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Straighten Up and Fly Right

song composed by Irving Mills, Nat King Cole; first recorded by The King Cole Trio
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Straighten Up and Fly Right

Summary

Straighten Up and Fly Right is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's composer is recorded as Irving Mills[4].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's composer is recorded as Nat King Cole[5].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right was performed by The King Cole Trio[6].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right was performed by The Andrews Sisters[7].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right was performed by Linda Ronstadt[8].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right was released on 1943[10].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's lyricist is recorded as Nat King Cole[11].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's lyricist is recorded as Irving Mills[12].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's title is recorded as Straighten Up and Fly Right[13].
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 460d2550-eb9d-34c4-b376-130a2e5a8cd3[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The King Cole Trio[6], The Andrews Sisters[7], and Linda Ronstadt[8].

Publication

Straighten Up and Fly Right was released on 1943[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9].

Why It Matters

Straighten Up and Fly Right ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Nat King Cole

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . 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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