This Can't Be Love
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"This Can't Be Love" is a popular 1938 show tune by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart, introduced in the musical "The Boys from Syracuse" and later recorded by numerous jazz and pop artists.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| This Can’t Be Love (jazz standard) | 1 |
| This Can’t Be Love (popular song) | 1 |
| This Can’t Be Love (song) | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
show tune
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWithComposerLyricistTeam | Rodgers and Hart ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | The Comedy of Errors ⓘ |
| composer | Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz standard
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasKeyUsage | commonly performed in jazz arrangements ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | popular song ⓘ |
| hasNotableMedium |
recorded music
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| hasStyle | swing ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
denial of being in love
ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ |
| includedInRepertoireOf |
jazz instrumentalists
ⓘ
jazz vocalists ⓘ |
| introducedIn | The Boys from Syracuse ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalTheatreProduction | The Boys from Syracuse ⓘ |
| notableRecordingArtist |
Benny Goodman
ⓘ
Diana Krall ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ Peggy Lee ⓘ Sarah Vaughan ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| partOf | The Boys from Syracuse (score) ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| typicalTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| usedAsJazzStandard | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
This Can’t Be Love (song)
this entity surface form:
This Can’t Be Love (jazz standard)
this entity surface form:
This Can’t Be Love (popular song)