Cole Porter  (1891-1964) 

Cole Porter is probably my favorite composer. However, there seems to be no good match between Porter and Billie – a clear example is Night and Day. Probably, two different styles. Porter is famous by his lyrics, worked to perfection – a characteristic of those composers that made both music and lyrics.

• (MT 125)               Night And Day (1932) this song is probably one of the best ever written, look at the lyrics in the first verse: Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom/ When the jungle shadows fall/ Like the tick tick tock of the stately clock/ As it stands against the wall/ Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops/ When the summer shower is through/ So a voice within me keeps repeating you… you… you… Night and day, you are the one/From the musical “Gay Divorce” in the same year.
• (MT 143) Å           Let’s Do It 
• (MT 183) ÅÅÅ     What Is This Thing Called Love?
• (MT 223) ÅÅÅ     Easy To Love (1936) this is a wonderful love song, listen: You’d be so easy to love/ So easy to idolize/… The song is from the film “Born To Dance” where there was also another gem, I’ve got you under my skin, that Billie never recorded.
• (MT 228) ÅÅ        Love For Sale
• (MT 270) Å           I Get A Kick Out Of You
• (MT 293) ÅÅÅ     Just One Of Those Things (1935) From the musical “Jubilee”. What an elaborate lyrics in the final verse: So good-bye, dear, and amen/ Here’s hoping we meet now and then/ It was great fun/ But it was just one of those things.
• (MT 329) Å           All Of You