Tell It Like It Is

1966 single by Aaron Neville
VisualArtwork single Q1790356
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Tell It Like It Is

Summary

Tell It Like It Is is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (309 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tell It Like It Is's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Tell It Like It Is's composer is recorded as George Davis[4].
  • Tell It Like It Is's genre is rhythm and blues[5].
  • Tell It Like It Is followed Bebe le Strange[6].
  • Tell It Like It Is followed The Other Side of Me[7].
  • Tell It Like It Is was followed by Love Has No Right[8].
  • Among the performers on Tell It Like It Is was Aaron Neville[9].
  • Tell It Like It Is's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[10].
  • Tell It Like It Is's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Tell It Like It Is was released on 1966[12].
  • Tell It Like It Is's lyricist is recorded as Lee Diamond[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): jazz, smooth jazz[15]

  • Community tags: jazz, smooth jazz[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 25b4eeda-f70f-312f-ad66-996386bcb84c[17]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Tell It Like It Is was Aaron Neville[9].

Publication

Tell It Like It Is was released on 1966[12]. Its genre is rhythm and blues[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Bebe le Strange[6] and The Other Side of Me[7]. Tell It Like It Is was followed by Love Has No Right[8].

Why It Matters

Tell It Like It Is ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (309 views/month).[2]

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.
  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.

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