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I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

1921 song written by Armand J. Piron; performed by Jim Croce and others
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5979882
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I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

Summary

I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate's composer is recorded as Armand J. Piron[4].
  • I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate was performed by Jim Croce[5].
  • I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate was released on 1921[7].
  • I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate's title is recorded as I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate[8].
  • I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate'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): jazz[11]

  • Community tags: jazz[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3e32aebe-d0af-4d06-8f30-64f4e10210b4[13]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate was Jim Croce[5].

Publication

I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate was released on 1921[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Why It Matters

I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . SecondHandSongs. Retrieved . secondhandsongs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SecondHandSongs. Retrieved . secondhandsongs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SecondHandSongs. Retrieved . secondhandsongs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SecondHandSongs. Retrieved . secondhandsongs.com. Provenance: 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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