The Late Great Johnny Ace

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"The Late Great Johnny Ace" is a reflective Paul Simon song that meditates on the deaths of cultural icons and the passage of time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
album Hearts and Bones NERFINISHED
artist Paul Simon NERFINISHED
composer Paul Simon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre folk rock
singer-songwriter
hasInstrumentation orchestral arrangement
piano
hasLivePerformanceIncident Central Park 1981 concert stage rush during performance
hasMusicalStyle reflective ballad
hasNarrativePerspective first person
hasSubject personal memory
popular music history
includedIn Paul Simon live setlists NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Paul Simon NERFINISHED
partOf album Hearts and Bones
performer Paul Simon NERFINISHED
producer Paul Simon NERFINISHED
Phil Ramone NERFINISHED
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records
references John Lennon NERFINISHED
Johnny Ace NERFINISHED
cultural icons of the 1950s and 1960s
releaseYear 1983
theme death of cultural icons
loss
nostalgia
passage of time

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Hearts and Bones hasTrack The Late Great Johnny Ace
Hearts and Bones notableSong The Late Great Johnny Ace