"These Foolish Things"

E502271
song

"These Foolish Things" is a classic jazz standard widely celebrated for its poignant melody and lyrics, and for influential recordings by leading jazz artists.

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Label Occurrences
These Foolish Things 3
"These Foolish Things" canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Jack Strachey NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
decade 1930s ⓘ
firstLine A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasCharacteristic lyrical ballad style ⓘ
poignant melody ⓘ
romantic lyrics ⓘ
hasKeyType commonly performed in major keys ⓘ
hasMusicalForm ballad ⓘ
hasNotableLyric These foolish things remind me of you ⓘ
hasPerformancePractice often arranged for big band ⓘ
often arranged for piano trio ⓘ
often features vocal improvisation ⓘ
hasSubject reminders of a past lover ⓘ
hasTheme lost love ⓘ
memory ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
influenced later jazz ballads ⓘ
isAssociatedWithEra pre-World War II popular music ⓘ
isFrequentlyIncludedIn jazz fake books ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformedAs jazz standard ⓘ
isStandardIn Great American Songbook repertoire ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Eric Maschwitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holt Marvell NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Benny Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Billie Holiday NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bryan Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chet Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lester Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1936 ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext small jazz ensemble ⓘ
vocal jazz performance ⓘ
typicalTempo slow ⓘ
usesImageryOf everyday objects ⓘ
urban nightlife ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Lester Young → notableWork → "These Foolish Things" ⓘ
Douglas Ainslie → basedOnWork → "These Foolish Things" ⓘ
this entity surface form: These Foolish Things
Chet Is Back! → hasTrack → "These Foolish Things" ⓘ
this entity surface form: These Foolish Things
It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook → containsSong → "These Foolish Things" ⓘ
this entity surface form: These Foolish Things