Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
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"Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" is a popular 1920s American jazz and pop standard, often associated with the flapper era and covered by numerous artists over the decades.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pop standard
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song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Five Foot Two
NERFINISHED
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | flapper era ⓘ |
| composer | Ray Henderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuedPopularityIn |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredBy |
Art Mooney
NERFINISHED
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Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Doris Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie Laine NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Lombardo NERFINISHED ⓘ The California Ramblers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temperance Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiny Tim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decadeOfPeakPopularity | 1920s ⓘ |
| era | 1920s ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalAssociation |
Roaring Twenties
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dance crazes of the 1920s ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | 32-bar chorus ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
"Five foot two, eyes of blue, but oh what those five feet can do"
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"Has anybody seen my gal?" ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
romantic attraction
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search for a missing lover ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Tin Pan Alley style NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
barbershop repertoire
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traditional jazz repertoire ⓘ ukulele repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Joe Young
NERFINISHED
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Sam M. Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Great American Songbook (broad sense) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| typicalEnsemble |
dance band
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jazz combo ⓘ |
| usedAs |
sing-along standard
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ukulele standard ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.