The Lady Is a Tramp

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jazz standard pop standard show tune song

"The Lady Is a Tramp" is a popular show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical "Babes in Arms," later becoming a jazz and pop standard widely recorded by major artists.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
The Lady Is a Tramp (jazz standard) 1
The Lady Is a Tramp (popular song) 1
The Lady Is a Tramp (song) 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Rodgers and Hart ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalStatus standard of the Great American Songbook ⓘ
era Great American Songbook ⓘ
firstAppearanceIn Babes in Arms ⓘ
surface form: Babes in Arms (1937 musical)
genre jazz ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasTheme individualism ⓘ
rejection of high society conventions ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter nonconformist woman ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricsBy Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Buddy Greco ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Lady Gaga ⓘ
Lena Horne ⓘ
Sammy Davis Jr. ⓘ
Shirley Bassey ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
originalMedium Broadway musical ⓘ
partOf Babes in Arms ⓘ
Rodgers and Hart songbook ⓘ
surface form: Rodgers and Hart musical theatre repertoire
performancePractice often interpreted with improvisation ⓘ
period 1930s American popular music ⓘ
publicationYear 1937 ⓘ
style swing ⓘ
usedAs big band repertoire ⓘ
jazz vocal standard ⓘ
vocalType popular song for both male and female vocalists ⓘ
writtenFor stage musical ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babes in Arms → featuresSong → The Lady Is a Tramp ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → The Lady Is a Tramp ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → The Lady Is a Tramp ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Lady Is a Tramp (song)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → The Lady Is a Tramp ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Lady Is a Tramp (jazz standard)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → The Lady Is a Tramp ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Lady Is a Tramp (popular song)