Talk:Love for Sale (Cole Porter song)

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I added the part about it being a jazz standard. As my english isn't the best I hope that someone can rewrite this and make it more understandable.

[edit] Scandelous

The removed sentence: "The song was thought to be too scandelous for white women to sing and was only performed by black women.", can probably be put back.

For example at this website: [1], it says "Love for Sale (1930), for many years the lyrics of this song could not be broadcast on American radio because they were considered "filthy". Probably because it was so maltreated, Porter referred to it as his favorite among all the songs he wrote, and it created an uproar when first performed. Originally sung by the white protagonist of the show, The New Yorkers, the setting was changed to the Cotton Club where the tune was sung by a black vocalist as part of her act. The 1930's morality considered it less controversial to have a black woman as a streetwalker than a white woman. Aside from its earthy lyrics, the song's popularity was unquestionably also helped by the plaintive, minor-tinged melody characteristic of Porter's music."

And an Ally McBeal fanforum says: The Cole Porter standard "Love for Sale," for example, was written for a white prostitute to sing in the 1927 Broadway production of "The New Yorkers." But there was such a commotion over that notion, the song was banned by censors - until producers simply changed the number's location to Harlem and gave it to a black actress to sing. "And then suddenly it was no longer a banned song," Krakowski said. "The idea of a white prostitute was unacceptable, but if it was a black woman, it was all perfectly all right. Isn't it appalling?"

There are probably better sources out there, and interesting to read if someone adds stuff about it to this article. Bib 15:03, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Format of title

Am I reading my capitalization conventions correctly? Since for is a preposition, it should not be capitalized in a title... "Love for Sale" rather than "Love For Sale"? --Paul Erik 05:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)