Oh! What It Seemed to Be
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"Oh! What It Seemed to Be" is a popular mid-1940s American song that became a hit standard, widely recorded by various artists in the pop and big band era.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| composer |
Bennie Benjamin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George David Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1940s ⓘ |
| era |
World War II era
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ⓘ
big band era ⓘ |
| genre |
big band
ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | American pop and big band music ⓘ |
| hasForm | popular song form ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
orchestra
ⓘ
piano ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| hasTheme | romantic love ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTitlePunctuation | exclamation mark ⓘ |
| isHit | true ⓘ |
| isStandard | true ⓘ |
| isWidelyRecorded | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bennie Benjamin
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ⓘ
George David Weiss NERFINISHED ⓘ John Klenner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Charlie Spivak
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ⓘ
Dean Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie Carle NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie Laine NERFINISHED ⓘ Jo Stafford NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ink Spots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyPopularIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | sheet music ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | mid-20th century American popular music ⓘ |
| subsequentlyPopularIn | international markets ⓘ |
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