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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

original song composed by Jay Gorney, lyrics by Yip Harburg; from the 1932 musical "Americana"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2776593
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Summary

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? is a musical work/composition[1]. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s composer is recorded as Jay Gorney[4].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s genre is pop music[5].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? was performed by Bing Crosby[6].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? was released on 1930[8].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s lyricist is recorded as Yip Harburg[9].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'}[10].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s has characteristic is recorded as show tune[11].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s form of creative work is recorded as song[12].
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s music created for is recorded as Americana[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9677a780-d5e3-3e6f-9490-84435f3df7ca[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? was Bing Crosby[6].

Publication

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? was published on 1930[8]. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is pop music[5].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? include Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?[16], a television series episode[17], directed by Rich Moore[18].

Why It Matters

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (331 views/month).[2] Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Entities named for Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? include Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?[16], a television series episode[17], directed by Rich Moore[18].

Related Entities

Bing Crosby

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bing Crosby
    Form of creative work → song
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