Red, Hot & Rich

by David Grafton

The author's personal recollections of Cole Porter are interwoven with the reminiscences of major show business celebrities, the composer's friends, his intimates, and his family

Genres: Music

242 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Cathy Day]

First line of the preface: "How does a Hoosier hick from Peru, Indiana, become the quintessential American composer of his generation and the darling of International society?...He was a rich nobody from the hayseed hinterlands who made his way east and succeeded in taking the gilded citadel by storm."

Important: Sue Grafton did not write this book. DAVID Grafton did! David Grafton

[Shawn Thrasher · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't really change my opinion of Cole Porter. The bits about the black "studs" were both amusing and weird.