Polka Dots and Moonbeams

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jazz standard pop standard song

"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" is a popular jazz and pop standard ballad from 1940, widely recorded by vocalists and instrumentalists and known for its romantic, whimsical lyrics and melody.

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Label Occurrences
Polka Dots and Moonbeams canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Jimmy Van Heusen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfOrigin 1940s ⓘ
describedAs romantic ⓘ
whimsical ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy Frank Sinatra ⓘ
firstRecordedBy Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra ⓘ
form ballad ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature lyrical melody ⓘ
rich harmony ⓘ
slow tempo ⓘ
hasNotableVersionBy Ahmad Jamal ⓘ
Art Tatum ⓘ
Bill Evans ⓘ
Chet Baker ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Johnny Griffin ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Paul Desmond ⓘ
Red Garland ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Tommy Dorsey ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
hasTitleElement moonbeams ⓘ
polka dots ⓘ
isPartOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
isStandardIn instrumental jazz repertoire ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
vocal jazz repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme falling in love ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
romantic encounter ⓘ
lyricist Johnny Burke ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
recordLabelOfNotableEarlyRecording RCA Victor ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext concert performance ⓘ
jazz club ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
vocalistOnFirstHitRecording Frank Sinatra ⓘ

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Jimmy Van Heusen → notableWork → Polka Dots and Moonbeams ⓘ
Johnny Burke → notableWork → Polka Dots and Moonbeams ⓘ
Johnny Burke → wroteLyricsFor → Polka Dots and Moonbeams ⓘ
Chet Baker in New York → hasTrack → Polka Dots and Moonbeams ⓘ