Long Ago (and Far Away)

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1940s standard jazz standard popular song song

"Long Ago (and Far Away)" is a popular 1944 American standard song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely known from the film "Cover Girl."

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Label Occurrences
Long Ago (and Far Away) canonical 2
Long Ago and Far Away 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 1940s standard ⓘ
jazz standard ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
academyAwardsEdition 17th Academy Awards ⓘ
basedOn poem "Look up in the Sky" by Ira Gershwin ⓘ
composer Jerome Kern ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era World War II era ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1944 ⓘ
firstLine Long ago and far away ⓘ
genre traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
hasAlternateTitleSpelling Long Ago and Far Away ⓘ
hasNotableChartSuccess United States pop charts in 1944 ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy André Previn ⓘ
Artie Shaw ⓘ
Bill Evans ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Chet Baker ⓘ
Dick Haymes ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Helen Forrest ⓘ
Jo Stafford ⓘ
Mel Tormé ⓘ
Perry Como ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
hasSheetMusicFormat orchestral arrangement ⓘ
piano-vocal ⓘ
includedInRepertoireOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
introducedInFilmBy Gene Kelly ⓘ
Rita Hayworth ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Ira Gershwin ⓘ
musicStyle ballad ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
partOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
publicationYear 1944 ⓘ
publisher T. B. Harms Company ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme romantic longing ⓘ
usedInFilm Cover Girl ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Jerome Kern → notableWork → Long Ago (and Far Away) ⓘ
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon → includesTrack → Long Ago (and Far Away) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Long Ago and Far Away
Jo Stafford → notableWork → Long Ago (and Far Away) ⓘ