Cole Porter: A Biography.Cole Porter Noun 1. Cole Porter - United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) Cole Albert Porter, Porter : A Biography * William McBrien * Knopf * $30 You may know all the Words to Cole Porter's "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To," but you probably don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. that the song was inspired by his choreographer boyfriend. Or that among Porter's many dalliances--during a long, agreeable marriage to an understanding woman--was rumored to be an affair with actor Jack Cassidy For the bass guitarist from Jefferson Airplane, see Jack Casady. Jack Cassidy (March 5, 1927 – December 12, 1976) was an American actor, who achieved success in theater, cinema and television. . Biographer McBrien spent ten years turning up new facts about the private life that informed the music of America's foremost composer and lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist , who conveyed his gayest passions in song. |
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