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Break It to Me Gently

1962 song performed by Brenda Lee
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Break It to Me Gently

Summary

Break It to Me Gently is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Break It to Me Gently's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Break It to Me Gently's genre is vocal music[4].
  • Break It to Me Gently followed Fool #1[5].
  • Break It to Me Gently was followed by Speak to Me Pretty[6].
  • Break It to Me Gently was performed by Brenda Lee[7].
  • Break It to Me Gently's record label is recorded as Decca[8].
  • Break It to Me Gently is part of ..."Let Me Sing"[9].
  • Break It to Me Gently was published on 1962[10].
  • Break It to Me Gently's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

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[12]

  • Genre(s): country, country pop, jazz, pop[13]

  • Community tags: country, country pop, jazz, pop[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 47ed6064-906a-4fda-9240-cc946e6fc7ce[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Break It to Me Gently was performed by Brenda Lee[7].

Publication

Break It to Me Gently was published on 1962[10]. Its genre is vocal music[4]. It is part of ..."Let Me Sing"[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Break It to Me Gently followed Fool #1[5]. It was followed by Speak to Me Pretty[6].

Why It Matters

Break It to Me Gently ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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