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If Only In My Dreams
A Long, Long Time
Cole Porter
(1891-1964)
  • Biography
  • Artwork
Cole Albert Porter (1891 – 1964) was an American composer and lyricist noted for his witty, urbane, and sophisticated lyrics. He who wrote extensively for Broadway and, to a lesser extent, Hollywood. His musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929), Anything Goes (1934), Kiss Me Kate (1948), Can-Can (1953), Silk Stockings (1955), and High Society (1956).
Artwork
 I've A Shooting Box In Scotland
(1914)
Words by T. Lawrason Riggs - Music by Cole Porter
 I Want To Row On The Crew
(1914) Paranoia
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Old Fashioned Garden
(1919) Hitchy-Koo 1919
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I'm In Love Again
(1924)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 The Laziest Gal in Town
(1927)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Let's Misbehave
(1927)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Weren't We Fools
(1927)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Let's Do It
(1928) Paris
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Looking At You
(1928) La Revue Des Ambassadeurs
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Fancy Our Meeting
(1928) Wake Up And Dream!
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Don't Look At Me That Way
(1928) Paris
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Gigolo
(1929) Wake Up And Dream!
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You Do Something To Me
(1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Why Don't We Try Staying Home
(1929)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You've Got That Thing
(1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen
Words & music by Cole Porter
 The Happiest Heaven Of Harlem
(1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Paree, What Did You Do To Me?
(1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I'm Unlucky At Gambling
(1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You Don't Know Paree
(1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen
Words & music by Cole Porter
 What Is This Thing Called Love?
(1929) Wake Up And Dream!
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I’m A Gigolo
(1929)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 They All Fall In Love
(1929)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Find Me A Primitive Man
(1929) Fifty Million Frenchmen
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Love For Sale
(1930) The New Yorkers
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Happen To Like New York
(1930)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Let’s Fly Away
(1930)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Nobody's Chasing Me
(1930) Out Of This World
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You're In Love
(1932) Gay Divorce
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Night And Day
(1932) Gay Divorce
Words & music by Cole Porter
 After You
(1932) Gay Divorce
Words & music by Cole Porter
 The Physician
(1933)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 How Could We Be Wrong
(1933) Nymph Errant
Words & music by Cole Porter
 It's Bad For Me
(1933) Nymph Errant
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Entr'acte
(1934)
Music by Cole Porter
 You'd Be So Easy To Love
(1934) Anything Goes
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Thank You So Much, Missus Lowsborough-Goodby
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 The Tale Of The Oyster
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 All Through The Night
(1934) Anything Goes
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Bon Voyage
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 There's No Cure Like Travel
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 There'll Always Be A Lady Fair
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Sailor's Chantey
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Where Are The Men?
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Public Enemy Number One
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Be Like The Bluebird
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Buddie, Beware
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 The Gypsy In Me
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Entr'Acte
(1934)
Music by Cole Porter
 Finale
(1934)
Music by Cole Porter
 I Get A Kick Out Of You
(1934) Anything Goes
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Blow, Gabriel, Blow
(1934) Anything Goes
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You're The Top
(1934) Anything Goes
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Anything Goes
(1934) Anything Goes
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Miss Otis Regrets
(1934)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Why Shouldn't I?
(1935) Jubilee
Words & music by Cole Porter
 A Picture Of Me Without You
(1935) Jubilee
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Just One Of Those Things
(1935) Jubilee
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Begin The Beguine
(1935) Jubilee
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Let’s Not Talk About Love
(1935) Let's Face It
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Down In The Depths On The 90th Floor
(1936)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Don't Fence Me In
(1936)
Words by Robert Fletcher - Words & music by Cole Porter
 You've Got Something
(1936) Red, Hot and Blue
Words & music by Cole Porter
 It's De-Lovely
(1936) Red, Hot and Blue
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Ridin' High
(1936) Red, Hot and Blue
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I've Got You Under My Skin
(1936) Born To Dance
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Easy To Love
(1936)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Swingin' The Jinx Away
(1936) Born To Dance
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye
(1936) Red, Hot and Blue
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I've A Strange New Rhythm In My Heart
(1937) Rosalie
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Close
(1937) Rosalie
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Who Knows?
