The Very Best of the Cole Porter Songbook

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Jewel case in cardboard sleeve

Tracklist

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1Anything Goes
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Herb Geller (on 1956-02-08) and Bud Shank (on 1956-02-08)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1956-02-08)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (on 1956-02-08)
cello:
Robert La Marchina (on 1956-02-08) and Edgar Lustgarten (on 1956-02-08)
double bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1956-02-08)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-02-08)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1956-02-08)
harp:
Corky Hale (on 1956-02-08)
piano:
Paul Smith (on 1956-02-08)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Cooper (on 1956-02-08) and Ted Nash (on 1956-02-08)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (on 1956-02-08), Joe Howard (on 1956-02-08) and Lloyd Ulyate (on 1956-02-08)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1956-02-08), Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1956-02-08), Maynard Ferguson (on 1956-02-08) and Conrad Gozzo (on 1956-02-08)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1956-02-08)
conductor:
Buddy Bregman (on 1956-02-08)
arranger:
Buddy Bregman
recorded at:
Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-02-08)
cover recording of:
Anything Goes (on 1956-02-08)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music, Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Bros., Inc.
part of:
Anything Goes
Ella Fitzgerald3:23
2My Heart Belongs to Daddy
double bass:
Max Wayne (on 1953-05-01)
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy (on 1953-05-01)
piano:
Jimmy Rowles (on 1953-05-01)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1953-05-01)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (on 1953-05-01)
cover recording of:
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (on 1953-05-01)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell, Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
Peggy Lee2:08
3Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
recording of:
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) (Paris musical) (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1928)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
Paris (1928 musical)
Eydie Gormé3:13
4Night and Day
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Music, Warner Bros., Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Frank Sinatra4:01
5It’s De-Lovely
producer:
Norman Granz
vocals:
Anita O’Day (on 1959-04-09)
orchestra:
Billy May & His Orchestra (on 1959-04-09)
recording of:
It’s De‐Lovely (on 1959-04-09)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1936)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Red, Hot and Blue (1936 Cole Porter musical)
Anita O’Day2:06
6Too Darn Hot
vocals:
Ann Miller
recording of:
Too Darn Hot (from Kiss Me, Kate) (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1948)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and T.B. Harms Co.
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
Ann Miller2:46
7All of You
recording of:
All of You (Silk Stockings musical) (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1954)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. and Chappell Music
part of:
Silk Stockings (1957 musical film)
Billie Holiday2:33
8Well Did You Evah?
vocals:
Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra
recording of:
Well, Did You Evah! (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1939)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Chappell & Co. (in 1956)
part of:
DuBarry Was a Lady (1939 stage musical)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
High Society (1956 film)
Bing Crosby with Frank Sinatra3:49
9Easy to Love
recording of:
Easy to Love (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell, Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
Shirley Bassey3:04
10You’re the Top
cover recording of:
You’re the Top (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
part of:
Anything Goes
Sammy Davis Jr. with Carmen McRae3:02
11What Is This Thing Called Love
recording of:
What Is This Thing Called Love? (Wake Up and Dream musical revue) (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1929)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. and Warner/Chappell
part of:
Wake Up and Dream (1929 revue)
Frank Cordell4:15
12I Concentrate on You
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Herb Geller (on 1956-02-09) and Bud Shank (on 1956-02-09)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1956-02-09)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (on 1956-02-09)
double bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1956-02-09)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-02-09)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1956-02-09)
piano:
Paul Smith (on 1956-02-09)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Cooper (on 1956-02-09) and Ted Nash (on 1956-02-09)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (on 1956-02-09), Joe Howard (on 1956-02-09) and Lloyd Ulyate (on 1956-02-09)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1956-02-09), Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1956-02-09), Maynard Ferguson (on 1956-02-09) and Conrad Gozzo (on 1956-02-09)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1956-02-09)
conductor:
Buddy Bregman (on 1956-02-09)
arranger:
Buddy Bregman
recorded at:
Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-02-09)
cover recording of:
I Concentrate on You (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1939)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc.
Ella Fitzgerald3:13
13Silk Stockings
recording of:
Silk Stockings (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter
part of:
Silk Stockings (1955 musical)
Don Ameche2:11
14It’s All Right With Me
cover recording of:
It’s All Right with Me (Can‐Can musical) (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1953)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc.
