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Don't Ask Me Why

original song by written by Fred Wise (lyrics) and Ben Weisman (music); first recorded by Elvis Presley for his 1958 motion picture "King Creole"
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Don't Ask Me Why

Summary

Don't Ask Me Why is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Ask Me Why's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Don't Ask Me Why's composer is recorded as Ben Weisman[4].
  • Among the performers on Don't Ask Me Why was Elvis Presley[5].
  • Don't Ask Me Why's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • Don't Ask Me Why was published on 1958[7].
  • Don't Ask Me Why's lyricist is recorded as Fred Wise[8].
  • Don't Ask Me Why's title is recorded as Don't Ask Me Why[9].
  • Don't Ask Me Why's has characteristic is recorded as film song[10].
  • Don't Ask Me Why's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].
  • Don't Ask Me Why's music created for is recorded as King Creole[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1ae12754-ae83-4a50-b78a-a2384763a745[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Don't Ask Me Why was Elvis Presley[5].

Publication

Don't Ask Me Why was published on 1958[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Why It Matters

Don't Ask Me Why ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . 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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