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Don't Be That Way

original song composed by Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman, lyrics by Mitchell Parish
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Summary

Don't Be That Way is a musical work/composition[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Benny Goodman[3], Edgar Sampson[4]
  • Genre: jazz[5]
  • Based on: I Got Rhythm[6]
  • Performer: Chick Webb and His Orchestra[7], Mildred Bailey[8], Frank Sinatra[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Publication date: 1934[11]
  • Lyricist: Mitchell Parish[12]
  • Described by source: JazzStandards.com[13]
  • Title: Don't Be That Way[14]
  • Has characteristic: jazz standard[15]
  • Form of creative work: song[16], contrafact[17]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7db89a9a-2153-3fd3-8c54-31502e5f1dd3[19]

Related Entities

Benny Goodman

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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