There Is Nothin' Like a Dame

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musical theatre song show tune song

"There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" is a lively show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, sung by a group of sailors celebrating their longing for female companionship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
There Is Nothin' Like a Dame canonical	4
Nothin' Like a Dame	1
There is nothin' like a dame	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical theatre song ⓘ show tune ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedAct	original Broadway cast of South Pacific ⓘ
basedOn	Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ
broadwayOpeningYearOfWorkFrom	1949 ⓘ
composer	Richard Rodgers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dramaticFunction	character development of sailors ⓘ comic relief ⓘ
era	Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Broadway
firstPerformanceIn	South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (original Broadway production)
fromMusicalPremierePlace	Broadway ⓘ
fromMusicalPremiereTheatre	Majestic Theatre ⓘ
fromMusicalPremiereYear	1949 ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ show tune ⓘ
hasRefrain	There Is Nothin' Like a Dame self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: There is nothin' like a dame
hasSubject	military life ⓘ romantic desire ⓘ women ⓘ
hasTitlePhrase	There Is Nothin' Like a Dame self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nothin' Like a Dame
includedIn	original cast recordings of South Pacific ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricalTheme	longing for female companionship ⓘ male camaraderie ⓘ
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
mood	lively ⓘ
musicalBy	Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ
musicalNumberType	ensemble number ⓘ
notableFilmAdaptation	South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ
notableProduction	South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (1949 original Broadway cast)
notableStyleFeature	call-and-response patterns ⓘ rhythmic, march-like energy ⓘ
orchestrationStyle	Broadway pit orchestra ⓘ
partOf	South Pacific ⓘ
performanceContext	on a Pacific island military base ⓘ
performedIn	South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ
period	20th-century American musical theatre ⓘ
setting	South Pacific ⓘ World War II ⓘ
sungByCharacters	Seabees ⓘ sailors ⓘ
targetAudienceWithinStory	fellow servicemen ⓘ
vocalForces	male chorus ⓘ
workFrom	South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (musical)
workType	stage musical song ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → There Is Nothin' Like a Dame ⓘ

There Is Nothin' Like a Dame → hasTitlePhrase → There Is Nothin' Like a Dame self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nothin' Like a Dame

There Is Nothin' Like a Dame → hasRefrain → There Is Nothin' Like a Dame self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: There is nothin' like a dame

South Pacific (1958 film) → notableSong → There Is Nothin' Like a Dame ⓘ

South Pacific (stage production) → notableSong → There Is Nothin' Like a Dame ⓘ

South Pacific (1999 film) → featuresSong → There Is Nothin' Like a Dame ⓘ