“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter”

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jazz standard pop standard song

“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” is a popular 1935 American song, with lyrics by Joe Young and music by Fred E. Ahlert, that has become a jazz and pop standard recorded by numerous artists.

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I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 2
“I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Fred E. Ahlert NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decadeOfOrigin 1930s ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasNotableChartSuccess Billy Williams version reached US charts in the 1950s NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy Al Hirt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anne Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barry Manilow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bette Midler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Billy Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bing Crosby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bobby Darin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brenda Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Count Basie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dean Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Della Reese NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinah Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fats Waller NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harry Connick Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joe Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nat King Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul McCartney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peggy Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perry Como NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Boswell Sisters NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Mills Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Willie Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme love letter ⓘ
romantic longing ⓘ
hasTitleCharacterString I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasType popular song ⓘ
isStandardIn Great American Songbook repertoire NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Joe Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1935 ⓘ

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Joe Young → notableWork → “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” ⓘ
Fabian Forte → notableWork → “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Al Hoffman → notableWork → “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter” ⓘ
this entity surface form: I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter