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'''Cole Porter''' (1891-1964) was a writer of songs and music for Broadway [[musical comedy|musical theater]]. He was famous for literate lyrics, complex rhymes, and sly [[double-entendre|double-entendres]]. Many of his songs have achieved the status of "standards." He is noted for his "list songs," long concatenations of surprising and humorous juxtapositions; examples include "You're the Top," "Let's Do It," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare."  
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'''Cole Porter''' (1891-1964) was a writer of songs and music for Broadway [[musical comedy|musical theater]]. He was famous for literate lyrics, complex rhymes, and sly [[double-entendre]]s. Many of his songs have achieved the status of "standards." He is noted for his "list songs," long concatenations of surprising and humorous juxtapositions; examples include "You're the Top," "Let's Do It," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare."  
    
He was a graduate of [[Yale University]] and got his start writing songs for campus theatricals. Despite the apparently frivolous and light-hearted nature of his occupation, he was intensely serious about it and worked very hard.
 
He was a graduate of [[Yale University]] and got his start writing songs for campus theatricals. Despite the apparently frivolous and light-hearted nature of his occupation, he was intensely serious about it and worked very hard.
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