Nobody’s Business

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"Nobody’s Business" is a song most famously interpreted as a blues and jazz standard, often associated with artists like Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues standard ⓘ
jazz standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedEra early 20th century American music ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalStatus American popular song standard ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasRefrain ’Tain’t nobody’s business if I do ⓘ
hasTitleVariant Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do ⓘ
’Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do ⓘ
influencedGenre rhythm and blues ⓘ
traditional jazz repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme defiance of social judgment ⓘ
personal independence ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
self-determination ⓘ
notablePerformer B.B. King ⓘ
linked to: B. B. King

Bessie Smith ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Jimmy Witherspoon ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Nina Simone ⓘ
Sam Cooke ⓘ
performanceTradition often performed by solo blues vocalists ⓘ
often performed in small jazz combos ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
saxophone ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
voice ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary → hasTrack → Nobody’s Business ⓘ
I Can’t Stand Still → hasTrack → Nobody’s Business ⓘ
Jimmy Witherspoon → notableWork → Ain't Nobody's Business ⓘ
linked to: Nobody’s Business
Still Alive and Well → hasTrack → Ain't Nobody's Business ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Still Alive and Well"
linked to: Nobody’s Business
Still Alive and Well → hasCoverSong → Ain't Nobody's Business ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Still Alive and Well"
linked to: Nobody’s Business
In the Name of Love (album) → hasTrack → Nobody’s Business ⓘ
In the Name of Love (album) → hasTrack → Ain’t Nobody Business ⓘ
linked to: Nobody’s Business