Cole Porter  (1891-1964)
Last updated: 26.08.24
Websites:
url15.gif Cole Wide Web Brief biography by JX Bell.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Cole Porter List of 323 historic recordings from 1916 to 1955.
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Old Fashioned Garden (1920) Helen Clark Edison Blue Amberol: 3972
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordMP3.gif Miss Otis Regrets - She's Unable to Lunch Today (1941) C. Porter King Sisters Victor: BS-060608
     Title Author Supplier
       
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book15.gif  Cole Porter - A Musical Anthology Michael Lefferts flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
book15.gif  The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter Cole Porter flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
book15.gif  The Great Songs of Cole Porter Cole Porter flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
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Folk Music CDs:
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Ragtime Music CDs:
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cd15.gif James Price Johnson King of Stride Piano 1918-1944 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson Snowy Morning Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Palm Court Theatre Orchestra Down Peacock Alley CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Budapest Ragtime Band Trubadur flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif All Through the Night (1922) C. Porter (music) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Another Sentimental Song (1919) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Bandit Band (1922) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Bring Me Back My Butterfly (1919) C. Porter (music) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Buy Her a Box at the Opera (1916) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice IMSLP wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Ever and Ever Yours (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Harbor Deep Down in My Heart (1922) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  ⇑I Introduced (1919) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif I've a Shooting-Box in Scotland (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif I've Got an Awful Lot to Learn (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif I've Got Somebody Waiting (1919) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif Language of Flowers (1916), The C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Lima (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Love Letter Words (1922) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif My Cozy Little Corner in the Ritz (1919) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif  ⇑Oh, Bright, Fair Dream! (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
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pdf15.gif		 Old Fashioned Garden (1919) C. Porter (w&m)

 Piano, Voice Greer
Greer
Indiana		 Pub.
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pdf15.gif		 Peter Piper (1919) C. Porter (w&m)
 Piano, Voice IMSLP
Indiana		 Pub.
pdf15.gif Pity Me, Please! (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Prithee, Come Crusading With Me (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif See America First (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Slow Sinks the Sun (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif Something's Got to be Done (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif  ⇑That Black and White Baby of Mine (1919) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif True Love (1955) C. Porter (w&m) SATB voices Michael Bednarek wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Two Big Eyes (1915) C. Porter (music)
John Golden (words)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif When I Had a Uniform On (1919) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
pdf15.gif When I Used to Lead the Ballet (1916) C. Porter (music)
T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
E. Janis (perf.)		 Piano, Voice IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif When My Caravan Comes Home (1922) C. Porter (w&m) Piano, Voice Indiana Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 191 works by Cole Porter (1891-1964). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Two Big Eyes 1915 John Golden (words)  wvicon.gif
Buy Her a Box at the Opera (w&m) 1916 from "See America First"  wvicon.gif
Ever and Ever Yours 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
I've a Shooting-Box in Scotland 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
I've Got an Awful Lot to Learn 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
Language of Flowers, The 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
Lima 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
Oh, Bright, Fair Dream! 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
Pity Me, Please! 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
Prithee, Come Crusading With Me 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
See America First 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
⇑ Slow Sinks the Sun 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
Something's Got to be Done 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
When I Used to Lead the Ballet 1916 T. Lawrason Riggs (words)
Elsie Janis (perf.)
from "See America First"		  Pub.
Another Sentimental Song (w&m) 1919  Pub.
Bring Me Back My Butterfly 1919 Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)  Pub.
I Introduced (w&m) 1919  Pub.
I've Got Somebody Waiting (w&m) 1919  Pub.
My Cozy Little Corner in the Ritz (w&m) 1919  Pub.
Old Fashioned Garden (w&m) 1919 Helen Clark (perf.)
Cary Grant (perf.)
Raymond Hitchcock (perf.)
Alexis Smith (perf.) 		 Pub.
Peter Piper (w&m) 1919  Pub.
That Black and White Baby of Mine (w&m) 1919  Pub.
When I Had a Uniform On (w&m) 1919  Pub.
⇑ All Through the Night 1922 William Gaxton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Bandit Band (w&m) 1922  Pub.
Harbor Deep Down in My Heart (w&m) 1922  Pub.
Love Letter Words (w&m) 1922  Pub.
When My Caravan Comes Home (w&m) 1922  Pub.
Brittany (w&m) 1924  Pub.
