Hands down my #1 pick is "Should I Tell You I Love You" from his 1946 show AROUND THE WORLD. Here as sung by its originator Mary Healy on the Orson Welles radio broadcast:
Second place, "Ev'ry Day A Holiday" from DuBARRY WAS A LADY. I know only one recording of it, from a BBC radio broadcast with the original arrangements. The vocal arrangements are delish.
Pal Joey, i would buy that book and look forward to more of your favorite rarities.
Do you have all the Bagley Porter recordings? Some fantastic gems and should be made more available!
My first contribution is
"After all, I'm only a School Girl" from wake up and dream 1929; only recording I know of is from The ben bagley cole porter oop volume 2, unpublished cole porter
A fun rendition on your tube here....would love to see someone like annaleigh ashford cover this....
What we need is either a new Porter jukebox musical using existing songs put in to an original story . Another option would be a revue of his songs. A third option would be to revive some of his lesser known shows. Hey, why not all 3.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MISSUS LOWSBOROUGH - GOODBY (Cole Porter, 1934)
Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby gives weekends and her weekends are not a success, but she asks you so often you finally soften and end by answering "Yes." When I left Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby's The letter I wrote was polite But it would have been bliss Had I dared write her this, The letter I wanted to write:
Refrain Thank you so much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby, Thank you so much. Thank you so much for that infinite weekend with you. Thank you a lot, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby, Thank you a lot,
And don't be surprised if you suddenly should be quietly shot For the clinging perfume And that damp little room, For those cocktails so hot And the bath that was not, For those guests so amusing and mentally bracing Who talked about racing and racing and racing, For the ptomaine I got from your famous tin salmon, For the fortune I lost when you taught me backgammon, For those mornings I spent with your dear but deaf mother, For those evenings I passed with that bounder, your brother, And for making me swear to myself there and then Never to go for a weekend again.
Thank you so much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby, Thank you, thank you so much.
....a musical that's a biopic of Cole's life telling the story through song, dance and more than a few flings with the boys..his life way way more interesting than most movies or musical books.....
I have a confession to make. I am always confusing him with Noel Coward and I've read bios of both and upon finishing them I thought I would never forget which is which. But I did. To this very day, I have to stop and think about which one it is when a reference comes up and I'm only right about half the time.