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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

original show tune composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Ted Koehler; from the 1931 Cotton Club show "Rhythmania"
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Summary

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's composer is recorded as Harold Arlen[4].
  • Among the performers on Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was Cab Calloway[5].
  • Among the performers on Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was Louis Armstrong[6].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was performed by Ella Fitzgerald[7].
  • Among the performers on Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was George Harrison[8].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was released on 1931[10].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's lyricist is recorded as Ted Koehler[11].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's described by source is recorded as JazzStandards.com[12].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea'}[13].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's has characteristic is recorded as show tune[14].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[15].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's different from is recorded as Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea[16].
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

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[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3aa7e4b0-bdd1-3dbf-82b3-80f5aa2fd3b3[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Cab Calloway[5], Louis Armstrong[6], Ella Fitzgerald[7], and George Harrison[8].

Publication

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was released on 1931[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9].

Why It Matters

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (158 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Cab Calloway Ella Fitzgerald George Harrison Harold Arlen Louis Armstrong

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea
MLA “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald +1
    Form of creative work → song
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