Roaring Twenties: Irene Bordoni sings Cole Porter, 1928

[585michael]

thanks so much!!!!!

[ClarasBeau]

Should be required listening. What a great song, so "spicily" delivered... Kudos to Bordoni!!

("I always squeeze my Pekinese"???)

[LeonRasberry]

I thinks she was born in 1885.

[tlyoung88]

Are any of Cole Porter's uncensored lyrics available?

[RobParliament]

"If you want a future, darling, Why don't you get a past?' is a simply but witty couplet. 

[bluegibby7]

Wh at a song writer Lennon and mc Cartney  eat ur heart out ...

[donlemc]

She was wonderful. An incredible voice from long ago

[tychaton08]

Merci!

[cholocharile]

With a large amount of composers it's a rather hit-and-miss game, but with Cole Porter, it's all hits. Great recording of the tune as well.

[onebaud]

The world does not change much. It is the eternal struggle between the sexes.

[sftrajan]

great song; the voice, not so great.

[donnaoday]

I'd heard this version but never knew who sang it. Thanks for the info on Miss Bordoni. :)

[HarborGuy]

Gotta love her!

[brianh4colts77]

Cole Porter was awesome beyond his time a genius with lyrics..Oh whatta man

[bgbreakdown]

Misbehave? You got it, baby!

[shareddrive]

Was this recording released? --- or is it unissued?

[maddogj7]

Porter is or was amazing . A lad or friend of mine said he couldnt say to knowing any Porter songs . I askd him about the mp3 track on his playlist I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU or somthing like that and he had no idea it was written by Porter . Porter a true GREAT when it comes too music and songs .jj7

[leoray1234]

All those great composers of that era had their signature styles. Gershwin, Porter, Rodgers, Kern, etc..for Porter, what I notice is how he builds up his melodies over a very long stretch (a great example is 'So In Love'), with often a surprising chord that changes the feeling of the song somewhere near the end (example: 'Everytime We Say Goodbye' where he goes from major to minor along with the lyric).

[54spiritedwill54]

Beautiful!

[rogharm]

@54spiritedwill54 great music and great voice!!!!!!****ROGHARM

[albanybeardguy]

Great rendition- suggestive and teasing without being smutty

[awolnycphilly]

So many redos of this song are known - with her you understand (hope) that's the way Cole Porter would've wanted it!

[Augie47]

Weary nonsense! As a French speaker her accent is unmistakably Corsican (recognizable even in English parlance). My late father used to say that there were, in 1930, only Helen Morgan and Irene Bordoni who could stop any show with their performance. Whatever song they sang stayed sung.

[Corrie121]

This is a really nice rendition of this song.

How sad to learn that she died at such a young age.

Thank you for sharing.

[weiliiiiiii]

Incredible i love this old music, i usually listen too the Grateful dead but i watched that movie de-lovely and fell in love with cole porters music.

[ClueSign]

@weiliiiiiii That's hilarious -- deadhead here too..but cole porter is the top

[evenatomato]

@weiliiiiiii I used to dig Dylan so much. I still do. But Porter shows me a different world that is so truthful.

[sfca925]

Sounds great to me--got any  more Irene Bordoni records?

[operamichael]

Lovely. I love the way Irene wraps her exquisite accent around every word.

[glawsny]

Great version of this tune,just ashame she didn't live to see this disc released commerically by the Victor company!

[gordonH51]

Irene also does another song in a similar manor as "Let's Misbehave" I believe the title is, or at least the main line is "BUT DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY" from around 1925, it sounds like it is from a Broadway show, but I am not sure, but if you like this song here, you'll most certainly like that one as well.

[imkingdad]

Irving introduced some of the Finest American Musicians. Love this stuff. Thanks for the effort.

[jozefsterkens]

I prefer when she sings "Just An Hour of Love". (perfectjazz75)

she must sing slow melodies than she can use her superb legato singing, here she sounds as an ordinary singer. The melody is to fast for her, she sounds like a duck.

[kspm01]

Fantastic alternate version! Aaronson (who also recorded the best-known version) is different here with a lighter and so refined orchestration.

[nedsparks]

Beautiful!

[dzheger]

Charming, different version.

[LordWham]

Wonderful version of this tune...!