Cole Albert Porter was born in Peru, Indiana, on June 9, 1891, the son of a pharmacist.
In the 1930s and 1940s Porter provided full scores for a number of bright Broadway and Hollywood productions, among them Anything Goes (1934), Jubilee (1935), Rosalie (1937), Panama Hattie (1940), and Kiss Me Kate (1948).
These scores and others of the period abound with his characteristic songs:
"Night and Day,"
"I Get a Kick out of You,"
"You're the Top,"
"Anything Goes,"
"In the Still of the Night,"
and "So in Love."
Porter's songs show an elegance of expression (wording) and a cool detachment that are a perfect example of the kind of sophistication unique to the 1930s.
He was also a truly talented creator of original melodies.

Like George Gershwin (1898–1937), he frequently disregarded the accepted formulas of the conventional popular song and turned out pieces of charm and distinction.
Cole Porter died of kidney failure at the age of 73 in Santa Monica, California and is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in his native Peru, Indiana.
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