A Cole Porter Collection

Compilation produced by Howard Melton
Source Material, Research and Programming: Roger Sturvevant, Dave Weiner, and John Leifert
Engineering: Jack Towers and Doug Pomeroy

Selections

Date of recording follows the artist's name

• "Let's Misbehave" - Banjo Buddy April 13, 1928 (2:30)
• "I'm Getting Myself Ready for You" - Emil Coleman and his orchestra [vocal: Smith Ballew] December 8, 1930 (2:39)
• "Love for Sale" - Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orchestra June 27, 1931 (2:53)
• "After You, Who?" - Don Bestor and his orchestra [vocal: Neil Buckley] January 5, 1932 (3:16)
• "Miss Otis Regrets" - Ethel Waters August 20, 1934 (3:03)
• "Anything Goes" - The Dorsey Brothers and their orchestra [vocal: Don Mattison, Skeets Herfurt, and Roc Hillman] November 27, 1934 (2:24)
• "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Paul Whiteman and his orchestra [vocal: Ramona Davies] October 26, 1934 (3:16)
• "You're the Top" - Victor Young an the All-Star Revue [vocal: The Tune Twisters] January 10, 1935 (5:46)
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" - Bon Bon and his Buddies [vocal: Bon Bon Tunnell] July 23, 1941 (2:28)
• "Begin the Beguine" - Joe Haymes and his Rhythmakers [vocal: Ed Kirkeby] October 24, 1935 (2:38)
• "Just One of Those Things" - Richard Himber and his Ritz-Carlton Orchestra [vocal: Stuart Allen] October 12, 1935 (2:51)
• "A Picture of Me Without You" - George Hall and his orchestra [vocal: Dolly Dawn & Sony Schuyler] September 27, 1935 (3:10)
• "Rap Tap on Wood" - Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra August 3, 1936 (2:27)
• "Ridin' High" - Mal Hallett and his orchestra January 13, 1937 (2:25)
• "It's De-lovely" - Victor Lopez and his orchestra [vocal: Beth Wilson] November 24, 1936 (2:19)
• "I've a Strange New Rhythm in My Heart" - Artie Shaw and his New Music [vocal: Leo Watson] December 17, 1937 (2:46)
• "Rosalie" - The Savoy Hotel Orpheans under the direction of Carroll Gibbons [vocal: George Melanchrino] January 24, 1938 (2:48)
• "Far, Far Away" - Johnny Green and his orchestra circa January 1939 (2:48)
• "From Now On" - Eddy Duchin and his orchestra [vocal: Stanley Worth] October 25, 1938 (2:37)
• "Do I Love You?" - Bea Wain circa January 1940 (3:24)
• "Katie Went to Haiti" - Ray Noble and his orchestra [vocal: Larry Stewart] December 29, 1939 (2:49)
• "When Love Beckoned (on 52nd Street)" - Leo Reisman and his orchestra [vocal: Gertrude Niesen] November 25, 1939 (3:20)
• "I Happen to Be in Love" - Mary Healy January 5, 1940 (2:18)
• "I've Got My Eyes on You" - Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra [vocal: Allan De Witt] December 29, 1939 (3:08)
• "The Wedding Cake Walk" - Martha Tilton circa June 1941 (2:56)

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