Willie the Weeper
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"Willie the Weeper" is a classic early jazz tune, popularized in the 1920s and known for its vivid, drug-themed storytelling and recordings by major jazz artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Willie the Weeper canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedWithSubculture |
drug culture
ⓘ
jazz scene ⓘ |
| circulatedAs | folk-jazz song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstKnownPublicationPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| genre |
early jazz
ⓘ
traditional jazz ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Willie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | jazz standard with underground origins ⓘ |
| hasForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
drug-induced dreams
ⓘ
rags-to-riches fantasy ⓘ return to reality at the end ⓘ |
| hasReputation | vivid drug-themed storytelling ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
cleaned-up lyric versions
ⓘ
explicit lyric versions ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Minnie the Moocher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isConsidered | classic early jazz tune ⓘ |
| isPartOf | early jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
drug use
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ hallucination ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | storytelling ⓘ |
| notableRecordingArtist |
Bix Beiderbecke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cab Calloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon NERFINISHED ⓘ King Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ Muggsy Spanier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oftenClassifiedAs |
novelty song
ⓘ
story song ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
jazz club repertoire
ⓘ
traditional jazz revival sets ⓘ |
| popularizedInDecade | 1920s ⓘ |
| recordingEra |
acoustic recording era
ⓘ
electrical recording era ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
chimney sweep
ⓘ
dreams of wealth and adventure ⓘ opium ⓘ |
| typicalEnsemble | small jazz combo ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.