Make Ev'ry Day a Holiday (w&m) 1924  Pub.
My Long Ago Girl (w&m) 1924  Pub.
Wait For the Moon (w&m) 1924  Pub.
I'm in Love Again (w&m) 1925 Morton Downey (perf.)
Henri Rene (perf.)
April Stevens (perf.) 		 Pub.
Hot-House Rose (w&m) 1927  Pub.
Laziest Gal in Town, The (w&m) 1927  Pub.
⇑ Let's Misbehave (w&m) 1927 Irène Bordoni (perf.)  Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Weren't We Fools? (w&m) 1927  wvicon.gif
Don't Look at Me That Way! (w&m) 1928 Irène Bordoni (perf.)  Pub.
Heaven Hop, The (w&m) 1928 Irène Bordoni (perf.)  Pub.
How Could We Be Wrong? (w&m) 1928  Pub.
Let's Do It (w&m) 1928  Pub.
Quelque-Chose (w&m) 1928 Irène Bordoni (perf.)  Pub.
Two Little Babes in the Wood (w&m) 1928 Irène Bordoni (perf.)  Pub.
Vivienne (w&m) 1928 Irène Bordoni (perf.)  Pub.
Which? (w&m) 1928 Irène Bordoni (perf.)  Pub.
Fifty Million Frenchmen (w&m) 1929  Pub.
Find Me a Primitive Man (w&m) 1929  Pub.
⇑ Gigolo 1929 Jack Buchanan (perf.)  Pub.
Happy Heaven of Harlem (w&m) 1929  Pub.
Here Comes the Band Wagon (w&m) 1929 Gertrude Lawrence (perf.)  Pub.
I Worship You (w&m) 1929  Pub.
I'm in Love (w&m) 1929  Pub.
I'm Unlucky at Gambling (w&m) 1929  Pub.
Looking at You 1929 Jack Buchanan (perf.)  Pub.
Paree What Did You Do to Me? (w&m) 1929  Pub.
Please Don't Make Me Be Good (w&m) 1929  Pub.
Queen of Terre Haute (w&m) 1929  Pub.
They All Fall in Love (w&m) 1929 Gertrude Lawrence (perf.)  Pub.
What Is This Thing Called Love? 1929  Pub.
⇑ You Do Something to Me (w&m) 1929 Cary Grant (perf.)
Alexis Smith (perf.) 		 Pub.
You Don't Know Paree (w&m) 1929  Pub.
You've Got That Thing 1929  Pub.
Great Indoors (w&m) 1930  Pub.
I'm Getting Myself Ready For You (w&m) 1930  Pub.
Let's Fly Away (w&m) 1930  Pub.
Let's Step Out (w&m) 1930  Pub.
Love For Sale 1930  Pub.
Take Me Back to Manhattan (w&m) 1930  Pub.
Where Have You Been? 1930  Pub.
I Happen to Like New York (w&m) 1931  Pub.
New Yorkers, The 1931  Pub.
⇑ After You 1932 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Luella Gear (perf.)
Claire Luce (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
How's Your Romance? 1932 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Luella Gear (perf.)
Claire Luce (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
I've Got You on My Mind 1932 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Luella Gear (perf.)
Claire Luce (perf.) 		 Pub.
Night and Day 1932 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Luella Gear (perf.)
Cary Grant (perf.)
Howard Lindsay (perf.)
Claire Luce (perf.)
Ginger Rogers (perf.)
Frank Sinatra (perf.)
Alexis Smith (perf.)
Tom Weatherly (perf.)
Dwight Deere Wiman (perf.) 		 Pub.  cylinder15.gif
You're in Love 1932 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Luella Gear (perf.)
Claire Luce (perf.) 		 Pub.
Experiment (w&m) 1933  wvicon.gif
It's Bad For Me (w&m) 1933  Pub.
Physician - But He Never Said He Loved Me (w&m) 1933  Pub.
Solomon (w&m) 1933  Pub.
Anything Goes 1934 William Gaxton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.) 		 Pub.
Blow, Gabriel, Blow (w&m) 1934  Pub.
Buddie Beware (w&m) 1934  Pub.
⇑ Gypsy in Me 1934 William Gaxton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.) 		 Pub.
I Get a Kick Out of You 1934 William Gaxton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.) 		 Pub.
Miss Otis Regrets - She's Unable to Lunch Today (w&m) 1934 King Sisters (perf.)  Pub.  recordMP3.gif
Thank You So Much : Missus Lowsborough-Goodby (w&m) 1934  Pub.
