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I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night

original song composed by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Harold Adamson; from the 1944 film "Higher and Higher"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q15858983
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I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night

Summary

I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night's composer is recorded as Jimmy McHugh[3].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Frank Sinatra[4].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Woody Herman and His Orchestra[5].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Sonny Dunham[6].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Count Basie Orchestra[7].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Louis Armstrong[8].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was performed by Frank Sinatra[9].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Dinah Shore[10].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Urbie Green[11].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was performed by Ames Brothers[12].
  • Among the performers on I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was Oscar Peterson[13].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was performed by Bob Dylan[14].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was released on 1943[16].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night's lyricist is recorded as Harold Adamson[17].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night's title is recorded as I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night[18].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night's has characteristic is recorded as film song[19].
  • I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2a111643-253a-48cf-a073-cf2adedb4148[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Frank Sinatra[4], Woody Herman and His Orchestra[5], Sonny Dunham[6], Count Basie Orchestra[7], Louis Armstrong[8], and Dinah Shore[10].

Publication

I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night was published on 1943[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allmusic composition id → mc0002460153
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1yxkhgj5m
    Form of creative work → song
    Has characteristic → film song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0709025842, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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