Cole Sings Porter: Rare and Unreleased Songs From Can-Can and Jubilee

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Total Tracks: 22   Total Length: 58:46

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Cole as he really was

jimmyc

Although this CD is not exactly hi-fi, in fact the quality is wretched, nevertheless to have these songs sung by the man who wrote them is great.

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