“Heart and Soul” is a well-known song written by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics by Frank Loesser. The song became popular with different artists from 1938 to 1961. A simpler version of the song is often played as a piano duet, meaning two people play the piano together.
“Stardust” is a 1927 song written by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics added later by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal song more than 1,500 times. Carmichael began enjoying jazz while studying at Indiana University.
” Dream Dancing ” is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1941 film You’ll Never Get Rich. It was played without words in the film. The first recording of the song was made by Fred Astaire (who also appeared in the film) with Harry Sosnik and his Orchestra and The Delta Rhythm Boys in 1941.
Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original story was written together by Guy Bolton and P. G.
“Why Can’t You Behave?” is a song from 1948 written by Cole Porter for his musical Kiss Me, Kate. In the musical, the character Lois Lane sings the song to her boyfriend Bill. Bill missed rehearsal because he was gambling and told Lois he signed a $10,000 IOU in the name of the show’s director.
“From This Moment On” is a 1950 popular song written by Cole Porter, which later became a jazz standard. It was first created for the 1950 musical Out of This World, but the director, George Abbott, removed it from the show before its Broadway premiere, possibly because a cast member named William Eythe sang it poorly. The song was later added to MGM’s 1953 film Kiss Me, Kate (a movie version of Porter’s stage musical Kiss Me, Kate), where it was performed by Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse, and Bobby Van.
“I Am in Love” is a song from 1953. It was written by Cole Porter for his musical called Can-Can. The song was first performed by Peter Cookson in the musical.
“Another Op’nin’, Another Show” is the first song in Cole Porter’s 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate. Patricia Morison introduced the song. The song is performed by a group of actors playing characters from Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
In the stage version, the song is performed at the beginning of Act 2. In the 1948 original Broadway production, Lorenzo Fuller (playing Paul) and Eddie Sledge and Fred Davis (playing the specialty dancers) sang it, leading the full company. In the 1953 MGM Hollywood film version, the song was moved to an earlier part of the story.
“You Do Something to Me” was the first song in Cole Porter’s first fully integrated-book musical, Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929). In the original production, Genevieve Tobin and William Gaxton performed the song. They played the roles of Looloo Carroll and Peter Forbes, respectively.