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- NAME: Cole Porter
- OCCUPATION: Songwriter
- BIRTH DATE: June 09, 1891
- DEATH DATE: October 15, 1964
- EDUCATION: Yale University, Harvard University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Peru, Indiana
- PLACE OF DEATH: Santa Monica, California
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Cole Porter was a U.S. composer and lyricist who created songs like "I Get a Kick Out of You" and his own series of Broadway musicals including Anything Goes.
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As a student at Yale Cole Porter composed about 300 songs, including “Bulldog”; he went on to study law and then music at Harvard. He made his Broadway debut with the musical comedy See America First (1916). Porter wrote songs for the Broadway success Paris (1928), and this led to a series of his own hit musicals. He also worked on a number of films, such as High Society (1956).© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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