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    From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter

    01/01/1992

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    All Music Guide Review

    Assembled to commemorate Cole Porter's centenary in 1991, this four-CD/cassette box set has an advantage over other such collections in that the Smithsonian was able to license recordings from all the major labels and quite a few small ones. Compiler Dwight Blocker Bowers cites only two examples of recordings he wanted but couldn't get: "True Love" by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly from the soundtrack of High Society (for which he has substituted a version by Margaret Whiting) and "I Love Paris" by Frank Sinatra and Maurice Chevalier from the soundtrack of Can-Can (for which he has substituted an earlier recording by Chevalier). In "A Word About the Program" in the 60-page, 6 x 9 booklet that accompanies the box, Bowers explains that he began by creating a list of Porter songs to include, then used recordings of them by the performers most closely associated with them, auditioning several choices when a song lacked a definitive performance. He then arranged the selections in chronological order by recording date. This last statement turns out to be roughly, though not exactly, true. But the result is that, early on, the tracks tend to be hit recordings, many of them by the people who introduced the songs on stage or screen, such as Ethel Merman, who is heard on five selections. Gradually, this gives way to the late-'40s/early-'50s period when Sinatra and others revived Porter in post-swing arrangements. Finally, Porter music becomes the province of jazz and supper club artists like Bobby Short, who gets four selections on the final volume. Porter wrote so many great songs that some are inevitably left out (where is "Where Is the Life That Late I Led?"?), but it's hard to argue with what's here, or with the presentation of it. That's a big accomplishment. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

