The Way You Look Tonight

1936 song by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1471428
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The Way You Look Tonight

Summary

The Way You Look Tonight is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (792 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Way You Look Tonight's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's composer is recorded as Jerome Kern[4].
  • The Way You Look Tonight was published by Chappell & Co.[5].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's genre is jazz[6].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Fred Astaire[7].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians[8].
  • The Way You Look Tonight was performed by The Lettermen[9].
  • The Way You Look Tonight was performed by Billie Holiday[10].
  • The Way You Look Tonight was performed by Frank Sinatra[11].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Clifford Brown[12].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Tina Brooks[13].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Johnny Griffin[14].
  • The Way You Look Tonight was performed by Charlie Parker[15].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Tony Bennett[16].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Bing Crosby[17].
  • The Way You Look Tonight was performed by Rod Stewart[18].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Gloria Estefan[19].
  • Among the performers on The Way You Look Tonight was Cassandra Wilson[20].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's language of work or name is recorded as English[21].
  • The Way You Look Tonight was released on July 24, 1936[22].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's lyricist is recorded as Dorothy Fields[23].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's significant event is recorded as 9th Academy Awards[24].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's tonality is recorded as E-flat major[25].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's described by source is recorded as JazzStandards.com[26].
  • The Way You Look Tonight's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Way You Look Tonight'}[27].

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[28]

  • Genre(s): bebop, jazz, post-bop[29]

  • Community tags: bebop, jazz, post-bop[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ab45a3c2-23c3-3c31-918b-861ef42c79d6[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Way You Look Tonight was published by Chappell & Co.[5]. Performers include Fred Astaire[7], Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians[8], The Lettermen[9], Billie Holiday[10], Frank Sinatra[11], and Clifford Brown[12].

Publication

The Way You Look Tonight was published on July 24, 1936[22]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[21]. Its genre is jazz[6].

Why It Matters

The Way You Look Tonight ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (792 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

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] . Retrieved . 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Fred Astaire, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, The Lettermen +11
    Form of creative work song
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