If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)

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"If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)" is a 1926 jazz and pop standard, composed by James P. Johnson with lyrics by Henry Creamer, that became widely recorded and influential in the early swing era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pop standard
song
composer James P. Johnson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era early swing era
genre jazz
pop
hasForm 32-bar song form
hasInfluenceOn early swing music
hasKey B-flat major
hasMeter 4/4 time
hasShortTitle If I Could Be With You NERFINISHED
hasTempo ballad
hasTitle If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) NERFINISHED
hasType popular song
isStandardIn American songbook
jazz repertoire
isWidelyRecorded true
language English
lyricalTheme romantic longing
lyricist Henry Creamer NERFINISHED
lyricsBy Henry Creamer NERFINISHED
musicBy James P. Johnson NERFINISHED
notableRecordingBy Benny Goodman NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Fats Waller NERFINISHED
Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED
McKinney's Cotton Pickers NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1926

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James P. Johnson notableWork If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
James P. Johnson composed If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
Helen Humes notableWork If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
this entity surface form: If I Could Be With You