I Didn't Know What Time It Was
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"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" is a popular 1939 show tune by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart that has become a widely recorded jazz and pop standard.
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| instanceOf |
jazz standard
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pop standard → show tune → song → |
| composer |
Richard Rodgers
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| era |
1930s popular music
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| genre |
jazz
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show tune → traditional pop → |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later jazz interpretations of show tunes
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| hasLyricalStyle |
characteristic Lorenz Hart wordplay and romantic theme
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| hasLyricsBy |
Lorenz Hart
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| hasMelodicStyle |
typical Richard Rodgers melodic writing
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| hasMusicBy |
Richard Rodgers
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| hasSubject |
emotional awakening
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romantic love → |
| language |
English
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| lyricist |
Lorenz Hart
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| notableFor |
becoming a widely recorded jazz standard
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| originalMedium |
stage musical
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| partOf |
American songbook repertoire
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| publicationYear |
1939
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| recordingTradition |
frequently recorded by jazz instrumentalists
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frequently recorded by jazz vocalists → recorded by pop singers → |
| usedIn |
jazz repertoire
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pop repertoire → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Richard Rodgers
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Richard Rodgers ("I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (song)") → Richard Rodgers ("I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (jazz standard)") → Richard Rodgers ("I Didn’t Know What Time It Was (popular song)") → |
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