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(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)

original song written and composed by Sam Coslow; from the 1936 film "Rhythm on the Range"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q4544806
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(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)

Summary

(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) is a musical work/composition[1]. (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s composer is recorded as Sam Coslow[4].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s genre is jazz[5].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) was performed by The Mills Brothers[6].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) was performed by Chick Webb and His Orchestra[7].
  • Among the performers on (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) was Ella Fitzgerald[8].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) was performed by Dee Dee Bridgewater[9].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) was released on 1936[11].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s lyricist is recorded as Sam Coslow[12].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s nickname is recorded as Mr. Paganini[13].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s title is recorded as (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)[14].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s has characteristic is recorded as film song[15].
  • (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • Genre(s): ballad, contemporary jazz, jazz, pop[18]

  • Community tags: ballad, contemporary jazz, jazz, pop, vocal[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3f12ba27-ba33-49cc-97ac-e595503bb981[20]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Mills Brothers[6], Chick Webb and His Orchestra[7], Ella Fitzgerald[8], and Dee Dee Bridgewater[9].

Publication

(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) was released on 1936[11]. (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. (If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)'s genre is jazz[5].

Why It Matters

(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini) ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . 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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