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They Write the Songs

Series 2

Episode 2: Cole Porter

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2

Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters.

Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the work of another giant of the Great American Songbook.

He was a wealthy, well-travelled playboy, who triumphed over tragedy and wrote sophisticated, witty, wonderful music and lyrics - Cole Porter. Show less

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