All Of You - Cole Porter

Don Ameche and Hildegarde Neff sing.

"All of You" was written by Cole Porter and published in 1954.  It was sung by Don Ameche in the broadway musical Silk Stockings and featured in the film version as well, it has been recorded by Fred Astaire, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Tony Martin, and Anita O'Day, amongst many others. 

Coincident to the opening of such Broadway hits as Kiss Me Kate (1948), Can-Can (1953), Silk Stockings (1955), and the remake of the 1939 motion picture, The Philadelphia Story, retitled High Society in 1956, Porter's physical condition plummeted.

In 1958, after a valiant battle, the germs inhabiting his bone marrow won and Porter's right leg was amputated at mid-thigh. Although he was fitted for a prosthetic leg and underwent rigorous physical therapy, the man whose witty lyrics and melodies epitomized hope and joy had little to be hopeful about. Porter told many friends, after the amputation, "I am only half a man now."

In his last years, Porter confined his once glamorous nights and days to his apartment in the Waldorf Towers. The horrible pain he experienced in both of his severely damaged limbs led to an ever-increasing reliance on alcohol and narcotic painkillers.

Cole Porter – All Of You Lyrics

I love the looks of you, the lure of you
I'd love to make a tour of you
The eyes, the arms, the mouth of you
The east, west, north and the south of you

I'd love to gain complete control of you
And handle even the heart and soul of you
So love, at least, a small percent of me, do
For I love all of you

I love the looks of you, the lure of you
I'd love to make quite sure of you
The eyes, the arms, the mouth of you
The east, west, north and the south of you

I'd love to gain complete control of you
And handle even the heart and soul of you
So love, at least, a small percent of me, do
For I love all of you, for I love all of you