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St. James Infirmary Blues

American blues song and jazz standard
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St. James Infirmary Blues

Summary

St. James Infirmary Blues is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • St. James Infirmary Blues's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues's composer is recorded as DP[4].
  • Among the performers on St. James Infirmary Blues was Louis Armstrong[5].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues's Commons category is recorded as St. James Infirmary[6].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues was released on 1928[8].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues's lyricist is recorded as Irving Mills[9].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'St. James Infirmary'}[10].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues's has characteristic is recorded as arrangement on a work of the public domain[11].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues's has lyrics is recorded as The Unfortunate Lad[12].
  • St. James Infirmary Blues'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]

  • Genre(s): folk, punk, ragtime, rock[15]

  • Community tags: folk, punk, ragtime, rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2c92a868-ae5d-3fb1-b98f-371f7fedac77[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on St. James Infirmary Blues was Louis Armstrong[5].

Publication

St. James Infirmary Blues was published on 1928[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

Why It Matters

St. James Infirmary Blues ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (947 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Louis Armstrong

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Louis Armstrong
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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