They Can't Take That Away from Me
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"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a classic American popular song by George and Ira Gershwin, famously introduced by Fred Astaire and widely regarded as a jazz standard.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| They Can’t Take That Away from Me | 6 |
| They Can't Take That Away from Me canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
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popular song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithSongwriters |
Ira Gershwin
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surface form:
Gershwin brothers
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| composer | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredBy | numerous jazz artists ⓘ |
| era | 1930s American popular music ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYearOfIntroduction | 1937 ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Fred Astaire ⓘ |
| form | 32-bar song form ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus |
American standard
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jazz standard ⓘ |
| hasLyricsTheme |
enduring love
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romantic remembrance ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong version
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Frank Sinatra ⓘ
surface form:
Frank Sinatra version
Fred Astaire original film version ⓘ |
| includedInRepertoireOf |
jazz instrumentalists
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jazz vocalists ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Fred Astaire ⓘ |
| introducedInFilm | Shall We Dance ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPerformedAs | jazz ballad ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| key | B-flat major ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| lyricsFeature | list of remembered details about a lover ⓘ |
| lyricsRefrain | "They can't take that away from me" ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Billie Holiday
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Diana Krall ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Fred Astaire ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
cabaret shows
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concert halls ⓘ jazz clubs ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| structure | AABA ⓘ |
| tempo | medium-slow ⓘ |
| usedIn | film soundtracks ⓘ |
| wordsBy | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
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