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Can't We Be Friends?

original show tune composed by Kay Swift, lyrics by Paul James; from the 1929 musical revue "The Little Show"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5028993
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Can't We Be Friends?

Summary

Can't We Be Friends? is a musical work/composition[1]. Can't We Be Friends? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Can't We Be Friends?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Can't We Be Friends?'s composer is recorded as Kay Swift[4].
  • Can't We Be Friends? was performed by Libby Holman[5].
  • Can't We Be Friends? was performed by Bing Crosby[6].
  • Can't We Be Friends? was performed by Ella Fitzgerald[7].
  • Among the performers on Can't We Be Friends? was Frank Sinatra[8].
  • Among the performers on Can't We Be Friends? was Illinois Jacquet[9].
  • Among the performers on Can't We Be Friends? was Gene Ammons[10].
  • Can't We Be Friends? was performed by Jane Powell[11].
  • Among the performers on Can't We Be Friends? was Linda Ronstadt[12].
  • Can't We Be Friends? was performed by Jamie Cullum[13].
  • Can't We Be Friends? was performed by Seth MacFarlane[14].
  • Among the performers on Can't We Be Friends? was Art Tatum[15].
  • Can't We Be Friends?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • Can't We Be Friends? was published on 1929[17].
  • Can't We Be Friends?'s lyricist is recorded as James Warburg[18].
  • Can't We Be Friends?'s title is recorded as Can’t We Be Friends?[19].
  • Can't We Be Friends?'s has characteristic is recorded as show tune[20].
  • Can't We Be Friends?'s form of creative work is recorded as song[21].

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[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 45070fb7-4da1-3d8d-b8ed-a9b3a093dacd[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Libby Holman[5], Bing Crosby[6], Ella Fitzgerald[7], Frank Sinatra[8], Illinois Jacquet[9], and Gene Ammons[10].

Publication

Can't We Be Friends? was released on 1929[17]. Can't We Be Friends?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[16].

Why It Matters

Can't We Be Friends? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . 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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