You're the Top 1934 William Gaxton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.) 		 Pub.
You're Too Far Away (w&m) 1934  Pub.
Begin the Beguine (w&m) 1935 Cary Grand (perf.)
Artie Shaw (perf.)
Alexis Smith (perf.) 		 Pub.
Just One of Those Things 1935 Mary Boland (perf.)  Pub.
Kling-Kling Bird (w&m) 1935  Pub.
Me and Marie (w&m) 1935  Pub.
Picture of Me Without You, A 1935 Mary Boland (perf.)
Max Gordon (perf.)
Sam Harris (perf.) 		 Pub.
When Love Comes Your Way 1935 Mary Boland (perf.)  Pub.
⇑ Why Shouldn't I? 1935 Mary Boland (perf.)  Pub.
Born to Dance (w&m) 1936  wvicon.gif
Down in the Depths 1936 Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Bob Hope (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Easy to Love 1936 Eleanor Powell (perf.)  Pub.
Good-Bye, Little Dream, Good-Bye (w&m) 1936 Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Bob Hope (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
I've Got You Under My Skin (w&m) 1936 Eleanor Powell (perf.)  Pub.
It's De-Lovely 1936 Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Bob Hope (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Ours 1936 Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Bob Hope (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Rap Tap on Wood 1936 Eleanor Powell (perf.)  Pub.
Red, Hot and Blue 1936 Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Bob Hope (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Ridin' High 1936 Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Bob Hope (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Swingin' the Jinx Away 1936 Eleanor Powell (perf.)  Pub.
⇑ You've Got Something 1936 Jimmie Durante (perf.)
Bob Hope (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart 1937
In the Still of the Night (w&m) 1937 Nelson Eddy (perf.)
Eleanor Powell (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Rosalie (w&m) 1937 Nelson Eddy (perf.)
Eleanor Powell (perf.) 		 Pub.
Who Knows? 1937
At Long Last Love 1938 Libby Holman (perf.)
Rex O'Malley (perf.)
Lupe Velez (perf.)
Clifton Webb (perf.)
Toby Wing (perf.) 		 Pub.
Far Away 1938 Tamara Drasin (perf.)
William Gaxton (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.)
Sophie Tucker (perf.) 		 Pub.
For No Rhyme or Reason 1938 Libby Holman (perf.)
Rex O'Malley (perf.)
Lupe Velez (perf.)
Clifton Webb (perf.)
Toby Wing (perf.) 		 Pub.
From Alpha to Omega 1938 Libby Holman (perf.)
Rex O'Malley (perf.)
Lupe Velez (perf.)
Clifton Webb (perf.)
Toby Wing (perf.) 		 Pub.
From Now On 1938 Tamara Drasin (perf.)
William Gaxton (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.)
Sophie Tucker (perf.) 		 Pub.
Get Out of Town 1938 Tamara Drasin (perf.)
William Gaxton (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.)
Sophie Tucker (perf.) 		 Pub.
Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love 1938 Tamara Drasin (perf.)
William Gaxton (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.)
Sophie Tucker (perf.) 		 Pub.
⇑ My Heart Belongs to Daddy (w&m) 1938 Tamara Drasin (perf.)
William Gaxton (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.)
Sophie Tucker (perf.) 		 Pub.
To-Morrow 1938 Tamara Drasin (perf.)
William Gaxton (perf.)
Victor Moore (perf.)
Sophie Tucker (perf.) 		 Pub.
You Never Know 1938 Libby Holman (perf.)
Rex O'Malley (perf.)
Lupe Velez (perf.)
Clifton Webb (perf.)
Toby Wing (perf.) 		 Pub.
Between You and Me 1939
But in the Morning, No! (w&m) 1939  Pub.
Do I Love You? 1939 Bert Lahr (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Friendship 1939 Bert Lahr (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
I Concentrate on You 1939 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Eleanor Powell (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
I've Got My Eyes on You (w&m) 1939 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Eleanor Powell (perf.) 		 Pub.
It Was Written in the Stars 1939 Bert Lahr (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.) 		 Pub.
Katie Went to Haiti 1939
When Love Beckoned 1939
⇑ Come on In (w&m) 1940  Pub.
Ev'ry Day a Holiday (w&m) 1940  Pub.
Fresh As a Daisy 1940 Joan Carroll (perf.)
