This is the first of a two-volume series presenting highlights from the career of Cole Porter. Volume one documents 50 songs from his early career, from 1912 until 1936. The book includes a song-by-song analysis, rare images of original sheet music, informal shots from Porter's scrapbooks, and publicity stills from motion pictures and Broadway. Titles: Anything Goes • Begin the Beguine • Easy to Love • I Get a Kick Out of You • It's De-Lovely • I've Got You Under My Skin • Just One of Those Things • Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) • Love for Sale • Miss Otis Regrets • Night and Day • What Is This Thing Called Love • You Do Something to Me • and more.
