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I Don't Know Why

original song composed by Fred E. Ahlert, lyrics by Roy Turk
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I Don't Know Why

Summary

I Don't Know Why is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Don't Know Why's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Don't Know Why's composer is recorded as Fred E. Ahlert[4].
  • I Don't Know Why's genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on I Don't Know Why was The King Cole Trio[6].
  • Among the performers on I Don't Know Why was Frank Sinatra[7].
  • I Don't Know Why's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • I Don't Know Why was published on 1931[9].
  • I Don't Know Why's lyricist is recorded as Roy Turk[10].
  • I Don't Know Why's title is recorded as I Don't Know Why[11].
  • I Don't Know Why's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 778b7385-a5e6-367a-8fb8-50143d4ece55[14]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include The King Cole Trio[6] and Frank Sinatra[7].

Publication

I Don't Know Why was published on 1931[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Why It Matters

I Don't Know Why ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (78 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-don-t-know-why-q5976927_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I Don't Know Why}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-don-t-know-why-q5976927}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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