The late Bobby Short told me that he was so determined in 1971 to do a Cole Porter songbook album — which turned out to be an ambitious two LP package — that he went to his producers at Atlantic ...

Everybody loves Cole Porter. But most jazz musicians really love Cole Porter. Singers love his lyrics, which contain great wit, amazing rhymes and beautiful imagery. Instrumentalists love his elegant ...

1. I Concentrate of You; 2. All of You; 3. So in Love; 4. It’s All Right With Me; 5. From This Moment On; 6. Love for Sale; 7. Easy to Love; 8. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to; 9. Just One of Those ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Kicking off the set brilliantly with JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS, beautiful, youthful ...

Austin Shakespeare will celebrate the music and lyrics of Cole Porter with two performances of the Cole Porter Songbook. Hosted by actor Marc Pouhé, the evening of classic music will feature Music ...

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's with ANYTHING GOES! Cole Porter AND MORE Cole Porter ...

You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To; Get Out Of Town; In The Still Of The Night; It's All Right With Me; It's De-Lovely; Just One Of Those Things; Let's Do It; Night And Day; So In Love; What Is This ...

Somehow, I never noticed it before now, but “It’s De-Lovely” has got to be the most meta song ever written — and I more or less grew up with Ella Fitzgerald singing it on “The Cole Porter Songbook.” ...

To hear Tony Bennett’s son and longtime manager Danny Bennett tell it, a friendship ensued between his standard-bearing father and the mod-pop chanteuse Lady Gaga after their first duets album, 2014’s ...

With showmanship and childlike wonder, one musical sensation revisits the era of another. By Jose Solís Rob Kapilow’s “Listening for America” explains how to distinguish good from bad in the Great ...

Bill Firstenberger and Gail Martin continue their pursuit of Indiana writers. The incomparable Cole Porter's songs were the essence of wit and sophistication. Famously wealthy, his life was marked by ...

The FARE act, which says that whoever enlisted a broker’s help would pay the fee, has had a mixed impact so far. By James Barron With showmanship and childlike wonder, one musical sensation revisits ...