If You Were the Only Girl in the World

E887360

music hall song song standard

"If You Were the Only Girl in the World" is a popular early 20th-century romantic song that became a standard, widely performed and recorded in musical theatre, films, and popular music.

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Label	Occurrences
If You Were the Only Girl in the World canonical	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music hall song ⓘ song ⓘ standard ⓘ
associatedWith	World War I popular music ⓘ
composer	Nat D. Ayer NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
era	World War I era ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue	Alhambra Theatre, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear	1916 ⓘ
firstPerformedIn	The Bing Boys Are Here NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	popular music ⓘ romantic ballad ⓘ
hasForm	verse-chorus structure ⓘ
hasRefrain	"If you were the only girl in the world, and I were the only boy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedIn	repertoire of traditional pop singers ⓘ
keyCharacteristic	romantic lyrics ⓘ sentimental melody ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Clifford Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricMotif	being the only girl in the world for the singer ⓘ
notableRecordingBy	Al Jolson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ Peggy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ Rudy Vallée NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalPerformers	George Robey NERFINISHED ⓘ Violet Loraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceMedium	voice and piano ⓘ
performanceType	duet ⓘ
publicationYear	1916 ⓘ
sheetMusicPublisher	British music publishers (1910s) ⓘ
theme	romantic devotion ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
title	If You Were the Only Girl in the World NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	films ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ popular music performances ⓘ
writtenFor	musical revue The Bing Boys Are Here NERFINISHED ⓘ

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