How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

1961 musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Harlow, and Willie Gilbert
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q1631702
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Summary

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,473 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's instance of is recorded as musical production[4].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's composer is recorded as Frank Loesser[5].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's librettist is recorded as Abe Burrows[6].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's librettist is recorded as Jack Weinstock[7].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's librettist is recorded as Willie Gilbert[8].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's based on is recorded as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying[9].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's Commons category is recorded as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)[10].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying comprises I Believe in You[12].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's characters is recorded as J. Pierrepont Finch[13].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's characters is recorded as Rosemary Pilkington[14].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's characters is recorded as J.B. Biggley[15].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's characters is recorded as Bud Frump[16].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's characters is recorded as Hedy LaRue[17].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's lyricist is recorded as Frank Loesser[18].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's date of first performance is recorded as October 14, 1961[19].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's location of first performance is recorded as Richard Rodgers Theatre[20].
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's form of creative work is recorded as musical[21].

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: Musical[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c8c346c2-e989-4150-a232-6509b12d52a7[23]

Why It Matters

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ranks in the top 4% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,473 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [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.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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