I Could Write a Book (jazz standard)
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"I Could Write a Book" is a popular jazz standard and show tune from the 1940 musical Pal Joey, widely performed and recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz standard
ⓘ
popular song ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Richard Rodgers
ⓘ
surface form:
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
|
| cataloguedAs | Rodgers and Hart song ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
Golden Age of Broadway (early phase)
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Age of Broadway
Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn |
Pal Joey
ⓘ
surface form:
Pal Joey (stage musical)
|
| frequentlyRecordedBy |
jazz instrumentalists
ⓘ
jazz vocalists ⓘ pop vocalists ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
American popular song
ⓘ
swing-influenced ballad ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Great American Songbook
ⓘ
surface form:
Great American Songbook repertoire
|
| isStandardIn |
jazz instrumental repertoire
ⓘ
jazz vocal repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme | expressing love through writing a book ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lorenz Hart ⓘ |
| musicBy | Richard Rodgers ⓘ |
| notablePerformanceBy |
Anita O'Day
ⓘ
Chet Baker ⓘ Dinah Washington ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Harry Connick Jr. ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Oscar Peterson ⓘ Sarah Vaughan ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| originalMedium | Broadway musical ⓘ |
| originalProductionLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| originalStageProductionYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Pal Joey ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
often performed as a ballad
ⓘ
sometimes performed at a medium swing tempo ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romantic love ⓘ |
| tempo | medium tempo (commonly) ⓘ |
| theatricalContext | introduced in the musical Pal Joey ⓘ |
| typicalForm | 32-bar AABA form ⓘ |
| usedAs | jazz repertoire standard ⓘ |
| vocalOrInstrumental | vocal song ⓘ |
| wordsBy | Lorenz Hart ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.