In 1934, in “You’re the Top,” Cole Porter composed a tune in praise of the sublime. Alongside the Colosseum and the Louvre Museum he included, to rhyme with Camembert, “the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire.” Anyone who’s … Continue reading
In 1934, in “You’re the Top,” Cole Porter composed a tune in praise of the sublime. Alongside the Colosseum and the Louvre Museum he included, to rhyme with Camembert, “the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire.” Anyone who’s … Continue reading