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The Memphis Blues

1913 blues song by W. C. Handy and George A. Norton
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The Memphis Blues

Summary

The Memphis Blues is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Memphis Blues's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Memphis Blues's composer is recorded as W. C. Handy[4].
  • The Memphis Blues's genre is ragtime[5].
  • The Memphis Blues was performed by Louis Armstrong[6].
  • The Memphis Blues's record label is recorded as Victor Talking Machine Company[7].
  • The Memphis Blues's Commons category is recorded as The Memphis Blues[8].
  • The Memphis Blues's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Memphis Blues was released on 1912[10].
  • The Memphis Blues's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'The Memphis Blues'}[11].
  • The Memphis Blues's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: eac60a66-46f4-3e9b-94f8-ae4488a51850[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Memphis Blues was performed by Louis Armstrong[6].

Publication

The Memphis Blues was released on 1912[10]. Its genre is ragtime[5].

Why It Matters

The Memphis Blues ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Louis Armstrong United States W. C. Handy

References

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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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Memphis Blues. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-memphis-blues
MLA “The Memphis Blues.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-memphis-blues.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-memphis-blues_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Memphis Blues}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-memphis-blues}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 13d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → —
    Form of creative work → song
    Country of origin → United States
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P996]] to [[Property:P3030]]"
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