That Old Black Magic

original song composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer; from the 1942 film "Star Spangled Rhythm"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1405967
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That Old Black Magic

Summary

That Old Black Magic is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • That Old Black Magic's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • That Old Black Magic's composer is recorded as Harold Arlen[4].
  • That Old Black Magic's genre is swing[5].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra[6].
  • Among the performers on That Old Black Magic was Johnnie Johnston[7].
  • Among the performers on That Old Black Magic was Frank Sinatra[8].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by Ella Fitzgerald[9].
  • Among the performers on That Old Black Magic was Frank Sinatra[10].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by Billy Daniels[11].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by Bobby Rydell[12].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by Johnny Mercer[13].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by Bob Dylan[14].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by Deana Martin[15].
  • That Old Black Magic was performed by The Uptown Band featuring Erich Cawalla and Jenifer Kinder[16].
  • That Old Black Magic's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • That Old Black Magic was released on 1942[18].
  • That Old Black Magic's lyricist is recorded as Johnny Mercer[19].
  • That Old Black Magic's described by source is recorded as JazzStandards.com[20].
  • That Old Black Magic's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Original Song[21].
  • That Old Black Magic's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'That Old Black Magic'}[22].
  • That Old Black Magic's has characteristic is recorded as film song[23].
  • That Old Black Magic's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[24].
  • That Old Black Magic's different from is recorded as That Old Black Magic[25].
  • That Old Black Magic's form of creative work is recorded as song[26].

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[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3ed0d951-d66c-3731-a37b-30d985234108[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Glenn Miller & His Orchestra[6], Johnnie Johnston[7], Frank Sinatra[8], Ella Fitzgerald[9], Billy Daniels[11], and Bobby Rydell[12].

Publication

That Old Black Magic was released on 1942[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[17]. Its genre is swing[5].

Why It Matters

That Old Black Magic ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (172 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] . 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . 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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  1. 27d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, Johnnie Johnston, Frank Sinatra +8
    Form of creative work song
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