    From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Anything Goes
  • Porter, Cole
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Anything Goes from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 2
  • Don't Look at Me That Way
  • Bordoni, Irene
  • 3:32
  • Sound Clip for Don't Look at Me That Way from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 3
  • Let's Misbehave
  • Irving Aaronson's & His Commanders
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Let's Misbehave from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 4
  • You've Got That Thing
  • Chevalier, Maurice
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for You've Got That Thing from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 5
  • You Do Something to Me
  • Harris, Marion
  • 3:19
  • Sound Clip for You Do Something to Me from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 6
  • Love for Sale
  • Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for Love for Sale from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 7
  • Night and Day
  • 3:27
  • Sound Clip for Night and Day from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 8
  • The Physician
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for The Physician from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 9
  • Miss Otis Regrets
  • 3:14
  • Sound Clip for Miss Otis Regrets from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 10
  • I Get a Kick Out of You
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for I Get a Kick Out of You from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 11
  • You're the Top
  • Porter, Cole
  • 3:27
  • Sound Clip for You're the Top from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 12
  • The Kling-Kling Bird on the Divi-Divi Tree
  • Porter, Cole
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for The Kling-Kling Bird on the Divi-Divi Tree from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 13
  • Begin the Beguine
  • Shaw, Artie & His Orchestra
  • 3:19
  • Sound Clip for Begin the Beguine from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 14
  • Jubilee Medley
  • Whiteman, Paul Orchestra
  • 8:54
  • Sound Clip for Jubilee Medley from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 15
  • Rap Tap on Wood
  • 2:31
  • Sound Clip for Rap Tap on Wood from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 16
  • I've Got You Under My Skin
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for I've Got You Under My Skin from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 17
  • Down in the Depths
  • 3:09
  • Sound Clip for Down in the Depths from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 18
  • My Heart Belongs to Daddy
  • Martin, Mary
  • 2:35
  • Sound Clip for My Heart Belongs to Daddy from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 19
  • Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love
  • 2:19
  • Sound Clip for Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 20 (2)
  • Easy to Love
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Easy to Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 21 (2)
  • Find Me a Primitive Man
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Find Me a Primitive Man from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 22 (2)
  • Friendship
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Friendship from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 23 (2)
  • Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 24 (2)
  • Let's Be Buddies
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Let's Be Buddies from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 25 (2)
  • Dream Dancing
  • Astaire, Fred
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Dream Dancing from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 26 (2)
  • Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 27 (2)
  • Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)
  • 2:58
  • Sound Clip for Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 28 (2)
  • What Is This Thing Called Love?
  • Horne, Lena
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for What Is This Thing Called Love? from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 29 (2)
  • Let's Not Talk About Love
  • Kaye, Danny
  • 2:25
  • Sound Clip for Let's Not Talk About Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 30 (2)
  • Ev'rything I Love
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Ev'rything I Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 31 (2)
  • You Irritate Me So
  • Hildegarde
  • 2:55
  • Sound Clip for You Irritate Me So from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 32 (2)
  • Night and Day
  • Sinatra, Frank
  • 3:06
  • Sound Clip for Night and Day from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 33 (2)
  • You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  • Shore, Dinah
  • 2:55
  • Sound Clip for You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 34 (2)
  • Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 35 (2)
  • I Love You
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for I Love You from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 36 (2)
  • Don't Fence Me In
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Don't Fence Me In from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 37 (2)
  • Blow, Gabriel, Blow
  • Merman, Ethel
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for Blow, Gabriel, Blow from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 38 (2)
  • Look What I Found
  • Laurence, Larry
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Look What I Found from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 39 (2)
  • Be a Clown
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for Be a Clown from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 40 (2)
  • Wunderbar
  • 3:37
  • Sound Clip for Wunderbar from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 41 (2)
  • Brush up Your Shakespeare
  • 1:41
  • Sound Clip for Brush up Your Shakespeare from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 42 (3)
  • Nobody's Chasing Me
  • Greenwood, Charlotte
  • 3:35
  • Sound Clip for Nobody's Chasing Me from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 43 (3)
  • No Lover
  • 2:01
  • Sound Clip for No Lover from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 44 (3)
  • All Through the Night
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for All Through the Night from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 45 (3)
  • C'est Magnifique
  • Cookson, Peter & Lilo
  • 3:18
  • Sound Clip for C'est Magnifique from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 46 (3)
  • I Am in Love
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for I Am in Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 47 (3)
  • It's All Right With Me
  • Lee, Peggy [1]
  • 2:21
  • Sound Clip for It's All Right With Me from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 48 (3)
  • Love for Sale
  • Holiday, Billie
  • 2:58
  • Sound Clip for Love for Sale from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 49 (3)
  • It's Bad for Me
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for It's Bad for Me from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 50 (3)
  • Experiment
  • Mercer, Mabel
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for Experiment from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 51 (3)
  • It's De-Lovely
  • 3:41
  • Sound Clip for It's De-Lovely from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 52 (3)
  • It's a Chemical Reaction, That's All/All of You
  • 4:04
  • Sound Clip for It's a Chemical Reaction, That's All/All of You from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 53 (3)
  • Silk Stockings
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Silk Stockings from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 54 (3)
  • Why Shouldn't I?
  • Whiting, Margaret
  • 3:15
  • Sound Clip for Why Shouldn't I? from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 55 (3)
  • True Love
  • 2:31
  • Sound Clip for True Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 56 (3)
  • I Concentrate on You
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for I Concentrate on You from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 57 (3)
  • I've Got You Under My Skin
  • 3:43
  • Sound Clip for I've Got You Under My Skin from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 58 (3)
  • Get Out of Town
  • Connor, Chris [1]
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Get Out of Town from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 59 (3)
  • Ace in the Hole
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • 1:59
  • Sound Clip for Ace in the Hole from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 60 (3)
  • Why Can't You Behave?
  • Fitzgerald, Ella
  • 5:04
  • Sound Clip for Why Can't You Behave? from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 61 (4)
  • At Long Last Love
  • Short, Bobby
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for At Long Last Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 62 (4)
  • From Now On
  • Short, Bobby
  • 2:40
  • Sound Clip for From Now On from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 63 (4)
  • The Ritz Roll and Rock
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for The Ritz Roll and Rock from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 64 (4)
  • Just One of Those Things
  • 2:03
  • Sound Clip for Just One of Those Things from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 65 (4)
  • Where Have You Been?
  • Holliday, Judy
  • 3:18
  • Sound Clip for Where Have You Been? from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 66 (4)
  • Ridin' High
  • Lee, Peggy [1]
  • 2:09
  • Sound Clip for Ridin' High from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 67 (4)
  • I Am Loved
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for I Am Loved from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 68 (4)
  • Anything Goes
  • 2:21
  • Sound Clip for Anything Goes from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 69 (4)
  • Always True to You in My Fashion
  • Kirk, Lisa
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for Always True to You in My Fashion from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 70 (4)
  • I Hate Men
  • 2:13
  • Sound Clip for I Hate Men from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 71 (4)
  • So in Love
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for So in Love from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 72 (4)
  • Which?
  • Southern, Jeri
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Which? from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 73 (4)
  • I Love Paris
  • Chevalier, Maurice
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for I Love Paris from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 74 (4)
  • From This Moment On
  • Horne, Lena
  • 1:53
  • Sound Clip for From This Moment On from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 75 (4)
  • In the Still of the Night
  • 3:14
  • Sound Clip for In the Still of the Night from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 76 (4)
  • You're the Top
  • 3:33
  • Sound Clip for You're the Top from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 77 (4)
  • Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking
  • Streisand, Barbra
  • 1:57
  • Sound Clip for Come to the Supermarket in Old Peking from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 78 (4)
  • I Worship You
  • Allyn, David
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for I Worship You from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 79 (4)
  • I Loved Him But He Didn't Love Me
  • Ballard, Kaye
  • 3:02
  • Sound Clip for I Loved Him But He Didn't Love Me from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 80 (4)
  • The Laziest Gal in Town
  • Dietrich, Marlene
  • 2:45
  • Sound Clip for The Laziest Gal in Town from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 81 (4)
  • I'm in Love Again
  • Short, Bobby
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for I'm in Love Again from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 82 (4)
  • So Near and Yet So Far
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for So Near and Yet So Far from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 83 (4)
  • After You, Who?
  • Loudon, Dorothy
  • 3:34
  • Sound Clip for After You, Who? from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


  • 84 (4)
  • From This Moment On
  • 2:31
  • Sound Clip for From This Moment On from From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter


    • Credits of From This Moment On: The Songs of Cole Porter

    • Paul Weston
    • Arranger, Orchestra Director, Director, Performer, Orchestra
    • Jimmy Dorsey
    • Clarinet, Orchestra Director, Director, Sax (Alto)
    • Artie Shaw
    • Clarinet, Director, Performer, Arranger, Orchestra Director


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