PORTER, COLE. The most urbane and sophisticated of all the composers and lyricists on Broadway; b. Peru, Indiana, ; d. Santa Monica, California, .
Cole Porter composed some of the best-loved songs of the golden era of the Broadway musical. He was a celebrated wit and bon vivant both at home in the United States and in Europe. His wealth and social contacts made him the spokesperson and satirist of the upper classes. Whether down in...