How High the Moon

original show tune composed by Morgan Lewis, lyrics by Nancy Hamilton; from the 1940 musical revue "Two for the Show"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1631676
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How High the Moon

Summary

How High the Moon is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How High the Moon's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • How High the Moon's composer is recorded as Morgan Lewis[4].
  • Among the performers on How High the Moon was Alfred Drake[5].
  • How High the Moon was performed by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra[6].
  • Among the performers on How High the Moon was Ella Fitzgerald[7].
  • Among the performers on How High the Moon was Nat King Cole[8].
  • Among the performers on How High the Moon was Ray Anthony[9].
  • How High the Moon was performed by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra[10].
  • How High the Moon's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • How High the Moon was published on 1940[12].
  • How High the Moon's lyricist is recorded as Nancy Hamilton[13].
  • How High the Moon's tonality is recorded as G major[14].
  • How High the Moon's described by source is recorded as JazzStandards.com[15].
  • How High the Moon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How High the Moon'}[16].
  • How High the Moon's has characteristic is recorded as show tune[17].
  • How High the Moon's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[18].
  • How High the Moon'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]

  • Genre(s): classical, jazz, pop[21]

  • Community tags: classical, jazz, pop[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bbb45de0-50f9-3065-b712-6f97d42f9f5d[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Alfred Drake[5], Benny Goodman and His Orchestra[6], Ella Fitzgerald[7], Nat King Cole[8], Ray Anthony[9], and Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra[10].

Publication

How High the Moon was released on 1940[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11].

Why It Matters

How High the Moon ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (367 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . 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.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Language of work or name English
    Performer Alfred Drake, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald +3
    Form of creative work song
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