Tracklist

Disc 1 - High Society
1	High Society: Overture - The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	3:27
2	High Society Calypso - Louis Armstrong And His Band, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	2:16
3	Little One - Bing Crosby, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	2:32
4	Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	2:10
5	True Love - Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	3:10
6	You're Sensational - (Capitol Studio Recording) Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle	3:53
7	I Love You, Samantha - Bing Crosby, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	4:32
8	Now You Has Jazz - Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	4:15
9	Well Did You Evah? Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	3:53
10	Mind If I Make Love To You - Frank Sinatra, The M-G-M Studio Orchestra, Johnny W. Green	2:25
Disc 2 - Can Can
1	Entr'acte - Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
2	It's All Right With Me - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
3	Come Along With Me - Shirley MacLaine, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
4	Live And Let Live - Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
5	You Do Something To Me - Louis Jourdan, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
6	Let's Do It - Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
7	Main Title - Orchestra, - I Love Paris - Chorus, - Montmart - Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier & Chorus, Nelson Riddle
8	C'est Magnifique - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
9	Maidens Typical Of France - Chorus, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
10	Just One Of Those Things - Maurice Chevalier, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
11	I Love Paris - Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
12	Can-Can - Orchestra, Nelson Riddle
Disc 3 - Pal Joey
1	Main Title - The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	2:31
2	That Terrific Rainbow - Trudy Erwin (For Kim Novak), Chorus Girls, The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	1:43
3	I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle	2:45
4	Do It The Hard Way - The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	1:55
5	Great Big Town - Chorus Girls, The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	1:05
6	There's A Small Hotel - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle	2:33
7	Zip - Jo Ann Greer (For Rita Hayworth), Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	3:03
8	I Could Write A Book - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle	3:52
9	Bewitched - Jo Ann Greer (For Rita Hayworth), The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	3:08
10	The Lady Is A Tramp - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle	3:13
11	Plant You Now, Dig You Later - The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	1:49
12	My Funny Valentine - Trudy Erwin (For Kim Novak), Chorus Girls, The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	2:00
13	You Mustn't Kick It Around - The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	1:39
14	Bewitched - Frank Sinatra, Orchestra, Nelson Riddle	3:38
15	Strip Number - The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	3:54
16	Dream Sequence And Finale (What Do I Care For A Dame/Bewitched/I Could Write A Book) - Frank Sinatra, The Columbia Pictures Chorus, The Columbia Pictures Orchestra, Morris Stoloff	6:02

Notes

In 1992, the Indiana Historical Society marked native son Cole Porter's centenary a year late by issuing the box set You're the Top: Cole Porter in the 1930s. The organization followed in 1999 with another box that surveyed the rest of Porter's career, You're Sensational: Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s & '50s. In 2002, the three discs from that collection were released separately. This is the third of them, covering 1948-1956 and named after the 1956 movie musical that featured a Porter score. The organizing principle of both of the boxes, explained in the liner notes (which are not included here), was to take Porter's work in chronological order by show and film, but not by date of actual recording. Thus, this volume, High Society, mixes a 1982 Bobby Short performance of "I Am in Love" from 1953's Can-Can with recordings of songs from the show made much closer to its premiere. It also includes performances done in a variety of styles. Several tracks are taken from original Broadway cast or motion picture soundtracks; others are instrumental jazz treatments, usually presented after a vocal version of the same song has already been provided, such as pianist Marian McPartland's recording of "From This Moment On" from the musical Out of This World, which follows a live performance of the same song by Rosemary Clooney. There are some wonderful performers, including Mel Tormé, Jo Stafford, Frank Sinatra, Erroll Garner, Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, and Bing Crosby, and some classic Porter songs, such as "It's All Right with Me," "I Love Paris," "All of You," "True Love," and "You're Sensational." But this is more a scholar's Cole Porter than a casual listener's, and a great deal is lost in terms of comprehension by the elimination of the extensive annotations that accompanied the box set.