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Death Letter

1965 song performed by Son House
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Death Letter

Summary

Death Letter is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Death Letter's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Death Letter's genre is Delta blues[4].
  • Death Letter was produced by John Hammond[5].
  • Death Letter was performed by Son House[6].
  • Death Letter's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[7].
  • Death Letter was published on 1965[8].
  • Death Letter's form of creative work is recorded as song[9].

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[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 57a882fd-a37f-3148-b701-4339b51c7046[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Death Letter was Son House[6]. It was produced by John Hammond[5].

Publication

Death Letter was released on 1965[8]. Its genre is Delta blues[4].

Why It Matters

Death Letter ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Columbia Records

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.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Death Letter. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/death-letter
MLA “Death Letter.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/death-letter.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_death-letter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Death Letter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/death-letter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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