This show continues our alphabetical coverage of Cole Porter’s catalog, with a slight twist.

A few of the songs here allow us to compare distinctly different interpretations of some of Porter’s most well-known work – some old and some new, some pensive and others swinging. One thing they all have in common is a sense of class that defined the stylization of an era that gave us “the Great American Songbook”.

Here are but a few examples:

From Now On – Bobby Short

From This Moment On – Lena Horne

From This Moment On – Sarah Vaughan

Get Out of Town – Chris Connor

I Am in Love – Nat King Cole

I Am Loved – Judy Garland

I Concentrate on You – Frances Wayne

I Concentrate on You – Frank Sinatra and Tom Jobim

I Get a Kick Out of You – Ethel Merman

I Get a Kick Out of You – Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson

I Hate Men – Nancy Walker)I Love Paris – Maurice Chevalier

BONUS – Love For Sale – Aretha Franklin