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I Cover the Waterfront

original song composed by Johnny Green, lyrics by Edward Heyman
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I Cover the Waterfront

Summary

I Cover the Waterfront is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Cover the Waterfront's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's composer is recorded as Johnny Green[4].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's genre is twelve-bar blues[5].
  • Among the performers on I Cover the Waterfront was Abe Lyman[6].
  • I Cover the Waterfront was performed by Frank Sinatra[7].
  • I Cover the Waterfront was performed by Sarah Vaughan[8].
  • I Cover the Waterfront was performed by Billie Holiday[9].
  • Among the performers on I Cover the Waterfront was Annette Hanshaw[10].
  • Among the performers on I Cover the Waterfront was Connee Boswell[11].
  • Among the performers on I Cover the Waterfront was Louis Armstrong[12].
  • I Cover the Waterfront was performed by Ella Fitzgerald[13].
  • Among the performers on I Cover the Waterfront was Annie Lennox[14].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • I Cover the Waterfront was released on 1933[16].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's lyricist is recorded as Edward Heyman[17].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's tonality is recorded as G major[18].
  • I Cover the Waterfront inspired I Cover the Waterfront[19].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's described by source is recorded as JazzStandards.com[20].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Cover the Waterfront'}[21].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[22].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's different from is recorded as I Cover the Waterfront[23].
  • I Cover the Waterfront's form of creative work is recorded as song[24].

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[25]

  • Genre(s): hard bop, jazz[26]

  • Community tags: hard bop, jazz[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0b393552-2b45-3c27-a3d4-3d536de4e0c5[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Abe Lyman[6], Frank Sinatra[7], Sarah Vaughan[8], Billie Holiday[9], Annette Hanshaw[10], and Connee Boswell[11].

Publication

I Cover the Waterfront was released on 1933[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Its genre is twelve-bar blues[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

I Cover the Waterfront inspired it[19].

Why It Matters

I Cover the Waterfront ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (129 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Annie Lennox Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra Louis Armstrong Sarah Vaughan

References

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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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . 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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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Inspired by → I Cover the Waterfront
    Performer → Abe Lyman, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan +6
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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