EXIT MUSIC - "You're the Top!" [If this were a movie, the closing credits would begin to roll as....] In the morning, Callie lays on her side and sings to Amanda. Callie: Listed below are the Cole Porter songs that I have quoted from in CALLIE. Where possible, I have also listed the rendition of the song that I had in mind when I wrote it into the story. Chapter One "Night and Day" as sung by Susannah McCorkle on her album Easy to Love: The Songs of Cole Porter. Concord Records. Chapter Two "Just One of Those Things," Susannah McCorkle, loc. cit. "Anything Goes," Susannah McCorkle, loc. cit. Chapter Three "Miss Otis Regrets" as sung by Bette Midler on her album Some People's Lives. Atlantic Recording Corporation. Chapter Four "Easy to Love," Susannah McCorkle, loc. cit. Chapter Five "You Do Something to Me," Susannah McCorkle, loc. cit. Chapter Six "Don't Fence Me In," as sung by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters on Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters: Their Complete Recordings Together. MCA/Decca. "Love for Sale." I seem to recall having heard Marlene Dietrick sing this in some movie. "Begin the Beguine." Excellent production numbers of this song have been performed in the movies Broadway Melody of 1940 with Fred Astaire (MGM) and Night and Day with Cary Grant (Warner Brothers). "From This Moment On," Susannah McCorkle, loc. cit. Chapter Seven, part 1 "Anything Goes," Susannah McCorkle, loc. cit. Chapter Seven, part 2 "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Susannah McCorkle, loc cit. "You're the Top!" I don't know of any recording of the political lines quoted here. See "Exit Music" for more on this song. "I've a Shooting Box in Scotland." I've heard a recording of Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire singing this on a BBC tribute to Porter, but I don't know the source of the recording. "Well, Did You Evah?" sung by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra in the movie High Society (MGM). The verse about Professor Munch is not sung in the movie, but apparently was sung on an album of holiday music by Bing and Frank. It is also sung by Kevin Kline in the movie De-Lovely (Produced by United Artists, distributed by MGM). "Let's Misbehave." De-Lovely is a wonderful movie that I highly recommend for many reasons. However, seeing and hearing Elvis Costello sing "Let's Misbehave" is worth the price of renting the dvd or video. Chapter Seven, Part 3 "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye," sung by Fred Astaire. Available on the cd "Let's Face the Music and Dance, Centenary Issue" from Academy Sound and Vision, Ltd. Chapter Seven, Part 4 "We're We Fools?" Susannah McCorkle, loc. cit. Chapter Seven, Part 5 Callie's "Amanda Medley" is drawn from "In the Still of the Night," "I Get a Kick out of You," "All of You," "Looking at You," "It's All Right with Me," "I've Got You under My Skin," and "Its De-Lovely." Chapter Eight "Farewell, Amanda," sung by David Wayne in Adam's Rib (MGM). Exit Music "You're the Top," sung by Barbara Streisand and Ryan O'Neal in this style over the closing credits of What's Up, Doc? (Warner Brothers). |