The Man I Love

E229601
popular standard song torch song

"The Man I Love" is a popular American standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, celebrated as a classic torch song frequently performed and recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Man I Love canonical 7
“The Man I Love” 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf popular standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
composer George Gershwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre jazz ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn jazz ballad tradition ⓘ
torch song repertoire ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle ballad ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer Art Tatum ⓘ
Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Bill Evans ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra ⓘ
Carmen McRae ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Cher ⓘ
Chet Baker ⓘ
Diana Krall ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Etta James ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Julie London ⓘ
Lena Horne ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Nina Simone ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Peggy Lee ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
Whitney Houston ⓘ
hasTheme romantic longing ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
yearning for an idealized lover ⓘ
isFrequently performed by jazz vocalists ⓘ
performed by pop vocalists ⓘ
recorded by jazz vocalists ⓘ
recorded by pop vocalists ⓘ
isRegardedAs classic of American popular song ⓘ
jazz standard ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Ira Gershwin ⓘ
partOf Great American Songbook ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Gershwin → notableWork → The Man I Love ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book → includesWork → The Man I Love ⓘ
Ira Gershwin → notableWork → The Man I Love ⓘ
Lena Horne → notableSong → The Man I Love ⓘ
Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday → hasTrack → The Man I Love ⓘ
Gershwin estate → hasRightsOver → The Man I Love ⓘ
Covered → includesCoverOf → The Man I Love ⓘ
this entity surface form: “The Man I Love”
Bruce Bennett → notableWork → The Man I Love ⓘ