What Is This Thing Called Love?

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jazz standard popular song

"What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a popular jazz standard composed by Cole Porter that has been widely recorded and interpreted by vocalists and instrumentalists since its 1929 debut.

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Label Occurrences
What Is This Thing Called Love? canonical 5
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Clifford Brown and Max Roach 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
composer Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debutMedium stage musical ⓘ
firstAppearanceIn "Wake Up and Dream" ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasForm song ⓘ
hasNotablePerformer Anita O'Day ⓘ
Art Tatum ⓘ
Ben Webster ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Clifford Brown ⓘ
Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Red Garland ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Wynton Kelly ⓘ
hasNotableRecording "What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Art Tatum ⓘ
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Billie Holiday ⓘ
What Is This Thing Called Love? self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Clifford Brown and Max Roach

"What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Frank Sinatra
hasTitlePunctuation question mark ⓘ
hasTypicalForm AABA ⓘ
hasTypicalStructure 32-bar form ⓘ
introducedIn musical theatre ⓘ
isFrequentlyIncludedIn jazz education repertoire ⓘ
jazz fake books ⓘ
isFrequentlyUsedFor jazz improvisation ⓘ
isStandardIn Great American Songbook ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricsBy Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1929 ⓘ
theme romantic love ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book → hasTrack → What Is This Thing Called Love? ⓘ
In the Wee Small Hours → hasPart → What Is This Thing Called Love? ⓘ
Leo Reisman → notableRecording → What Is This Thing Called Love? ⓘ
Dreamstreet → hasTrack → What Is This Thing Called Love? ⓘ
What Is This Thing Called Love? → hasNotableRecording → What Is This Thing Called Love? self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
this entity surface form: "What Is This Thing Called Love?" by Clifford Brown and Max Roach
What Is This Thing Called Love? (alternate take) → basedOn → What Is This Thing Called Love? ⓘ