I Could Write a Book

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jazz standard pop standard show tune song

"I Could Write a Book" is a popular show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical "Pal Joey," which has since become a jazz and pop standard.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
I Could Write a Book (popular song) 1
I Could Write a Book (song) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Rodgers and Hart ⓘ
surface form: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
associatedWith Broadway ⓘ
basedOnWork Pal Joey ⓘ
surface form: Pal Joey (novel)
cataloguedIn jazz standard repertoire ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceYear 1940 ⓘ
fromWork Pal Joey ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn American popular song tradition ⓘ
hasKeyCreators Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicalForm song form ⓘ
hasStyle Great American Songbook ⓘ
hasTheme romantic love ⓘ
self-expression ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricsBy Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePerformer Anita O'Day ⓘ
Chet Baker ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Harry Connick Jr. ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
originalMedium stage musical ⓘ
partOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
partOfMusical Pal Joey ⓘ
performingArtsDomain musical theatre ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
title I Could Write a Book self-link ⓘ
usedIn Pal Joey ⓘ
surface form: Pal Joey (1940 Broadway production)

Pal Joey ⓘ
surface form: Pal Joey (1957 film adaptation)

Referenced by (5)

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

Pal Joey → notableSong → I Could Write a Book ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → I Could Write a Book ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → I Could Write a Book ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Could Write a Book (song)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → I Could Write a Book ⓘ
this entity surface form: I Could Write a Book (popular song)
I Could Write a Book → title → I Could Write a Book self-link ⓘ