You're the Top: A Love Song by Cole Porter [Hardcover]

Cole Porter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 1999

The most romantic song ever composed --
Cole Porter's "You're the Top."...

You're the top!
You're the Colosseum,
You're the top!
You're the Louvre Museum,
You're a melody from
a symphony by Strauss,
You're a Bendel bonnet,
A Shakespeare sonnet,
You're Mickey Mouse...

These timeless, classic lyrics have been enchanting listeners since they were first performed in Porter's 1934 musical Anything Goes. Sixty-five years and thousands of renditions later, there is still no song that better says "I love you." Setting this spectacular melody to a romantic, eclectic, and unforgettable photographic stroll through New York City, You're the Top is a unique and perfect gift for that special someone for any special occasion.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition (February 2, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684855607
• ISBN-13: 978-0684855608
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,806,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ah . . . but it really is terribly romantic!, March 2, 2000

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Laurie Sigel - See all my reviews

This review is from: You're the Top: A Love Song by Cole Porter (Hardcover)

I disagree! Although it was originally intended to instill laughs - this song lives on to become a great expression of love, ADMIRATION, and sheer charm. The book itself is beautiful-the images accompanied by the song lyrics capture the song's spirit amazingly well. I gave this as a gift to my fiancé and he was delighted (we're even having the song as our 1st dance in our wedding because of it!). This book is a fantastic, unique gift ideal to give to your most loved. It is a thing of beauty.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not a review, response to above, October 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: You're the Top: A Love Song by Cole Porter (Hardcover)

THIS is NOT a romantic song. This song was sung in "Anything Goes," and it is sung by two characters who are not romantically involved, and will never be romantically involved. It is a fast beat with funny lyrics. When I was involved in a performance of this, I found this song (among two others) to be one of the funniest in the show. No romance here. Just a great song.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I rewrote the words, June 30, 2003

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bob (Minneapolis MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You're the Top: A Love Song by Cole Porter (Hardcover)

You're the Top is the song that I wrote my own words for. The reason is that it was my Valentine present to the woman that would eventually become my wife. I used phrases that related to our specific history and had it sung to her by the piano player who entertained at one of our favorite restaurants. There were a lot of jealous women that night and I finally got a positive answer to my proposal. It certainly is a love song all you need is the right mix of people and words. Also from Minneapolis.