song "Taking a Chance on Love"

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"Taking a Chance on Love" is a popular standard from the 1940 Broadway musical "Cabin in the Sky," widely recorded by jazz and pop artists.

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song "Taking a Chance on Love" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf popular standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Great American Songbook ⓘ
basedOnForm 32-bar song form ⓘ
cataloguedIn jazz standards repertoire ⓘ
composer Vernon Duke ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn Cabin in the Sky (1940 Broadway musical) ⓘ
linked to: Cabin in the Sky
fromWork Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later jazz vocal interpretations ⓘ
hasMelodist Vernon Duke ⓘ
hasMeter 4/4 time ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle swing ⓘ
hasSubject romantic love ⓘ
hasTempo medium swing (typical) ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
hasType show tune ⓘ
standard ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
isPartOf American musical theatre repertoire ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist John La Touche ⓘ
Ted Fetter ⓘ
notableRecordingsBy Benny Goodman ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Lena Horne ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
Vera Lynn ⓘ
originalMedium Broadway musical ⓘ
partOf Cabin in the Sky ⓘ
performancePractice improvised jazz solos ⓘ
performedInFilmBy Eddie "Rochester" Anderson ⓘ
Ethel Waters ⓘ
publicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
typicalEnsemble big band ⓘ
jazz combo ⓘ
vocal with orchestra ⓘ
usedIn film Cabin in the Sky (1943) ⓘ
linked to: Cabin in the Sky

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Vernon Duke → composed → song "Taking a Chance on Love" ⓘ