Sometimes sophisticated, sometimes sassy, Cole Porter's music and lyrics are always memorable. "Let's Do It" ticked off the amiable amatory habits of birds, flowers, crustacea, fish, insects and various types of humans, while "You're the Top" was an exercise in the creation of superlatives that included such items as "the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire, " "Garbo's salary" and "Mickey Mouse. I can analyze the music of others. Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it. Publisher: From the Book: The Musicians' Gig Library: Jazz, Swing & Big Band. Additional Performer: Form: Song. Then you add the emotion he's put in and the result is Cole Porter.
Between World Wars he and his wife, the former Linda Lee of Louisville, Ky., were active in a gay international set that gathered at Paris, the Riviera and Venice. In Spain, the best upper sets do it. Let's do it, let's fall...
During the intervening years he had been writing and performing songs for the amusement of his friends, but the reception accorded "Let's Do It" apparently convinced him that he could communicate pleasurably to a broader audience. Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) Songtext. Only five of Mr. Porter's songs were used in the final production, but one was the provocatively amusing "Let's Do It. Some Argentines, without means, do it. The glossy opulence of the scores Mr. Porter wrote for Broadway and Hollywood was a valid reflection of his own manner of living. A part of lyrics is following: When it says "Let's do it", would it contain the meaning of doing sex? Oysters down in oyster bay do it. Lyrics Begin: Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it, let's do it, let's fall in love. In 1919 he married Mrs. Linda Lee Thomas, widow of E. R. Thomas, a banker and publisher, and settled in Paris. Still a third type of Porter song was exclamatory in both lyrics and melody. I am asking just to avoid embarrassing situations.
Two successive shows--"Seven Lively Arts" in 1944 and "Around the World in 80 Days" in 1946--were failures. Lithuanians and let's do it. That′s why birds do it... Musicians will often use these skeletons to improvise their own arrangements. In order to continue his work, he had his piano placed on blocks so that he could roll up to the keyboard in his wheel chair. Porter was a trim, slight, dark man, groomed in subdued, elegant taste. The hallmarks of a typical Porter song were lyrics that were urbane or witty and a melody with a sinuous, brooding quality. Product Type: Musicnotes. Even educated fleas do it. Mr. Porter made casual contributions to two revues during the early 1920's, "Hitchy-Koo" and "Greenwich Village Follies of 1924, " but he was not induced to write a Broadway score again until 1928, where he contributed the songs to "Paris, " a play with incidental music that starred Irene Bordoni. His score for "Anything Goes, " which included "I Get a Kick Out of You, " "You're the Top, " "All Through the Night" and the title song, was composed while he was cruising down the Rhine. For the rest of his life, Mr. Porter lived under the constant pressure of pain and, reversing his previously gay social life, became a virtual recluse.
Hi, I don't know if you ever have heard, but there is a Cold Porter's song called "Let's do it, let's fall in love". For Irving Berlin, simplicity. Even Pekin geeses at the Ritz do it. Home | Site Index | Site Search | Forums | Archives | Marketplace. Porter then joined the French Foreign Legion where he had a specially constructed portable piano made for him so that he could carry it on his back and entertain the troops in their bivouacs. During his last years be lived in a nine-room, memorabilia-filled apartment in the Waldorf Towers. Heavy hipopotamus do it. Included are: Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love); Night and Day; I've Got You Under My Skin; It's De-lovely; Begin The Beguine; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; Just One of Those Things. But an equally typical and equally recognizable Porter song would have a simple, bouncy melody and a lyric based on a long and entertaining list of similarities, opposite or contrasts. There's a foundation, a structure and an embellishment. Worked in Wheel Chair. At the age of 10 he composed a song, "The Bobolink Waltz, " that pleased his mother so much that she had it published in Chicago.
Return to the Books Home Page. Writer(s): Porter Cole Lyrics powered by. Let's Fall in Love: A Tribute to Cole PorterCole Porter/arr. With a fellow student, T. Lawrason Riggs, he wrote a show, "See America First, " which was produced on Broadway in 1916 with a cast that included Clifton Webb.
"I don't know how my music gets that way, " he said when he was asked to make the effort. Despite the boy's musical leanings, his maternal grandfather, J. O. Cole, who had made a fortune in the lumber business, wanted him to be a lawyer. "I simply can't analyze it. "Just One of Those Things, " "From This Moment On" and "It's All Right With Me" were instances. Birds do it, bees do it. The score for "Leave It to Me, " written shortly after his accident, was composed while he was almost completely bedridden. Mr. Porter wrote the lyrics and music for his songs, and to both he brought such an individuality of style that a genre known as "the Cole Porter song" became recognized. People say in Boston even beans do it.
Mosquitos, heaven forbid... When Yale University wished to confer an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on him in 1960, Mr. Porter accepted on condition that the presentation be made in his apartment. Product #: MN0036330. FONT=Verdana, Arial]Let's do it, let's fall in love[/FONT]. Pay tribute to one of America's greatest songwriters with this 8 1/2-minute medley of some of his biggest hits. Scorings: Leadsheet. He wrote the songs for "Jubilee" ("Begin the Beguine, " "Just One of Those Things" and "Why Shouldn't I? " Not even the rigors of his busy social rounds interfered with his creativity. For films he wrote "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Easy to Love" for "Born to Dance" in 1936; "Rosalie" and "In the Still of the Night" for "Rosalie" in 1937; "I Concentrate on You" for "Broadway Melody" in 1940 and "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" for "Something to Shout About" in 1943.
FONT=Verdana, Arial]Thanks. The chimpanzees in the zoos do it. Most of Mr. Porter's songs were written far from Broadway. By The Associated Press. Sentimental centypedes do it.
Their home on the Left Bank in Paris had platinum wallpaper and chairs upholstered in zebra skin. His speech was quiet, reserved, almost clipped. He usually sported a boutonniere in the lapel of his well-tailored suits. I can work anywhere. Composed by: Instruments: |Any Instrument, range: Db4-Eb5 Voice|. Reflected His Living. Folks in Siam do it - think of Siamese twins. He continued his studies at the Harvard Law School but, at the suggestion of the dean, transferred to the School of Music. Not to mention the Fins. Buy a couple and wait. He was 72 years old.
He was born on a 750-acre farm in Peru, Ind., on June 9, 1892, the son of Samuel Fenwick Porter, a fruit grower, and the former Kate Cole. For my own, I don't know. Leadsheets typically only contain the lyrics, chord symbols and melody line of a song and are rarely more than one page in length. The dragonflies in the reet do it. Scoring: Tempo: Gracefully. Even lazy jellyfish, do it.
Mr. Porter's later Broadway scores included "Out of This World" (1950), "Can-Can" (1953) and "Silk Stockings" (1955). The word for Dick Rodgers's melodies, I think, is holy. Mr. Porter himself could not characterize his songs. In shallow shows, english souls do it. In attempts to alleviate this, he was subjected to more than 30 operations during the next 20 years but, despite this, his right leg had to be amputated in 1958. Also, "Leave It to Me" in 1938 in which Mary Martin made her Broadway debut singing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"; "Dubarry Was a Lady" with Miss Merman and Bert Lahr in 1939 ("Friendship"); "Panama Hattie" with Miss Merman in 1940 ("Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please"); "Let's Face It" in which Danny Kaye sang "Melody in 4F" in 1941; "Something for the Boys" with Miss Merman in 1943 and "Mexican Hayride" with Bobby Clark in 1944. Some courageous kangaroos do it.