A partially complete list of songs by
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...
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*Songs written at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
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:“Antoinette Birby”
:“Bingo Eli Yale”
:“Bull Dog”
*''Cora'' (1911 college musical)
*''And the Villain Still Pursued Her'' (1912 college musical)
:"We are the Chorus of the Show"
:"Strolling"
:"The Lovely Heroine"
:"I'm the Villain"
:"Twilight"
:"Llewellyn"
:"That Zip Cornwall Cooch"
:"Charity"
:"Queens of Terpsichore"
:"Leaders of Society"
:"Submarine"
:"Barcelona Maid"
:"Silver Moon"
:"Dear Doctor"
:"Anytime"
:"Come to Bohemia"
:"Dancing"
:"Fare Thee Well"
*''The Pot of Gold'' (1912 college musical)
:"At the Rainbow"
:"Bellboys"
:"Longing for Dear Old Broadway"
:"When I Used to Lead the Ballet"
:"My Houseboat on the Thames"
:"She Was a Fair Young Mermaid"
:"What's This Awful Hullabaloo"
:"What a Charming Afternoon"
:"Since We've Met"
:"Exercise"
:"We are So Aesthetic"
:"Scandal"
:"I Wonder Where My Girl Is Now"
:"My Salvation Army Queen"
:"It's Awfully Hard When Mother's Not Along"
:"I Want to Be Married (To a
Delta Kappa Epsilon
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:"Ha, Ha, They Must Sail for Siberia"
:"I Love You So"
:"Loie and Chlodo"
:"So Let Us Hail"
:"That Rainbow Rag" (cut)
:"If I Were a Football Man" (cut)
*''The Kaleidoscope'' (1913 college musical)
:"At the Dawn Tea"
:"We are Prom Girls"
:"Chaperons"
:"In the Land Where My Heart Was Born"
:"Meet Me Beside the River"
:"Beware of the Sophomore"
:"Rick-Chick-a-Chick"
:"Good-bye My True Love"
:"On My Yacht"
:"We're a Group of Nonentities"
:"Flower Maidens"
:"Absinthe"
:"The Absinthe Drip"
:"Maid of Santiago"
:"As I Love You"
:"Duodecimalogue"
:"Oh, What a Pretty Pair of Lovers"
:"A Member of the Yale Elizabethan Club"
:"Moon Man"
:"My Georgia Gal"
*''Paranoia'' (1914 college musical)
*''We’re All Dressed Up and We Don’t Know Huerto Go'' (1914 college musical)
*''
See America First
''See America First'' is a comic opera with a book by T. Lawrason Riggs and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The first work by Porter to be produced on Broadway, it was a critical and commercial flop.
Background
Porter and Riggs, classmates at ...
'' (1916 stage musical)
*''
Hitchy-Koo of 1919'' (1919 stage musical)
:“I Introduced”
:"Old-Fashioned Garden"
*''Hitchy-Koo of 1922'' (1922 stage musical)
*''Greenwich Village Follies'' (1924 stage musical)
:"I'm In Love Again"
*''La Revue Des Ambassadeurs'' (1928 stage musical)
:"Pilot Me"
*''
Paris
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'' (1928 stage musical)
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Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love
"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" is a popular song written in 1928 by Cole Porter. It was introduced in Porter's first Broadway theater, Broadway success, the musical ''Paris (1928 musical), Paris'' (1928) by French chanteuse Irène Bordoni, for ...
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Let's Misbehave" (written for ''Paris'', but cut and then recorded separately)
:"Which?"
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Wake Up and Dream'' (1929 stage musical)
:”I Loved Him, But He Didn’t Love Me”
:”I’m a Gigolo”
:"
What Is This Thing Called Love?"
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Fifty Million Frenchmen'' (1929 stage musical)
:”Find Me a Primitive Man”
:”The Tale of the Oyster”
:"Why Don't We Try Staying Home?"
:"
You Do Something to Me"
:"You've Got That Thing"
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The New Yorkers'' (1930 stage musical)
:”
I Happen to Like New York”
:"Let's Fly Away"
:"
Love for Sale"
:"Take Me Back to Manhattan"
:"Where Have You Been"
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Gay Divorce'' (1932 stage musical)
:”
After You, Who?”
:"How's Your Romance?"
:"I've Got You On My Mind"
:"
Night and Day"
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Nymph Errant'' (1933 stage musical)
:"How Could We Be Wrong?"
:"The Physician"
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Anything Goes'' (1934 stage musical)
:"
All Through the Night"
:"
Anything Goes"
:"Be Like the Bluebird"
:"Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
:"Buddie Beware"
:"
I Get a Kick out of You"
:"Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby" (written for the musical but not used in production)
:"
You're the Top"
*''
Jubilee
A jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew Bible (see, "Old Testament"), initially concerning ...
'' (1935 stage musical)
:"
Begin the Beguine"
:"
Just One of Those Things"
:”A Picture of Me Without You”
:"Why Shouldn't I?"
*''
Born to Dance
''Born to Dance'' is a 1936 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Eleanor Powell, James Stewart and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter.
Plot
Wh ...
'' (1936 film)
:”Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye”
:"
I've Got You Under My Skin"
:"Rap, Tap On Wood"
:”Swingin’ the Jinx Away”
:"
Easy to Love"
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Red, Hot and Blue'' (1936 stage musical)
:"
Down In The Depths"
:"
It's De-Lovely
"It's De-Lovely" is one of Cole Porter's hit songs, originally appearing in his 1936 musical, ''Red Hot and Blue''. It was introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope. The song was later used in the musical ''Anything Goes'', first appearing in the An ...
