My Funny Valentine

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jazz standard show tune song

"My Funny Valentine" is a popular jazz standard and show tune from the 1937 musical *Babes in Arms*, widely recorded and celebrated for its tender, introspective lyrics and haunting melody.

Aliases (7)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz standard → show tune → song →
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
firstPerformanceYear	1937 →
fromMusical	Babes in Arms →
genre	jazz → traditional pop →
hasCharacterAddressed	Valentine →
hasCulturalStatus	American songbook classic → jazz classic →
hasMeter	common time →
hasMusicalForm	ballad →
hasNotableInstrumentalVersion	My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker trumpet version) → My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis 1964 live performance) →
hasNotableRecording	My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker recording) → My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis recording) →
hasStyle	ballad jazz standard →
isFrequentlyPerformedOn	Valentine’s Day →
isStandardIn	Great American Songbook → jazz repertoire →
isWidelyRecorded	true →
language	English →
lyricalTheme	romantic love →
lyricalTone	introspective → tender →
lyricist	Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED →
lyricsBy	Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED →
melodicCharacter	haunting →
musicBy	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
notablePerformer	Anita O’Day → Billie Holiday → Chet Baker → Ella Fitzgerald → Frank Sinatra → Gerry Mulligan → Miles Davis → Sarah Vaughan → Stan Getz → Tony Bennett →
originalMedium	stage musical →
partOf	Babes in Arms →
publicationYear	1937 →
tempo	slow →
typicalVocalStyle	torch song →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chet Baker → Richard Rodgers → Richard Rodgers ("My Funny Valentine (song)") → Richard Rodgers ("My Funny Valentine (jazz standard)") → Richard Rodgers ("My Funny Valentine (popular song)") →	notableWork
My Funny Valentine ("My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis 1964 live performance)") → My Funny Valentine ("My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker trumpet version)") →	hasNotableInstrumentalVersion
My Funny Valentine ("My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker recording)") → My Funny Valentine ("My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis recording)") →	hasNotableRecording