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Avalon Jazz Band - I love Paris (Cole Porter)

"I Love Paris" was published in 1953. The song was introduced by Lilo in the musical Can-Can.

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, appropriately 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.

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.

I Love Paris

I love Paris in the spring time
I love Paris in the fall
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles

I love Paris every moment
Every moment of the year
I love Paris
Why oh why do I love Paris
Because my love is here

I love Paris every moment
Every moment of the year
I love Paris
Why oh why do I love Paris
Because my love is here

She's there, she's everywhere
But she's really here