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
Lena Horne2:39
15I’ve Got You Under My SkinFrank Sinatra3:46
16Wunderbar
vocals:
Kathryn Grayson (in 1953) and Howard Keel (in 1953)
recording of:
Wunderbar (from Kiss Me, Kate) (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1948)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
Howard Keel with Kathryn Grayson3:16
17I’ve Still Got My Health
recording of:
I've Still Got My Health (Panama Hattie musical) (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1940)
part of:
Panama Hattie (1940 Cole Porter musical)
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
Ethel Merman2:34
18Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please
recording of:
Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please (Panama Hattie musical) (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1940)
part of:
Panama Hattie (1940 Cole Porter musical)
Julie London2:31
19High Society Calypso
recording of:
High Society Calypso (High Society musical romantic comedy film) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1956)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
High Society (1956 film)
Louis Armstrong2:13
20Always True to You in My Fashion
recording of:
Always True to You in My Fashion (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1948)
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
Eydie Gormé3:00
21Let’s Be Buddies
recording of:
Let’s Be Buddies (Panama Hattie musical) (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1940)
part of:
Panama Hattie (1940 Cole Porter musical)
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
Doris Day3:06
22Ça c’est l’amour
recording of:
Ça, c’est l’amour (Les Girls musical comedy film) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1957)
Taina Elg1:44
23Blow, Gabriel, Blow
recording of:
Blow, Gabriel Blow (Anything Goes) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
part of:
Anything Goes
Michel Legrand2:41
24Why Can’t You Behave
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Herb Geller (on 1956-02-07) and Bud Shank (on 1956-02-07)
baritone saxophone:
Chuck Gentry (on 1956-02-07)
bass trombone:
George Roberts (on 1956-02-07)
cello:
Robert La Marchina (on 1956-02-07) and Edgar Lustgarten (on 1956-02-07)
double bass:
Joe Mondragon (on 1956-02-07)
drums (drum set):
Alvin Stoller (on 1956-02-07)
flute:
Ted Nash (on 1956-02-07)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (on 1956-02-07)
harp:
Corky Hale (on 1956-02-07)
oboe:
Bob Cooper (on 1956-02-07)
piano:
Paul Smith (on 1956-02-07)
tenor saxophone:
Bob Cooper (on 1956-02-07) and Ted Nash (on 1956-02-07)
trombone:
Milt Bernhart (on 1956-02-07), Joe Howard (on 1956-02-07) and Lloyd Ulyate (on 1956-02-07)
trumpet:
Pete Candoli (on 1956-02-07), Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1956-02-07), Maynard Ferguson (on 1956-02-07) and Conrad Gozzo (on 1956-02-07)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1956-02-07)
conductor:
Buddy Bregman (in 1956)
arranger:
Buddy Bregman
recorded at:
Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-02-07)
cover recording of:
Why Can’t You Behave? (from Kiss Me, Kate) (on 1956-02-07)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1948)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc.
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
Ella Fitzgerald5:06
25Love for Sale
recording of:
Love for Sale (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc.
Anita O’Day3:36
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1You’d Be So Nice to Come Home toJohnny Mathis2:12
2Just One of Those Things
cover recording of:
Just One of Those Things (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
Sammy Davis Jr.2:53
3So in Love
double bass:
Meyer "Mike" Rubin (on 1958-10-19)
guitar:
Howard Roberts (on 1958-10-19)
vocals:
Peggy Lee (on 1958-10-19)
cover recording of:
So in Love (from Kiss Me, Kate) (on 1958-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1948)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc.
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
Peggy Lee2:34
4I Get a Kick Out of You
recording of:
I Get a Kick Out of You (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell Music, Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc., Warner Bros., Inc., Warner Chappell and Chappell (in 1974)
part of:
Anything Goes
Frank Sinatra2:56
5All Through the Night
recording of:
All Through the Night (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
publisher:
WB Music Corp.
part of:
Anything Goes
Mary Martin3:11
6Miss Otis Regrets
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
piano:
Paul Smith (on 1956-02-07)
lead vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1956-02-07)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-02-07)
cover recording of:
Miss Otis Regrets (on 1956-02-07)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1934)
Ella Fitzgerald3:02
7Begin the BeguinePerry Como3:29
8Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love
recording of:
Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1938)
part of:
Leave It to Me!
