Dancing on the Ceiling

original show tune by Rodgers and Hart; from the 1930 musical "Ever Green"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5215568
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Dancing on the Ceiling

Summary

Dancing on the Ceiling is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dancing on the Ceiling's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's composer is recorded as Richard Rodgers[4].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling was performed by Jessie Matthews[5].
  • Among the performers on Dancing on the Ceiling was Frank Sinatra[6].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling was performed by Ella Fitzgerald[7].
  • Among the performers on Dancing on the Ceiling was The Supremes[8].
  • Among the performers on Dancing on the Ceiling was Jo Stafford[9].
  • Among the performers on Dancing on the Ceiling was George Shearing[10].
  • Among the performers on Dancing on the Ceiling was Chet Baker[11].
  • Among the performers on Dancing on the Ceiling was Barbara Cook[12].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling was performed by Jack Jones[13].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling was performed by June Christy[14].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling was performed by Jeri Southern[15].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling was performed by Royce Campbell[16].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling was published on 1930[18].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's lyricist is recorded as Lorenz Hart[19].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's title is recorded as Dancing on the Ceiling[20].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's has characteristic is recorded as show tune[21].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's different from is recorded as Dancing on the Ceiling[22].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's form of creative work is recorded as song[23].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's music created for is recorded as Simple Simon[24].
  • Dancing on the Ceiling's music created for is recorded as Ever Green[25].

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[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c8e24192-539e-3388-beb3-a3f4f5c53807[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Jessie Matthews[5], Frank Sinatra[6], Ella Fitzgerald[7], The Supremes[8], Jo Stafford[9], and George Shearing[10].

Publication

Dancing on the Ceiling was published on 1930[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[17].

Why It Matters

Dancing on the Ceiling ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . 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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