Swanee

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"Swanee" is a popular early 20th-century American song, famously performed by entertainer Al Jolson and associated with the Tin Pan Alley era.

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Label Occurrences
Swanee canonical 6

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tin Pan Alley song ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedEra Tin Pan Alley era ⓘ
associatedPerformer Al Jolson ⓘ
associatedPlace New York City ⓘ
composer George Gershwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalContext American vaudeville ⓘ
Broadway-style popular music ⓘ
era Jazz Age ⓘ
linked to: Roaring Twenties
firstMajorHitYear 1920 ⓘ
firstPerformancePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
genre Tin Pan Alley ⓘ
linked to: Tin Pan Alley era

popular music ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn subsequent American popular songs about the South ⓘ
hasMusicalForm verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasTheme longing for home ⓘ
nostalgia for the South ⓘ
historicalSignificance early hit for George Gershwin ⓘ
one of the biggest American popular songs of the early 1920s ⓘ
includedInRepertoireOf Al Jolson ⓘ
inspiredBy Old Folks at Home ⓘ
keyCharacteristic catchy chorus ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Irving Caesar ⓘ
madeFamousBy Al Jolson ⓘ
notableChartSuccess major American hit in 1920 ⓘ
notablePerformer Al Jolson ⓘ
performanceMedium voice and orchestra ⓘ
voice and piano ⓘ
publicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
recordLabelOfNotableRecording Columbia Records ⓘ
rightsSociety ASCAP ⓘ
settingLocation American South ⓘ
subject Suwannee River ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
title Swanee ⓘ
typeOfWork American popular song ⓘ
yearPublished 1919 ⓘ
yearWritten 1919 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Al Jolson → notableSong → Swanee ⓘ
Swanee → title → Swanee ⓘ
Al Jolson → notableWork → Swanee ⓘ
subject linked to: Jolie
Asa Yoelson → notableWork → Swanee ⓘ
Irving Caesar → notableWork → Swanee ⓘ