Mean to Me

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"Mean to Me" is a popular 1929 jazz and pop standard that has been widely recorded by vocalists and instrumentalists since its debut.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mean to Me canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pop standard ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Fred E. Ahlert ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasMusicalForm 32-bar AABA form ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy Annette Hanshaw ⓘ
Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Benny Goodman ⓘ
Billie Holiday ⓘ
Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra ⓘ
Chet Baker ⓘ
Dinah Washington ⓘ
Doris Day ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Julie London ⓘ
Julie Wilson ⓘ
Lena Horne ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Lester Young Trio ⓘ
Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
New York Voices ⓘ
linked to: The New York Voices

Peggy Lee ⓘ
Ruth Etting ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
hasTheme emotional cruelty in relationships ⓘ
romantic heartbreak ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
hasType instrumental jazz standard ⓘ
vocal jazz song ⓘ
isPartOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Roy Turk ⓘ
notableFor widespread recording history since 1929 ⓘ
performancePractice commonly performed by both vocalists and instrumentalists ⓘ
publicationDate 1929 ⓘ
tempo medium swing ⓘ
typicalKey C major ⓘ
E-flat major ⓘ
usedAs jazz improvisation vehicle ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Ruth Etting → notableWork → Mean to Me ⓘ
Ruth Etting → performerOf → Mean to Me ⓘ
Songs for Swingers → hasTrack → Mean to Me ⓘ
subject linked to: Songs for Swingers (album)