Old Black Joe

parlor song written by Stephen Foster
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7083489
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Old Black Joe

Summary

Old Black Joe is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Old Black Joe's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Old Black Joe's composer is recorded as Stephen Foster[4].
  • Old Black Joe was performed by Jerry Lee Lewis[5].
  • Old Black Joe's collection is recorded as Victoria and Albert Museum[6].
  • Old Black Joe's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Old Black Joe was released on 1853[8].
  • Old Black Joe's lyricist is recorded as Stephen Foster[9].
  • Old Black Joe's has edition or translation is recorded as Old Black Joe[10].
  • Old Black Joe's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Old Black Joe'}[11].
  • Old Black Joe's copyright status is recorded as public domain[12].
  • Old Black Joe's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7f484161-b202-4a7f-8e39-dbada8e5ab65[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Old Black Joe was performed by Jerry Lee Lewis[5].

Publication

Old Black Joe was published on 1853[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

Why It Matters

Old Black Joe ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Old Black Joe. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-black-joe
MLA “Old Black Joe.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-black-joe.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_old-black-joe_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Old Black Joe}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/old-black-joe}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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