(1937) Rosalie
Words & music by Cole Porter
 In The Still Of The Night
(1937)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Rosalie
(1937)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Get Out of Town
(1938) Leave It To Me!
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Most Gentlemen Don’t Like Love
(1938)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 At Long Last Love
(1938) You Never Know
Words & music by Cole Porter
 My Heart Belongs To Daddy
(1938) Leave It To Me!
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Give ‘Em The Oo-La-La
(1939) Du Barry Was A Lady
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Do I Love You?
(1939) Du Barry Was A Lady
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Friendship
(1939) Du Barry Was A Lady
Words & music by Cole Porter
 But In The Morning, No
(1939) Du Barry Was A Lady
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Well, Did You Evah?
(1940) Du Barry Was A Lady
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I've Got My Eyes On You
(1940)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Let's Be Buddies
(1940) Panama Hattie
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Concentrate On You
(1940) Broadway Melody of 1940
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Dream Dancing
(1941) You'll Never Get Rich
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Ev’rything I Love
(1941) Let's Face It
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Farming
(1941)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Ace In The Hole
(1941) Let's Face It
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Shootin' The Works For Uncle Sam
(1941) You'll Never Get Rich
Words & music by Cole Porter
 So Near And Yet So Far
(1941) You'll Never Get Rich
Words & music by Cole Porter
 A Little Rumba Numba
(1941) Let's Face It
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Something For The Boys
(1942)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 He's A Right Guy
(1942)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Hey, Good-Lookin'
(1942)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Could It Be You
(1942)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 By The Mississinewah
(1943)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Love You
(1943)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
(1943)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
(1944) Seven Lively Arts
Words & music by Cole Porter
 There Must Be Some One For Me
(1944)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I'm The Top
(1945) Dick Tracey In B flat
Words by Meredith Willson - Music by Cole Porter
parody of You're The Top
 Should I Tell You I Love You
(1946) Around The World
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Look What I Found
(1946) Around The World
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Hate Men
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Be A Clown
(1948) The Pirate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Another Op'nin', Another Show
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Cantiamo D'Amore
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Kiss Me Kate
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Where Is The Life That Late I Led
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Always True To You In My Fashion
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 From This Moment On
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Bianca
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Pavane
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 So In Love
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You Can Do No Wrong
(1948) The Pirate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Too Darn Hot
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Why Can't You Behave?
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Wunderbar
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 We Open in Venice
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Tom, Dick, or Harry
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I’ve Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Were Thine That Special Face
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Brush Up Your Shakespeare
(1948) Kiss Me Kate
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Cherry Pies Ought To Be You
(1950) Out Of This World
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Am Loved
(1950)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 C'est Magnifique
(1953) Can-Can
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Allez-Vous-En
(1953) Can-Can
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Am In Love
(1953) Can-Can
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Can-Can
(1953) Can-Can
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Love Paris
(1953) Can-Can
Words & music by Cole Porter
 It's All Right With Me
(1953) Can-Can
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Silk Stockings
(1954) Silk Stockings
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Josephine
(1955) Silk Stockings
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Paris Loves Lovers
(1955)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 True Love
(1955) High Society
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Now You Has Jazz
(1955) High Society
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Love You, Samantha
(1955) High Society
Words & music by Cole Porter
 All Of You
(1955) Silk Stockings
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
(1956)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 You're Sensational
(1956)
Words & music by Cole Porter
 Ca, C'est L'Amour
(1957) Les Girls
Words & music by Cole Porter
 I Gaze In Your Eyes
(1986)
Words by Cole Porter - Music by Ann Hampton Callaway
Cole Porter works are featured in these If Only In My Dreams events:
Wednesday Aug 2
7:30 pIn The Mood
Thursday Aug 3
7:30 pA Long, Long Time
Saturday Aug 5
7:30 pDick Tracy In B flat
Friday Aug 11
9:30 aCasablanca
1:30 pDick Tracy In B flat
Saturday Aug 12
1:30 pIn The Mood
7:30 pA Long, Long Time
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