500 Miles

traditional song attributed to Hedy West, based on the traditional song "I'm Nine Hundred Miles Away from Home"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q3365146
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500 Miles

Summary

500 Miles is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,929 views/month, #84 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • 500 Miles's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • 500 Miles's composer is recorded as Hedy West[4].
  • 500 Miles's composer is recorded as traditional[5].
  • 500 Miles was performed by The Journeymen[6].
  • 500 Miles was performed by The Kingston Trio[7].
  • 500 Miles was performed by Peter, Paul and Mary[8].
  • Among the performers on 500 Miles was Dick and Dee Dee[9].
  • Among the performers on 500 Miles was Sonny & Cher[10].
  • 500 Miles was performed by The Country Gentlemen[11].
  • Among the performers on 500 Miles was The Seldom Scene[12].
  • Among the performers on 500 Miles was The Hooters[13].
  • 500 Miles was performed by Terry Callier[14].
  • Among the performers on 500 Miles was Lonnie Donegan[15].
  • 500 Miles was performed by The Brothers Four[16].
  • 500 Miles's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • 500 Miles was published on 1961[18].
  • 500 Miles's lyricist is recorded as Hedy West[19].
  • 500 Miles's has edition or translation is recorded as 500 Miles Hedy West[20].
  • 500 Miles's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '500 Miles'}[21].
  • 500 Miles's has characteristic is recorded as arrangement on a work of the public domain[22].
  • 500 Miles's different from is recorded as 500 Miles[23].
  • 500 Miles's derivative work is recorded as Five Hundred Miles Away From Home[24].
  • 500 Miles's adapted by is recorded as Hedy West[25].
  • 500 Miles's form of creative work is recorded as song[26].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Journeymen[6], The Kingston Trio[7], Peter, Paul and Mary[8], Dick and Dee Dee[9], Sonny & Cher[10], and The Country Gentlemen[11].

Publication

500 Miles was released on 1961[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[17].

Why It Matters

500 Miles ranks in the top 0.43% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,929 views/month, #84 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Language of work or name English
    Performer The Journeymen, The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary +8
    Form of creative work song
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