My Kind of Town

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American song popular song song traditional pop song

"My Kind of Town" is a popular American song, famously performed by Frank Sinatra, that celebrates the city of Chicago and has become a classic of the Great American Songbook.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
My Kind of Town canonical	3
My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)	1
“That Toddlin’ Town” lyric reference	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American song ⓘ popular song ⓘ song ⓘ traditional pop song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	My Kind of Town ⓘ surface form: My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)
associatedPlace	Chicago ⓘ
associatedWith	Rat Pack ⓘ
composer	Jimmy Van Heusen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	Chicago ⓘ
featuredIn	Robin and the 7 Hoods ⓘ surface form: film Robin and the 7 Hoods
firstPerformer	Frank Sinatra ⓘ
genre	traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Chicago ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	songs about cities ⓘ
hasPart	refrain "My kind of town, Chicago is" ⓘ
hasTheme	affection for Chicago ⓘ civic pride ⓘ urban life ⓘ
isClassicOf	Great American Songbook ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Sammy Cahn ⓘ
musicEra	1960s American popular music ⓘ
notableLyric	"My kind of people too" ⓘ "My kind of town, Chicago is" ⓘ
notablePerformer	Frank Sinatra ⓘ
oftenPerformedAt	Chicago civic events ⓘ sports events in Chicago ⓘ
partOf	Great American Songbook ⓘ
performanceStyle	big band arrangement ⓘ
performerMostAssociatedWith	Frank Sinatra ⓘ
publicationYear	1964 ⓘ
recordedBy	Dean Martin ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Michael Bublé ⓘ Rosemary Clooney ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ
subject	Chicago ⓘ
tempo	medium swing ⓘ
title	My Kind of Town self-link ⓘ
usedAs	unofficial anthem of Chicago ⓘ
writer	Jimmy Van Heusen ⓘ
writtenFor	film Robin and the 7 Hoods ⓘ
yearOfIntroduction	1964 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Jimmy Van Heusen → notableWork → My Kind of Town ⓘ

State Street → knownFor → My Kind of Town ⓘ

subject surface form: State Street (Chicago)

this entity surface form: “That Toddlin’ Town” lyric reference

Samuel Cohen → notableWork → My Kind of Town ⓘ

subject surface form: Sammy Cahn

My Kind of Town → title → My Kind of Town self-link ⓘ

My Kind of Town → alsoKnownAs → My Kind of Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)