song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"

E317362

jazz standard song traditional pop standard

"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a popular romantic song from 1939 that has become a jazz and traditional pop standard, celebrated for its nostalgic evocation of London’s West End.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song)	1
song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2991515 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
Context triple: [Berkeley Square, hasCulturalReference, song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"]

A. song "London Town"
"London Town" is a popular afrobeats track by Nigerian artist Mr Eazi that blends laid-back rhythms with his signature melodic style.
B. song "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond"
"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" is a traditional Scottish folk song, famed for its haunting melody and themes of love, loss, and the Scottish landscape around Loch Lomond.
C. song "Three Coins in the Fountain"
"Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular 1954 song, introduced in the film of the same name, that romanticizes the tradition of tossing coins into Rome’s Trevi Fountain for luck in love.
D. On Green Dolphin Street
On Green Dolphin Street is a novel by British author Sebastian Faulks that explores love, identity, and political tension in Cold War-era America.
E. song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by U2, featuring lyrics adapted from Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name and first released on the soundtrack to the film "The Million Dollar Hotel."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
Target entity description: "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a popular romantic song from 1939 that has become a jazz and traditional pop standard, celebrated for its nostalgic evocation of London’s West End.

A. song "London Town"
"London Town" is a popular afrobeats track by Nigerian artist Mr Eazi that blends laid-back rhythms with his signature melodic style.
B. song "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond"
"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" is a traditional Scottish folk song, famed for its haunting melody and themes of love, loss, and the Scottish landscape around Loch Lomond.
C. song "Three Coins in the Fountain"
"Three Coins in the Fountain" is a popular 1954 song, introduced in the film of the same name, that romanticizes the tradition of tossing coins into Rome’s Trevi Fountain for luck in love.
D. On Green Dolphin Street
On Green Dolphin Street is a novel by British author Sebastian Faulks that explores love, identity, and political tension in Cold War-era America.
E. song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet"
"The Ground Beneath Her Feet" is a song by U2, featuring lyrics adapted from Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name and first released on the soundtrack to the film "The Million Dollar Hotel."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jazz standard ⓘ song ⓘ traditional pop standard ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song) ⓘ linked to: song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"
composer	Manning Sherwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
era	World War II era popular music ⓘ
firstPopularizedIn	United Kingdom ⓘ
genre	jazz ⓘ traditional pop ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	London’s West End ⓘ linked to: West End of London
hasCulturalStatus	classic love song ⓘ
hasForm	popular song form ⓘ
hasNotableLyric	I may be right, I may be wrong, but I'm perfectly willing to swear ⓘ That certain night, the night we met, there was magic abroad in the air ⓘ That when you turned and smiled at me, a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ
hasNotableRecording	Bing Crosby recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ Dame Vera Lynn recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ Doris Day recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ Frank Sinatra recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ linked to: Glenn Miller Orchestra Harry Connick Jr. recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ Mel Tormé recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ Nat King Cole recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ linked to: Nat King Cole Stacey Kent recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ The Manhattan Transfer recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ Vera Lynn recording of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ
hasSubject	London nightlife ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ
inspiredBy	Berkeley Square ⓘ
isPartOf	20th-century jazz standards ⓘ 20th-century popular songs ⓘ
isStandardIn	Great American Songbook repertoire ⓘ jazz repertoire ⓘ traditional pop repertoire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locationDescribed	Berkeley Square ⓘ London ⓘ linked to: London, England West End of London ⓘ
lyricist	Eric Maschwitz ⓘ
period	late 1930s ⓘ
publicationYear	1939 ⓘ
theme	nostalgia ⓘ romance ⓘ wartime romance ⓘ
title	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ⓘ
yearOfComposition	1939 ⓘ