Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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Great Depression-era song popular song song

"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is a famous Great Depression-era American song that poignantly captures the disillusionment and hardship of unemployed workers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? canonical 3
"Brother, can you spare a dime?" 1
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Depression-era song ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
addresses broken promises of prosperity ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
veterans’ plight ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ⓘ
surface form: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ⓘ
surface form: Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?
associatedWithEvent Wall Street Crash of 1929 aftermath ⓘ
composer Jay Gorney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance anthem of the Great Depression ⓘ
classic American standard ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1932 ⓘ
genre political song ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
hasFamousLine Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Brother, can you spare a dime?"

"They used to tell me I was building a dream" ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later protest music in the United States ⓘ
historicalContext early 1930s United States ⓘ
includedIn American songbook ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalSubject former worker ⓘ
unemployed veteran ⓘ
lyricist E. Y. Harburg ⓘ
surface form: Yip Harburg
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Al Jolson ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ
Rudy Vallée ⓘ
originalMedium Broadway musical revue ⓘ
publicationYear 1932 ⓘ
setIn Great Depression ⓘ
surface form: United States during Great Depression
symbolizes betrayal of workers ⓘ
collapse of economic security ⓘ
theme American Dream ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted Great Depression ⓘ
typeOf social commentary song ⓘ
usesMusicalStyle jazz-influenced harmony ⓘ
minor key melody ⓘ
writtenFor musical revue Americana ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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E. Y. Harburg → notableWork → Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ⓘ
Yip → notableWork → Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ⓘ
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? → alsoKnownAs → Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ⓘ
this entity surface form: Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? → alsoKnownAs → Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? → hasFamousLine → Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Brother, can you spare a dime?"
Jay Gorney → notableWork → Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ⓘ