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Cole Porter
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Cole Porter
Born
June 9, 1891 in Peru, IN

Died
October 15, 1964

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Cole Porter was born the grandson of wealthy Indiana entrepreneur J.O. Cole and demonstatred musical talent from an early age. Porter entered Yale in 1913, joined the glee club and composed fight songs, some of which are still sung at Yale today. Porter’s attempt to make it through Harvard Law School proved disappointing, and by 1916 he was in New York trying out his first Broadway show, which closed after only 15 performances. Porter would soon follow it with yet more failures.



In 1917 Cole Porter move to Paris and lived there for much of the 1920s. ...
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2004 Hip-O Records $6.99
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