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Are You Lonesome Tonight?

original song written and composed by Lou Handman and Roy Turk; first recorded by Charles Hart
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Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Summary

Are You Lonesome Tonight? is a musical work/composition[1]. Are You Lonesome Tonight? ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s composer is recorded as Lou Handman[4].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s composer is recorded as Roy Turk[5].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s genre is pop music[6].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s genre is traditional pop[7].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s genre is sentimental ballad[8].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by Elvis Presley[9].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Frank Sinatra[10].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Vikingarna[11].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Barry Manilow[12].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by Charles Hart[13].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by Vaughn De Leath[14].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Henry Burr[15].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by The Lettermen[16].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by Doris Day[17].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Helen Shapiro[18].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Bobby Solo[19].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by Donny Osmond[20].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Merle Haggard[21].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by John Schneider[22].
  • Among the performers on Are You Lonesome Tonight? was Bryan Ferry[23].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was performed by Terry Manning[24].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s Commons category is recorded as Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1926 composition)[25].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[26].
  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? was released on 1927[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • Genre(s): country, easy listening, pop[29]

  • Community tags: country, easy listening, pop[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8c00c72d-10e0-365b-a708-e0b4dccfb01f[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Elvis Presley[9], Frank Sinatra[10], Vikingarna[11], Barry Manilow[12], Charles Hart[13], and Vaughn De Leath[14].

Publication

Are You Lonesome Tonight? was released on 1927[27]. Are You Lonesome Tonight?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[26]. Genres include pop music[6], traditional pop[7], and sentimental ballad[8].

Why It Matters

Are You Lonesome Tonight? ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2] Are You Lonesome Tonight? has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Are You Lonesome Tonight? is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Barry Manilow Bobby Solo Bryan Ferry Doris Day Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra John Schneider Merle Haggard

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Vikingarna +13
    Form of creative work → song
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