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

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 (985 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.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.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Moebeus · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name → English
    Composer → Frank Loesser
    Location of first performance → Richard Rodgers Theatre
    Instance of → —
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: musical production"
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