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:"Ours"
:"Ridin' High"
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Rosalie'' (1937 film)
:"
In the Still of the Night"
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You Never Know'' (1938 stage musical)
:"
At Long Last Love"
:"By Candlelight"
:"From Alpha to Omega"
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Leave It to Me!'' (1938 stage musical)
:"From Now On"
:"
Get Out of Town"
:”Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love”
:"
My Heart Belongs to Daddy"
:“Tomorrow”
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Broadway Melody of 1940'' (1939 film)
:"Between You and Me"
:"
I Concentrate on You"
:"I Happen to Be in Love"
:"
I've Got My Eyes on You"
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Du Barry Was a Lady'' (1939 stage musical)
:”But in the Morning, No”
:"
Do I Love You?"
:"Friendship"
:”
Give Him the Ooh-La-La”
:"Katie Went To Haiti"
:"
Well, Did You Evah!"
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Panama Hattie
''Panama Hattie'' is a 1940 American musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and book by Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva. The musical is about a nightclub owner, Hattie Maloney, who lives in the Panama Canal Zone and ends up dealing with ...
'' (1940 stage musical)
:”Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please”
:”I've Still Got My Health”
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You’ll Never Get Rich'' (1941 film)
:"
Dream Dancing"
:"
So Near And Yet So Far"
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Let’s Face It!'' (1941 stage musical)
:"
Ace in the Hole"
:"Ev'rything I Love"
:”Farming”
:"I Hate You, Darling"
:”Let’s Not Talk About Love”
:”Rub Your Lamp”
*''Something to Shout About'' (1943 stage musical)
:"
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
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Something for the Boys'' (1943 stage musical)
:"Could It Be You"
:”The Leader of a Big-Time Band”
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Mexican Hayride'' (1944 stage musical)
:"
I Love You"
*''Seven Lively Arts'' (1944 stage musical)
:"
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"
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Around the World'' (1946 stage musical)
*''
Kiss Me, Kate
''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off- ...
'' (1948 stage musical)
:"
Always True to You in My Fashion"
:"
Another Op'nin', Another Show"
:"Bianca"
:"
Brush Up Your Shakespeare"
:"
From This Moment On"
:"I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple"
:"I Hate Men"
:"I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthy in Padua"
:"
So in Love"
:"
Tom, Dick or Harry"
:"
Too Darn Hot"
:"We Open In Venice"
:"
Were Thine That Special Face"
:"Where is the Life That Late I Led?"
:"
Why Can't You Behave?"
:"
Wunderbar"
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The Pirate'' (1948 film)
:"
Be a Clown"
:"Love of My Life"
:"Mack the Black"
:"Niña"
:"You Can Do No Wrong"
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Out of This World'' (1950 stage musical)
:"Cherry Pies Ought To Be You"
:"
From This Moment On"
:"I Am Loved"
:"Where, Oh Where?"
:"You Don't Remind Me"
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Can-Can
The can-can (also spelled cancan as in the original French /kɑ̃kɑ̃/) is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. Originally dance ...
'' (1953 stage musical)
:"
Allez-Vous-En"
:"
Can-Can
The can-can (also spelled cancan as in the original French /kɑ̃kɑ̃/) is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. Originally dance ...
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C'est Magnifique"
:"
Come Along with Me"
:"
I Am in Love"
:"
I Love Paris"
:"
It's All Right with Me
"It's All Right with Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical '' Can-Can'', where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.
The song is also used in the Cole Porter musical ''High S ...
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:"Live and Let Live"
:"Montmart"
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Silk Stockings
''Silk Stockings'' is a musical with a book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, and Abe Burrows and music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The musical is loosely based on the Melchior Lengyel story ''Ninotchka'' and the 1939 film adaptation it ...
'' (1955 stage musical, 1957 film)
:"
All of You"
:"As On Through the Seasons We Sail"
:"Fated To Be Mated"
:"Paris Loves Lovers"
:"Satin and Silk"
:"Siberia"
:"Silk Stockings"
:"Stereophonic Sound"
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High Society
High society, sometimes simply Society, is the behavior and lifestyle of people with the highest levels of wealth, power, fame and social status. It includes their related affiliations, social events and practices. Upscale social clubs were open ...
'' (1956 film)
:"
High Society Calypso"
:"
I Love You, Samantha"
:"Little One"
:"
Mind if I Make Love to You?"
:"
Now You Has Jazz "Now You Has Jazz" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1956 film ''High Society'' in which it was introduced by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. The song describes what instruments are needed to create jazz.
Background
Sol C. Siegel, the prod ...
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:"
True Love"
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (WWTBAM) is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Televis ...
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:"
You're Sensational"
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Les Girls
''Les Girls'' (also known as ''Cole Porter's Les Girls'') is a 1957 American CinemaScope musical comedy film directed by George Cukor and produced by Sol C. Siegel, with Saul Chaplin as associate producer. The screenplay is by John Patrick a ...
'' (1956 film)
:"
Ca, C'est L'amour"
:"You're Just Too, Too"
*''
Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...
'' (1958 television musical)
*Other songs:
:"
Don't Fence Me In"
:”Farewell, Amanda”
:"Hot House Rose"
:"
Miss Otis Regrets"
:"Once Upon A Time"
:"Weren't We Fools?"
References
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