Fun Music Information -> Cole Porter

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Possible Misspelled Names:

These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.

Cole Porter (Kiss Me Kate), Cole Porter (High Society), Cole Porter (Anything Goes)

Quotes:

Rodgers and Hammerstein, if you can imagine it taking two men to write one song.
(when asked 'Who wrote 'Some Enchanted Evening'?')
- Cole Porter

My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a producer.
- Cole Porter

New Song Names:

Original Song Name	New Song Name	Submitter Name
"Masturbating Rhythm"	"Fascinating Rhythm"	Spike in Atlanta

Literally Impossible Song Titles:

Song/Performer	Comment	Submitter Name
"Tap Your Troubles Away,"	Your troubles won't go away just by tapping.	Tara Page

Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"L.O.V.E.," Nat King Cole	"It's De-Lovely," Cole Porter
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again," Dionne Warwick	"Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)," Cole Porter
"You Do Something To Me," Cole Porter	"How Do You Do It?," Gerry & The Pacemakers
"Let's Misbehave," Cole Porter	"Ain't Misbehavin'," Louis Armstrong

Song Parody Lyrics:

Original Song Name	Parody Song Name	Parody Author
"Begin The Beguine"	"Being In Between"	John Dacey
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"	"The Homecoming Song"	Al Silver
"You're the Top"	"You're The Top!"	Israel Balin
"Anything Goes"	"Gerald R. Ford"	Marty Marran
"Let's Do It"	"Let's Do It Australia"	Marty Marran
"Anything Goes"	"All Good Things Close"	Al Silver
"Anything Goes"	"Anything Goes"	John Sprung
"I've Got You Under My Skin"	"I've Got It Under My Skin"	Al Silver
"Anything Goes"	"Mama Just Blows"	Alvin Rhodes
"Brush Up Your Shakespeare"	"Hitch Up Your (baggy) Trousers"	Barry J. Mitchel
There are additional song parodies available.

Misheard Lyrics:

"I Love Paris" Misheard Lyrics: I love carrots Original Lyrics: I love Paris	"Anything Goes" Misheard Lyrics: If spare limbs you like Original Lyrics: If bare limbs you like
"Heaven Hop" Misheard Lyrics: Other Heaven's hairy mortals or All the Heaven's hairy mortals or Calling Heaven's hairy mortals. Original Lyrics: Up in Heaven's happy portals	"What Is This Thing Called Love?" Misheard Lyrics: What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just who can solve it's Mr. E And why should he make a fool of me? Original Lyrics: What is this thing called love? This funny thing called love? Just who can solve its mystery And why should it make a fool of me?

Insulting Song Lyrics:

"You're The Top (1930's)"

The Insulting Lyrics:

You're cellophane

Why They're Insulting:

He's supposedly telling someone how great he/she is, yet he compares him/her to something as insignificant as plastic wrap!

Submitted by: Joe

Dated Song Lyrics:

"You're The Top"

The Dated Lyrics:

You're a Bendel bonnet

You're Garbo's salary, you're cellophane

You're an Arrow collar

You're a Coolidge dollar

Why They're Dated:

The guy's supposedly telling a woman how wonderful she is (or a man, considering who wrote and originally sang this song). However:

1. While cellophane may have been a great scientific breakthrough back in the '30s, nowadays it just something mopst people throw away
2. Not only is (Greta) Garbo dead now, but the salaries of so many big-name celebrities of this era are at least a hundred times what hers was
3. Bendel bonnet? Arrow collar? What are those?
4. The Colidge dollar lost all value after the stock market crash

Submitted by: betty kaye

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"You're The Top" The Lyrics: You're Garbo's salary Who They Mention: Greta Garbo Submitted by: oldtimer	"You're The Top" The Lyrics: You're the top! You're Napoleon Brandy Who They Mention: Napoleon Bonaparte Submitted by: oldtimer
There are additional celebrity lyrics available.