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(Columbia 1701-D)
Recorded 12/22/1928 New York, New York.
Paul Whiteman Orchestra (Musical group)
Paul Whiteman (leader)
Austin Young (vocalist : tenor vocal)
(Fulton, Gaylord & Young Vocals)
Cole Porter (composer)
Cole Porter (lyricist)
Vamos a hacerlo (Parallel (translated) title)
From Paris (Work title)
"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" is a popular song written in 1928 by Cole Porter. It was introduced in Porter's first Broadway success, the musical Paris (1928) by French chanteuse Irène Bordoni, for whom Porter had written the musical as a starring vehicle.
Bordoni's husband and Paris producer Ray Goetz convinced Porter to give Broadway another try with this show. The song was later used in the English production of Wake Up and Dream (1929) and was used as the title theme music in the 1933 Hollywood movie Grand Slam starring Loretta Young and Paul Lukas. In 1960 it was also included in the film version of Cole Porter's Can-Can.
The original lyrics and music of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.
The first of Porter's "list songs", it features a string of suggestive and droll comparisons and examples, preposterous pairings and double entendres, dropping famous names and events, drawing from highbrow and popular culture. Porter was a strong admirer of the Savoy operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, many of whose stage works featured similar comic list songs.
The first refrain covers human ethnic groups, the second refrain birds, the third refrain marine life, the fourth refrain insects and centipedes, and the fifth refrain non-human mammals.
(Columbia 1701-D)
Recorded 12/22/1928 New York, New York.
Paul Whiteman Orchestra (Musical group)
Paul Whiteman (leader)
Austin Young (vocalist : tenor vocal)
(Fulton, Gaylord & Young Vocals)
Cole Porter (composer)
Cole Porter (lyricist)
Vamos a hacerlo (Parallel (translated) title)
From Paris (Work title)
"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" is a popular song written in 1928 by Cole Porter. It was introduced in Porter's first Broadway success, the musical Paris (1928) by French chanteuse Irène Bordoni, for whom Porter had written the musical as a starring vehicle.
Bordoni's husband and Paris producer Ray Goetz convinced Porter to give Broadway another try with this show. The song was later used in the English production of Wake Up and Dream (1929) and was used as the title theme music in the 1933 Hollywood movie Grand Slam starring Loretta Young and Paul Lukas. In 1960 it was also included in the film version of Cole Porter's Can-Can.
The original lyrics and music of the song entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.
The first of Porter's "list songs", it features a string of suggestive and droll comparisons and examples, preposterous pairings and double entendres, dropping famous names and events, drawing from highbrow and popular culture. Porter was a strong admirer of the Savoy operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, many of whose stage works featured similar comic list songs.
The first refrain covers human ethnic groups, the second refrain birds, the third refrain marine life, the fourth refrain insects and centipedes, and the fifth refrain non-human mammals.
