I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise

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"I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise" is a popular 1922 American song, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin, that became a standard of the early jazz and Broadway repertoire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway standard
song
composer George Gershwin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era 1920s American popular music
firstPerformanceDate 1922
genre jazz
popular music
show tune
hasLyricTheme aspiration
optimism
search for happiness
hasTitle I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise NERFINISHED
hasType American song
language English
lyricist Bert Kalmar NERFINISHED
Ira Gershwin NERFINISHED
notableWorkOf George Gershwin NERFINISHED
partOf Broadway repertoire
early jazz repertoire
publicationDate 1922
usedInContext Broadway-style revues
yearOfComposition 1922

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Bert Kalmar notableWork I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise