World lyricist Cole Porter
Out of This World musicBy Cole Porter
Out of This World lyricsBy Cole Porter
Out of This World workOf Cole Porter
Nymph Errant composer Cole Porter
Nymph Errant lyricist Cole Porter
Nymph Errant musicBy Cole Porter
Nymph Errant lyricsBy Cole Porter
Nymph Errant workOf Cole Porter
Night and Day composer Cole Porter
Night and Day lyricist Cole Porter
Night and Day notablePerformer Cole Porter
I Get a Kick Out of You composer Cole Porter
I Get a Kick Out of You lyricist Cole Porter
I Get a Kick Out of You writer Cole Porter
You’re the Top composer Cole Porter
You’re the Top lyricist Cole Porter
Begin the Beguine composer Cole Porter
Begin the Beguine lyricist Cole Porter
I’ve Got You Under My Skin composer Cole Porter
subject surface form: I've Got You Under My Skin
I’ve Got You Under My Skin lyricist Cole Porter
subject surface form: I've Got You Under My Skin
I’ve Got You Under My Skin notablePerformer Cole Porter
subject surface form: I've Got You Under My Skin
Just One of Those Things composer Cole Porter
Just One of Those Things lyricist Cole Porter