My Funny Valentine

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"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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
show tune
song
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker trumpet version)

My Funny Valentine self-linksurface differs
surface form: My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis 1964 live performance)
hasNotableRecording My Funny Valentine self-linksurface differs
surface form: My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker recording)

My Funny Valentine self-linksurface differs
surface form: My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis recording)
hasStyle ballad jazz standard
isFrequentlyPerformedOn Valentine's Day
surface form: Valentine’s Day
isStandardIn Great American Songbook
jazz repertoire
isWidelyRecorded true
language English
lyricalTheme romantic love
lyricalTone introspective
tender
lyricist Lorenz Hart
lyricsBy Lorenz Hart
melodicCharacter haunting
musicBy Richard Rodgers
notablePerformer Anita O'Day
surface form: 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

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Richard Rodgers notableWork My Funny Valentine
Richard Rodgers notableWork My Funny Valentine
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (song)
Richard Rodgers notableWork My Funny Valentine
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (jazz standard)
Richard Rodgers notableWork My Funny Valentine
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (popular song)
My Funny Valentine hasNotableRecording My Funny Valentine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker recording)
My Funny Valentine hasNotableRecording My Funny Valentine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis recording)
My Funny Valentine hasNotableInstrumentalVersion My Funny Valentine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (Miles Davis 1964 live performance)
My Funny Valentine hasNotableInstrumentalVersion My Funny Valentine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (Chet Baker trumpet version)
Chet Baker notableWork My Funny Valentine
Great American Songbook hasNotableSong My Funny Valentine
Babes in Arms hasSong My Funny Valentine
Babes in Arms notableSong My Funny Valentine
Lorenz Hart notableWork My Funny Valentine
Lorenz Hart wroteLyricsFor My Funny Valentine
Rodgers and Hart notableWork My Funny Valentine
Chesney Henry Baker Jr. notableWork My Funny Valentine
this entity surface form: My Funny Valentine (recording)
Chet Baker Sings hasTrack My Funny Valentine
Let’s Get Lost (1988 documentary film) hasNotableSong My Funny Valentine
subject surface form: Let’s Get Lost