You'll Be Gone recorded 'It's Now Or Never' and he wanted to take another old standard that was a great song and change the lyrics. ... He said 'I like the song "Begin the Beguine". I like the melody but I'd like to put new lyrics on it.'" When Cole Porter denied permission to alter the lyrics, Elvis, West, and Charlie Hodge worked on creating new lyrics and new music for a song that would be entitled "You'll Be Gone". The song was replete with Latin rhythms and classical guitar passages. The beguine had been a dance popular in Martinique and Guadeloupe in
Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter regionally. The show had its Off-Broadway premiere, with direction by Richard Maltby, Jr., in a limited engagement at the York Theatre, beginning December 3, 2013, and closing January 5th, 2014. > Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter Love, Linda: The Life Of Mrs. Cole Porter is a theatrical and musical adventure about the life of Linda Lee Thomas, the socialite wife of composer Cole Porter, with a Book by Stevie Holland with Gary William Friedman, Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter, and Arrangements and Additional Music by Gary William Friedman. It originally starred Stevie Holland. It opened at