Back Home Again in Indiana

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"Back Home Again in Indiana" is a popular early 20th-century American jazz standard closely associated with the Indianapolis 500, where it has been traditionally performed before the race.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
popular song
song
alsoKnownAs Indiana NERFINISHED
composer James F. Hanley NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuredInRepertoireOf New Orleans jazz bands
bebop musicians
swing bands
firstPopularizedIn vaudeville
genre jazz
traditional pop
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Indiana NERFINISHED
hasForm 32-bar AABA
hasKey F major (common performance key)
hasMelodicSimilarityTo On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away NERFINISHED
hasNotablePerformanceBy Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors character, informally referenced) NERFINISHED
James Melton NERFINISHED
Jim Nabors NERFINISHED
hasSubjectMatter nostalgia for Indiana
isAssociatedWithEvent Indianapolis 500 NERFINISHED
isConsidered state song standard of Indiana (informal)
isImprovisationBasisFor Donna Lee NERFINISHED
Ice Freezes Red NERFINISHED
Indiana (various contrafacts) NERFINISHED
isPartOf Great American Songbook (commonly regarded) NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Ballard MacDonald NERFINISHED
mentions Wabash River NERFINISHED
candlelight
moonlight on the Wabash NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1917
recordedBy Al Hirt NERFINISHED
Art Tatum NERFINISHED
Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
Chet Baker NERFINISHED
Duke Ellington NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
Harry James NERFINISHED
James Melton NERFINISHED
Jim Nabors NERFINISHED
Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED
Nat King Cole NERFINISHED
Original Dixieland Jass Band NERFINISHED
Red Nichols NERFINISHED
tempo medium-up
title Back Home Again in Indiana NERFINISHED
traditionallyPerformedAt Indianapolis 500 pre-race ceremonies
usedAs pre-race anthem at Indianapolis 500

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Jim Nabors notableSongPerformance Back Home Again in Indiana