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The Man I Love

original show tune written and composed by George and Ira Gershwin
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1828805
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The Man I Love

Summary

The Man I Love is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Man I Love's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Man I Love's composer is recorded as George Gershwin[4].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was The King Cole Trio[5].
  • The Man I Love was performed by Loleatta Holloway[6].
  • The Man I Love was performed by Larry Adler[7].
  • The Man I Love was performed by Barbra Streisand[8].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was Billie Holiday[9].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was Dorothy Lamour[10].
  • The Man I Love was performed by Lena Horne[11].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was Coleman Hawkins[12].
  • The Man I Love was performed by Sarah Vaughan[13].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was Art Tatum[14].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was Mary Lou Williams[15].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was Fred Hersch[16].
  • Among the performers on The Man I Love was Herbie Hancock[17].
  • The Man I Love's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].
  • 1924 marks the founding of The Man I Love[19].
  • The Man I Love's lyricist is recorded as Ira Gershwin[20].
  • The Man I Love's tonality is recorded as E-flat major[21].
  • The Man I Love's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Man I Love'}[22].
  • The Man I Love's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[23].
  • The Man I Love's has characteristic is recorded as show tune[24].
  • The Man I Love's has characteristic is recorded as pop standard[25].
  • The Man I Love's different from is recorded as The Man I Love[26].
  • The Man I Love's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When the mellow moon begins to beam'}[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The King Cole Trio[5], Loleatta Holloway[6], Larry Adler[7], Barbra Streisand[8], Billie Holiday[9], and Dorothy Lamour[10].

Publication

The Man I Love's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].

Why It Matters

The Man I Love ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (709 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Art Tatum Barbra Streisand Billie Holiday Coleman Hawkins Dorothy Lamour George Gershwin Herbie Hancock Ira Gershwin Lena Horne Mary Lou Williams Sarah Vaughan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The King Cole Trio, Loleatta Holloway, Larry Adler +10
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9109782685, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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