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Someone to Watch Over Me

original song by George & Ira Gershwin; from the 1926 musical "Oh, Kay !"
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Someone to Watch Over Me
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Someone to Watch Over Me

Summary

Someone to Watch Over Me is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (518 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Someone to Watch Over Me's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me's composer is recorded as George Gershwin[4].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me's genre is popular music[5].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Gertrude Lawrence[6].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Frank Sinatra[7].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Ella Fitzgerald[8].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Frank Sinatra[9].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Willie Nelson[10].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Linda Ronstadt[11].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Larry Adler[12].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Rod Stewart[13].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Susan Boyle[14].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Chet Baker[15].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Dakota Staton[16].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was performed by Barbra Streisand[17].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Ray Charles[18].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Rickie Lee Jones[19].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Nikka Costa[20].
  • Among the performers on Someone to Watch Over Me was Antonella Ruggiero[21].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me is part of Great American Songbook[22].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me's Commons category is recorded as Someone to Watch Over Me (1926 composition)[23].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me's language of work or name is recorded as English[24].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me was published on 1926[25].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me's lyricist is recorded as Ira Gershwin[26].
  • Someone to Watch Over Me's described at URL is recorded as http://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/s/someone_to_watch_over_me.html[27].

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[28]

  • Genre(s): jazz, swing[29]

  • Community tags: jazz, swing[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5ea7fd4e-648d-3698-917c-10eb0b328ba1[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Gertrude Lawrence[6], Frank Sinatra[7], Ella Fitzgerald[8], Willie Nelson[10], Linda Ronstadt[11], and Larry Adler[12].

Publication

Someone to Watch Over Me was published on 1926[25]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[24]. Its genre is popular music[5]. It is part of Great American Songbook[22].

Why It Matters

Someone to Watch Over Me ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (518 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Barbra Streisand Chet Baker Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Linda Ronstadt Ray Charles Rod Stewart Susan Boyle Willie Nelson

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Someone to Watch Over Me. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/someone-to-watch-over-me-q4325320
MLA “Someone to Watch Over Me.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/someone-to-watch-over-me-q4325320.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_someone-to-watch-over-me-q4325320_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Someone to Watch Over Me}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/someone-to-watch-over-me-q4325320}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Gertrude Lawrence, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald +13
    Part of → Great American Songbook
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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