When you think of songs that make you want to be a torch singer and wear a bias cut gown, you think ‘I’ve got you under my skin’, ‘Night and Day’ … you think Cole Porter. He was the man behind these glittering gems of the Great American songbook.
He was born 120 years ago today – June 9, 1891.
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9 June 2011 at 2:02 pm
Cole Porter – You’re the top!
You’re the Coliseum.
You’re the top!
You’re the Louvre Museum.
You’re a melody from a symphony by Strauss
You’re a Bendel bonnet,
A Shakespeare’s sonnet,
You’re Mickey Mouse.
You’re the Nile,
You’re the Tower of Pisa,
You’re the smile on the Mona Lisa
I’m a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
But if, baby, I’m the bottom you’re the top!
And I de-loved De-lovely, the movie starring Kevin Kline, Ashely Judd and some magnificent vintage costume jewellery.