song "Taking a Chance on Love"

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"Taking a Chance on Love" is a popular standard from the 1940 Broadway musical "Cabin in the Sky," widely recorded by jazz and pop artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf popular standard
song
associatedWith Great American Songbook NERFINISHED
basedOnForm 32-bar song form
cataloguedIn jazz standards repertoire
composer Vernon Duke NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn Cabin in the Sky (1940 Broadway musical) NERFINISHED
fromWork Cabin in the Sky NERFINISHED
genre jazz
traditional pop
hasInfluenceOn later jazz vocal interpretations
hasMelodist Vernon Duke NERFINISHED
hasMeter 4/4 time
hasMusicalStyle swing
hasSubject romantic love
hasTempo medium swing (typical)
hasTitleLanguage English
hasType show tune
standard
inception 1940
isPartOf American musical theatre repertoire
language English
lyricist John La Touche NERFINISHED
Ted Fetter NERFINISHED
notableRecordingsBy Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
Lena Horne NERFINISHED
Tony Bennett NERFINISHED
Vera Lynn NERFINISHED
originalMedium Broadway musical
partOf Cabin in the Sky NERFINISHED
performancePractice improvised jazz solos
performedInFilmBy Eddie "Rochester" Anderson NERFINISHED
Ethel Waters NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 20th century
typicalEnsemble big band
jazz combo
vocal with orchestra
usedIn film Cabin in the Sky (1943) NERFINISHED

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Vernon Duke composed song "Taking a Chance on Love"