Porter, Cole (1891-1964)
Cole Porter was one of the most important creators of musicals from the 1920s to the 1950s. He was one of those rare Broadway composers who wrote both lyrics and music. His im...
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American composer Cole Albert Porter (1891-1964) wrote songs (both words and music) for over 30 stage and film musicals. His best work set standards of sophistication and wit seldom matched in the pop...
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Even though, with the exception of Kiss Me, Kate (1948) and Anything Goes (1934), few of Cole Porter's shows are now revived, the best of his songs live on. The Porter style--the impudence, the wit, t...
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(Reuters) - Jazz great Oscar Peterson died Sunday
of kidney failure, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. He
was 82. Here are some of the pianist's albums. * "Evening with Oscar Peterson" (19...
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Actress Pat Kirkwood, once a star of British musical theater, has died, a close family friend said Wednesday. She was 86.Kirkwood's career of more than 60 years included leading roles in musicals w...
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What has happened to the great American auto industry? Are General Motors, Ford and Chrysler headed for oblivion? And, more immediately, is there any way for General Motors to stop its dizzying fre...
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What has happened to the great American auto industry? Are General Motors, Ford and Chrysler headed for oblivion? And, more immediately, is there any way for General Motors to stop its dizzying fre...
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Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, has died. She was 85.Blair died Monday f...
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Today is Saturday, Dec. 30, the 364th day of 2006. There is one day left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 30, 1903, about 600 people died when fire broke out at the recently opened ...
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Having spent his youth soaking up the swinging sounds of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s while his peers were rocking and raving, Canadian
singer
Michael
Bublé
reaped the rewards of his solitary d...
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If Wilfrid Sheed’s new book (see review page C18) rings your bell, here’s another, oddly similar title also out this month: Stefan Kanfer’s The Vo...
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Nancy Wilson is hardly the retiring type, even though she is trying to spend more time with her grandchildren these days.Last year, the singer retired from touring, but she continues to record _ he...
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Porter, Cole (1891-1964)
Cole Albert Porter
Cole Porter
FACTBOX-Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson dies
