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God Bless the Child

1939 song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.; first recorded by Billie Holiday
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1533602
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God Bless the Child

Summary

God Bless the Child is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • God Bless the Child's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • God Bless the Child's composer is recorded as Arthur Herzog, Jr.[4].
  • God Bless the Child's composer is recorded as Billie Holiday[5].
  • God Bless the Child's genre is jazz[6].
  • God Bless the Child's genre is rhythm and blues[7].
  • God Bless the Child was performed by Billie Holiday[8].
  • God Bless the Child's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • God Bless the Child was published on 1942[10].
  • God Bless the Child's lyricist is recorded as Billie Holiday[11].
  • God Bless the Child's lyricist is recorded as Arthur Herzog, Jr.[12].
  • God Bless the Child's tonality is recorded as E-flat major[13].
  • God Bless the Child's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'God Bless the Child'}[14].
  • God Bless the Child's different from is recorded as God Bless the Child[15].
  • God Bless the Child's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • Genre(s): ballad, big band, contemporary jazz, jazz, pop[18]

  • Community tags: ballad, big band, contemporary jazz, jazz, pop, vocal[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 066bea58-1480-3152-83ed-bbd4f37b23f7[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

God Bless the Child was performed by Billie Holiday[8].

Publication

God Bless the Child was published on 1942[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Genres include jazz[6] and rhythm and blues[7].

Why It Matters

God Bless the Child ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (287 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Billie Holiday

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The Real Book, sixth edition. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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MLA “God Bless the Child.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/god-bless-the-child-q1533602.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_god-bless-the-child-q1533602_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{God Bless the Child}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/god-bless-the-child-q1533602}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Billie Holiday
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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