I Could Write a Book

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"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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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
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
Richard Rodgers
hasMusicalForm song form
hasStyle Great American Songbook
hasTheme romantic love
self-expression
language English
lyricist Lorenz Hart
lyricsBy Lorenz Hart
musicBy Richard Rodgers
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)

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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)
Pal Joey notableSong I Could Write a Book
I Could Write a Book title I Could Write a Book self-link
Rodgers and Hart notableWork I Could Write a Book