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Summer Holiday

original song written and composed by Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett; first performed by Cliff Richard and The Shadows in the 1963 film "Summer Holiday"
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Summer Holiday

Summary

Summer Holiday is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Summer Holiday's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Summer Holiday's composer is recorded as Bruce Welch[4].
  • Summer Holiday's composer is recorded as Brian Bennett[5].
  • Summer Holiday's genre is pop music[6].
  • Summer Holiday was performed by Cliff Richard & The Shadows[7].
  • Among the performers on Summer Holiday was The Shadows[8].
  • Summer Holiday's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Summer Holiday was released on June 2, 1963[10].
  • Summer Holiday's lyricist is recorded as Bruce Welch[11].
  • Summer Holiday's lyricist is recorded as Brian Bennett[12].
  • Summer Holiday's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Summer Holiday'}[13].
  • Summer Holiday's has characteristic is recorded as film song[14].
  • Summer Holiday's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].
  • Summer Holiday's music created for is recorded as Summer Holiday[16].

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[17]

  • Genre(s): rock, rock and roll[18]

  • Community tags: rock, rock and roll[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 01e13cf8-575b-31b5-b11f-164641779784[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Cliff Richard & The Shadows[7] and The Shadows[8].

Publication

Summer Holiday was released on June 2, 1963[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is pop music[6].

Why It Matters

Summer Holiday ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (168 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

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] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. 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 → Cliff Richard & The Shadows, The Shadows
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0101627637, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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