Baubles, Bangles and Beads

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"Baubles, Bangles and Beads" is a popular show tune from the musical *Kismet*, adapted from a melody by Alexander Borodin and widely recorded by jazz and pop artists.

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Baubles, Bangles and Beads canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
adaptationType classical crossover ⓘ
adaptedBy George Forrest ⓘ
Robert Wright ⓘ
associatedAct Kismet (musical) ⓘ
basedOn String Quartet No. 2 in D major by Alexander Borodin ⓘ
music by Alexander Borodin ⓘ
second movement of String Quartet No. 2 in D major ⓘ
composer Alexander Borodin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn Broadway musical Kismet ⓘ
fromMusical Kismet ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus song form ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme luxury and ornamentation ⓘ
romantic allure ⓘ
inCatalogOf Great American Songbook ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist George Forrest ⓘ
Robert Wright ⓘ
musicalPremiereYear 1953 ⓘ
musicalStyleFeature derived from a classical string quartet melody ⓘ
often performed in swing and ballad arrangements ⓘ
notablePerformer Doretta Morrow ⓘ
Richard Kiley ⓘ
notableRecordingArtist Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Peggy Lee ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
The Kirby Stone Four ⓘ
The Norman Luboff Choir ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
originalMedium Broadway stage musical ⓘ
partOf Kismet ⓘ
period 1950s popular music ⓘ
publisher Tams-Witmark (stage rights for Kismet) ⓘ
theatricalContext sung in a marketplace/jewelry-shop setting in Kismet ⓘ
title Baubles, Bangles and Beads ⓘ
usedIn film adaptation of Kismet (1955) ⓘ

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

Kismet (1955 film) → hasMusicalNumber → Baubles, Bangles and Beads ⓘ
subject linked to: Kismet
Kismet (1953 musical) → notableSong → Baubles, Bangles and Beads ⓘ
Baubles, Bangles and Beads → title → Baubles, Bangles and Beads ⓘ
On Stage and in the Movies → hasTrack → Baubles, Bangles and Beads ⓘ