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Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name. [notes 1]Inspired by William Shakespeare's play 'The Taming of the Shrew', it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway musical version of ...
Articles about songs from the musical Kiss Me, Kate. Pages in category "Songs from Kiss Me, Kate " The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
In theatrical versions of Kiss Me, Kate it goes now as a duet of Harrison Howell and Lilli Vanessi (since the 1999 revival). Many versions of the song have been recorded, including those by: Doris Day – a single release in 1950. [3] Guy Lombardo - a single on 45 and 78 Dec. 1950. [4] Les Brown – Live At The Hollywood Palladium (1953)
This song was the soundtrack of a 2003 Adidas commercial. [9] The song gained new currency in 2004 because of two films that came out that year. The first was the Porter biopic De-Lovely, and the second was the movie Kinsey, which used the tune because Porter mentioned the Kinsey report on American sexual attitudes in the song's bridge.
Kiss Me, Kate is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Bella and Samuel Spewack.The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi.
"So in Love" is a song by Cole Porter from his 1948 musical Kiss Me, Kate, [1] which is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It was first sung in the show by Patricia Morison, reprised by Alfred Drake, [1] and further popularized by Patti Page in 1949.
Whereas other songs from Kiss Me, Kate (such as "So in Love" and "Too Darn Hot") were released as singles and achieved commercial success outside the show ("So in Love" reached the top ten on the Hit Parade in 1949 and has since been covered by scores of recording artists), "Tom, Dick or Harry" was written expressly to advance the Shrew subplot ...
"Why Can't You Behave?" is a 1948 popular song written by Cole Porter, for his musical Kiss Me, Kate, where it was introduced by Lisa Kirk. The character Lois Lane sings it to her boyfriend Bill, who had just missed rehearsal because he was gambling and told her he signed a $10,000 IOU in the name of the director of the show.