Guilty

original song composed by Richard A. Whiting and Harry Akst, lyrics by Gus Kahn
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5616365
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Guilty

Summary

Guilty is a musical work/composition[1]. Guilty ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guilty's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Guilty's composer is recorded as Harry Akst[4].
  • Guilty's composer is recorded as Richard A. Whiting[5].
  • Guilty was performed by Ruth Etting[6].
  • Guilty was performed by Margaret Whiting[7].
  • Among the performers on Guilty was Ella Fitzgerald[8].
  • Guilty was performed by The Four Freshmen[9].
  • Among the performers on Guilty was Billie Holiday[10].
  • Among the performers on Guilty was Tony Martin[11].
  • Guilty was performed by Mel Tormé[12].
  • Among the performers on Guilty was Billy Eckstine[13].
  • Guilty's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Guilty was published on 1931[15].
  • Guilty's lyricist is recorded as Gus Kahn[16].
  • Guilty's title is recorded as Guilty[17].
  • Guilty's different from is recorded as Guilty[18].
  • Guilty's form of creative work is recorded as song[19].

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[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 97239fe5-69a1-4dc0-88b8-5de516b33e34[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Ruth Etting[6], Margaret Whiting[7], Ella Fitzgerald[8], The Four Freshmen[9], Billie Holiday[10], and Tony Martin[11].

Publication

Guilty was published on 1931[15]. Guilty's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].

Why It Matters

Guilty ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 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] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Guilty. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/guilty-q5616365
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_guilty-q5616365_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Guilty}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/guilty-q5616365}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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