James Dunn (perf.)
Betty Hutton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Arthur Treacher (perf.) 		 Pub.
Give Him the Oo La La 1940 Cole Porter (words)  Pub.
Let's Be Buddies 1940 Joan Carroll (perf.)
James Dunn (perf.)
Betty Hutton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Arthur Treacher (perf.) 		 Pub.
My Mother Would Love You 1940 Joan Carroll (perf.)
James Dunn (perf.)
Betty Hutton (perf.)
Ethel Merman (perf.)
Arthur Treacher (perf.) 		 Pub.
Ace in the Hole 1941
Dream Dancing 1941 Fred Astaire (perf.)
Rita Hayworth (perf.) 		 Pub.
Ev'rything I Love 1941 Vinton Freedley (perf.)
Danny Kaye (perf.) 		 Pub.
Farming 1941 Danny Kaye (perf.)  Pub.
I Hate You Darling 1941 Danny Kaye (perf.)  Pub.
Little Rumba Numba, A 1941 Danny Kaye (perf.)  Pub.
⇑ Shootin' the Works For Uncle Sam 1941
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
You Irritate Me So 1941 Danny Kaye (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Could It Be You 1942
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (w&m) 1942 Don Ameche (perf.)
Janet Blair (perf.)
Jack Oakie (perf.) 		 Pub.
By the Mississinewah 1943
Glide, Glider, Glide (w&m) 1943  Pub.
I Love You (w&m) 1943 Bobby Clark (perf.)
Wilbur Evans (perf.)
George Givot (perf.)
June Havoc (perf.) 		 Pub.
Sailors of the Sky (w&m) 1943  Pub.
Carlotta 1944
Count Your Blessings 1944
Don't Fence Me In (w&m) 1944 Andrews Sisters (perf.)
Jack Benny (perf.)
Eddie Cantor (perf.)
Kitty Carlisle (perf.)
Jack Carson (perf.)
Dane Clark (perf.)
Joan Crawford (perf.)
Bette Davis (perf.)
Jimmy Dorsey (perf.)
John Garfield (perf.)
Robert Hutton (perf.)
Joan Leslie (perf.)
Alexis Smith (perf.)
Barbara Stanwyck (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 1944  Pub.
⇑ Only Another Boy and Girl 1944  Pub.
There Must Be Some One For Me (w&m) 1944 Bobby Clark (perf.)
Wilbur Evans (perf.)
George Givot (perf.)
June Havoc (perf.) 		 Pub.
Should I Tell You I Love You (w&m) 1946  Pub.
Always True to You in My Fashion 1948  wvicon.gif
Be a Clown 1948
Bianca 1948
I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple 1948 William Shakespeare (words)
I Hate Men 1948
So in Love (w&m) 1948 Jack Pearl (perf.)  Pub.
Why Can't You Behave? (w&m) 1948  Pub.
Wunderbar 1948  Pub.
You Can Do No Wrong 1948
⇑ Another Op'nin', Another Show 1949
Farewell, Amanda 1949 Cole Porter (words)
I've Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua 1949
Too Darn Hot 1949  Pub.
Cherry Pies Ought to Be You 1950
From This Moment On 1950
I Am Loved 1950
Nobody's Chasing Me (w&m) 1950  wvicon.gif
Use Your Imagination 1950
Where, Oh Where (w&m) 1950
You Don't Remind Me (w&m) 1950
Allez-Vous-En, Go Away 1953
⇑ C'est Magnifique 1953
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Can - Can 1953
I Love Paris (w&m) 1953 Maurice Chevalier (perf.)
Louis Jourdan (perf.)
Shirley MacLaine (perf.)
Frank Sinatra (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
It's All Right With Me (w&m) 1953 Lena Horne (perf.)  wvicon.gif
As on Through the Seasons We Sail 1954
Paris Loves Lovers (w&m) 1954  Pub.
Silk Stockings (w&m) 1954  Pub.
True Love (w&m) 1955 Bing Crosby (perf.)
Grace Kelly (perf.)
Frank Sinatra (perf.) 		 Pub.
Ca, C'est L'amour (w&m) 1956
I Love You, Samatha (w&m) 1956 Kenny Ball (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 youtube15.jpg
Well, Did You Evah (w&m) 1956  Pub.
How the Time Flies (w&m) 1958  wvicon.gif
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg C. Porter Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen 1961 I love you, Samatha (2:27) Kenny Ball