I'm Old Fashioned

1942 song song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer; performed by Fred Astaire and others
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1676206
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I'm Old Fashioned

Summary

I'm Old Fashioned is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I'm Old Fashioned's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I'm Old Fashioned's composer is recorded as Jerome Kern[4].
  • Among the performers on I'm Old Fashioned was Fred Astaire[5].
  • I'm Old Fashioned's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • I'm Old Fashioned was published on 1942[7].
  • I'm Old Fashioned's lyricist is recorded as Johnny Mercer[8].
  • I'm Old Fashioned's form of creative work is recorded as song[9].

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[10]

  • Genre(s): bebop, hard bop, jazz[11]

  • Community tags: bebop, hard bop, jazz[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5e426341-c20b-32d5-97e5-2e2a36f885ac[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on I'm Old Fashioned was Fred Astaire[5].

Publication

I'm Old Fashioned was published on 1942[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Why It Matters

I'm Old Fashioned ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 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] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [10] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). I'm Old Fashioned. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-m-old-fashioned
MLA “I'm Old Fashioned.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-m-old-fashioned.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-m-old-fashioned_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I'm Old Fashioned}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-m-old-fashioned}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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