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Willie and the Hand Jive

original song written, composed, and performed by Johnny Otis
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Willie and the Hand Jive

Summary

Willie and the Hand Jive is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Willie and the Hand Jive's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive's composer is recorded as Johnny Otis[4].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive's genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on Willie and the Hand Jive was The Johnny Otis Show[6].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive was performed by Eric Clapton[7].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive was released on 1958[9].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive's lyricist is recorded as Johnny Otis[10].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Willie and the Hand Jive'}[11].
  • Willie and the Hand Jive'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]

  • Genre(s): country rock, rock[14]

  • Community tags: country rock, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8a42bd00-92e0-3658-b1bb-300872bd09b7[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Johnny Otis Show[6] and Eric Clapton[7].

Publication

Willie and the Hand Jive was published on 1958[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Why It Matters

Willie and the Hand Jive ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (237 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Eric Clapton

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Johnny Otis Show, Eric Clapton
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702480474, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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