Swanee

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"Swanee" is a popular early 20th-century American song, famously performed by entertainer Al Jolson and associated with the Tin Pan Alley era.

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Swanee canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tin Pan Alley song
popular song
song
associatedEra Tin Pan Alley era
associatedPerformer Al Jolson
associatedPlace New York City
composer George Gershwin
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalContext American vaudeville
Broadway-style popular music
era Roaring Twenties
surface form: Jazz Age
firstMajorHitYear 1920
firstPerformancePeriod early 20th century
genre Tin Pan Alley era
surface form: Tin Pan Alley

popular music
show tune
hasInfluenceOn subsequent American popular songs about the South
hasMusicalForm verse-chorus form
hasTheme longing for home
nostalgia for the South
historicalSignificance early hit for George Gershwin
one of the biggest American popular songs of the early 1920s
includedInRepertoireOf Al Jolson
inspiredBy Old Folks at Home
keyCharacteristic catchy chorus
language English
lyricist Irving Caesar
madeFamousBy Al Jolson
notableChartSuccess major American hit in 1920
notablePerformer Al Jolson
performanceMedium voice and orchestra
voice and piano
publicationCentury 20th century
recordLabelOfNotableRecording Columbia Records
rightsSociety American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
surface form: ASCAP
settingLocation Southern United States
surface form: American South
subject Suwannee River
tempo up-tempo
title Swanee self-link
typeOfWork American popular song
yearPublished 1919
yearWritten 1919

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Al Jolson notableSong Swanee
Swanee title Swanee self-link
Jolie notableWork Swanee
subject surface form: Al Jolson
Asa Yoelson notableWork Swanee
Irving Caesar notableWork Swanee