I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

original show tune composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler; from the 1932 Broadway show "Earl Carroll's Vanities"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5977396
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Summary

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues's composer is recorded as Harold Arlen[4].
  • Among the performers on I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was Cab Calloway and His Orchestra[5].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Lena Horne[6].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Frank Sinatra[7].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Ethel Merman[8].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Louis Armstrong[9].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Billie Holiday[10].
  • Among the performers on I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was Jack Teagarden[11].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Judy Garland[12].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Billy Eckstine[13].
  • Among the performers on I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was Sam Cooke[14].
  • Among the performers on I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was Eileen Farrell[15].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Ella Fitzgerald[16].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was performed by Julie London[17].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was published on 1932[19].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues's lyricist is recorded as Ted Koehler[20].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues's title is recorded as I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues[21].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues's has characteristic is recorded as show tune[22].
  • I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues's form of creative work is recorded as song[23].

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[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: caa62b20-cc23-3e34-b04f-46a535d855fd[25]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Cab Calloway and His Orchestra[5], Lena Horne[6], Frank Sinatra[7], Ethel Merman[8], Louis Armstrong[9], and Billie Holiday[10].

Publication

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues was released on 1932[19]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[18].

Why It Matters

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . 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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