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

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“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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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