Nancy Walker2:16
9True Love
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (in 1960)
cover recording of:
True Love (High Society) (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1956)
publisher:
Buxton Hill Music Corp., Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
sub-publisher:
Warner Chappel Music Belgium NV
part of:
The 29th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
High Society (1956 film)
Dean Martin2:33
10Tom, Dick or Harry
recording of:
Tom, Dick or Harry (from Kiss Me, Kate) (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter
part of:
Kiss Me, Kate (musical)
Kathryn Grayson with Bob Fosse & Bobby Van3:28
11Paris Loves Lovers
recording of:
Paris Loves Lovers (Silk Stockings) (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter
part of:
Silk Stockings (1957 musical film)
part of:
Silk Stockings (1955 musical)
Fred Astaire with Carol Richards2:44
12Get Out of Town
producer:
Norman Granz
vocals:
Anita O’Day (on 1959-04-09)
orchestra:
Billy May & His Orchestra (on 1959-04-09)
recording of:
Get Out of Town (on 1959-04-09)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1938)
part of:
Leave It to Me!
Anita O’Day2:31
13The Physician
producer:
Norman Granz
piano:
Blossom Dearie (on 1960-02-22)
vocals:
Blossom Dearie (on 1960-02-22)
orchestra:
Russell Garcia's Orchestra (on 1960-02-22)
conductor:
Russell Garcia (on 1960-02-22)
arranger:
Russell Garcia
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (in 1960)
recorded at:
United Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1960-02-22)
recording of:
The Physician (from the musical “Nymph Errant”) (on 1960-02-22)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1933)
part of:
Nymph Errant (Cole Porter Musical)
Blossom Dearie2:12
14I Love You
vocals:
Billy Eckstine (on 1949-12-22) and Sarah Vaughan (on 1949-12-22)
orchestra:
Orchestra conducted by Joe Lipman (on 1949-12-22)
cover recording of:
I Love You (Mexican Hayride musical) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music, EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
Sarah Vaughan with Billy Eckstine2:39
15Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
vocals:
Celeste Holm and Frank Sinatra
recording of:
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (High Society) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell North America Limited and Chappell & Co. (in 1955)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
High Society (1956 film)
Frank Sinatra with Celeste Holm2:06
16I Love You Samantha
vocals:
Bing Crosby
recording of:
I Love You, Samantha (High Society musical romantic comedy film) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1956)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd.
Bing Crosby4:27
17At Long Last Love
cover recording of:
At Long Last Love (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1938)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc.
part of:
You Never Know
Lena Horne2:44
18Down in the Depths on the Ninetieth Floor
recording of:
Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor) (from "Red Hot & Blue") (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1936)
Sylvia Syms4:33
19Experiment
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-11-07)
vocals:
Mabel Mercer (on 1954-11-07)
recording of:
Experiment (Nymph Errant) (on 1954-11-07)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1933)
part of:
Nymph Errant (Cole Porter Musical)
Mabel Mercer3:17
20Satin and Silk
recording of:
Satin and Silk (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter
Gretchen Wyler3:42
21Everything I Love
recording of:
Everything I Love (Let’s Face It! musical) (in 1941)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1941)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell & Co., Inc.
Dinah Shore2:59
22Don’t Fence Me In
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-25) and Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-07-25)
lead vocals:
The Andrews Sisters (on 1944-07-25) and Bing Crosby (on 1944-07-25)
orchestra:
Vic Schoen and His Orchestra (on 1944-07-25)
conductor:
Vic Schoen (on 1944-07-25)
recording of:
Don’t Fence Me In (on 1944-07-25)
lyricist:
Robert Fletcher (in 1934) and Cole Porter (in 1934)
composer:
Cole Porter (in 1934)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc.
Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters3:12
23Let’s Misbehave
recording of:
Let’s Misbehave (Paris musical) (in 1928)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1927)
part of:
Anything Goes
Irene Bordoni2:47
24In the Still of the Night
recording of:
In the Still of the Night (Cole Porter song) (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell and Chappell & Co., Inc.
Billy Eckstine3:48
25Every Time We Say GoodbyeElla Fitzgerald3:34

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