Why Was I Born?

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"Why Was I Born?" is a popular 1929 torch song by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II that has become a jazz and pop standard.

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Why Was I Born? canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
pop standard
song
torch song
basedOnForm popular song
composer Jerome Kern NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre jazz
torch song
traditional pop
hasLyricsBy Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED
hasMusicBy Jerome Kern NERFINISHED
hasSubject romantic longing
unrequited love
hasType show tune
introducedBy Helen Morgan NERFINISHED
introducedIn Sweet Adeline NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II
notableRecording Billie Holiday recording of Why Was I Born?
Ella Fitzgerald recording of Why Was I Born? NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra recording of Why Was I Born? NERFINISHED
Judy Garland recording of Why Was I Born?
partOfWork Sweet Adeline NERFINISHED
performer Billie Holiday NERFINISHED
Bob Dylan
Cher NERFINISHED
Dinah Shore NERFINISHED
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
Helen Morgan NERFINISHED
Judy Garland NERFINISHED
Kenny Burrell NERFINISHED
Lena Horne NERFINISHED
Margaret Whiting NERFINISHED
Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED
Tony Bennett NERFINISHED
Vic Damone NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1929
usedIn film and television soundtracks
yearOfSong 1929

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Till the Clouds Roll By featuresSong Why Was I Born?