Table of Contents

* Background * The Roots * Growing Up * College Days * The Expatriate * Married Life * On the Move * Venetian Period * Rising Star * Decades End * Naughty Thirties * Anything Goes * Jubilee * Hollywood Resident * Red, Hot, and Blue! * The Accident * Back in Harness * Buxton Hill * Inner Turmoil * Night and Day * Kiss Me, Kate * Going Strong * Amputee * Journey Home * Appendix I. Works by Cole Porter * Appendix II. Alphabetical List of Cole Porter songs and Other Musical Works * Appendix III. A Selected Cole Porter Discography

About the Author

Charles Schwartz is the composer of the widely acclaimed Jazz Symphony, Professor Jive (released on Inner City records, featuring trumpeter Clark Terry) a professor of music an impresario, and the author of the outstanding Gershwin: His Life and Music.