# Cole Porter - Where to start?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 19, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458 "2005-01-19T00:11:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458/21 "2005-01-19T18:34:15Z")

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> [@plnnr](#):
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> No mention of Fred Astaire?
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> For shame.

Hey, I told him to watch Broadway Melody of 1940. That’s gotta count for something.

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**Author:** ![parsnip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parsnip/32/4564_2.png) [@parsnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parsnip)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458/22 "2005-01-19T18:35:09Z")

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> [@plnnr](#):
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> No mention of Fred Astaire?
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> For shame.

Ditto-the beauty of Porter is that someone who is not a world class singer can still execute the words with joy and verve (or pathos) as required.

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458/23 "2005-01-19T19:03:04Z")

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I see nobody has mentioned that Cole Porter was a Peruvian, so I guess it falls to me to say so. Peru, Indiana, that is. 😛

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458/24 "2005-01-19T19:17:49Z")

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> [@plnnr](#):
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> No mention of Fred Astaire?
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> For shame.

Actually, Fred is on the collection I cited (“I Concentrate on You”)

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458/25 "2005-01-19T19:18:25Z")

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> [@plnnr](#):
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> No mention of Fred Astaire?
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> For shame.

Post No. six:

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> Me, I’d go for the earliest recordings you can find: Ethel Merman, Bing Crosby, Jack Buchanan, Fred Astaire, Lee Wiley, Libby Holman, Ethel Waters . . .

For shame, in_deed_.

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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cole-porter-where-to-start/285458/26 "2005-01-19T20:15:38Z")

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Indeed

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