Sweet Lorraine

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"Sweet Lorraine" is a popular jazz standard from the 1930s, best known for its many recordings by prominent swing and jazz artists.

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Sweet Lorraine canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
composer Cliff Burwell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decadeOfPopularization 1930s ⓘ
era Swing Era ⓘ
linked to: Big band era
firstPopularizedBy Isham Jones and his orchestra ⓘ
Rudy Vallee ⓘ
linked to: Rudy Vallée
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasChordProgressionCharacteristic functional harmony ⓘ
use of secondary dominants ⓘ
hasCulturalRole jazz standard of the 1930s ⓘ
popular song in American popular music history ⓘ
hasForm 32-bar song form ⓘ
AABA form ⓘ
hasInstrumentalVersion yes ⓘ
hasVocalVersion yes ⓘ
influenced later jazz ballads ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformedAs piano feature ⓘ
vocal feature ⓘ
isIncludedIn many jazz fake books ⓘ
isRecordedOn numerous 78 rpm records ⓘ
isStandardIn Great American Songbook ⓘ
jazz repertoire ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Mitchell Parish ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Art Tatum ⓘ
Benny Goodman ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
King Cole Trio ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
performancePractice commonly used for improvisation practice ⓘ
often reharmonized by jazz musicians ⓘ
publicationYear 1928 ⓘ
style ballad ⓘ
subjectMatter romantic love ⓘ
tempo medium tempo ⓘ
titleCharacter Lorraine ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Mitchell Parish → notableWork → Sweet Lorraine ⓘ
Mitchell Parish → wroteLyricsFor → Sweet Lorraine ⓘ
Nat King Cole Trio → notableSong → Sweet Lorraine ⓘ
King Cole Trio → notableWork → Sweet Lorraine ⓘ
Michael Hyman Pashelinsky → notableWork → Sweet Lorraine ⓘ