Back Home Again in Indiana

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"Back Home Again in Indiana" is a popular early 20th-century American jazz standard closely associated with the Indianapolis 500, where it has been traditionally performed before the race.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
popular song
song
alsoKnownAs Indiana
composer James F. Hanley
countryOfOrigin United States
featuredInRepertoireOf New Orleans jazz bands
bebop musicians
swing bands
firstPopularizedIn vaudeville
genre jazz
traditional pop
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Indiana
hasForm 32-bar AABA
hasKey F major (common performance key)
hasMelodicSimilarityTo On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away
hasNotablePerformanceBy Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors character, informally referenced)
linked to: Gomer Pyle

James Melton
Jim Nabors
hasSubjectMatter nostalgia for Indiana
isAssociatedWithEvent Indianapolis 500
isConsidered state song standard of Indiana (informal)
isImprovisationBasisFor Donna Lee
Ice Freezes Red
Indiana (various contrafacts)
linked to: Indiana
isPartOf Great American Songbook (commonly regarded)
language English
lyricist Ballard MacDonald
mentions Wabash River
candlelight
moonlight on the Wabash
publicationDate 1917
recordedBy Al Hirt
Art Tatum
Benny Goodman
Chet Baker
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Harry James
James Melton
Jim Nabors
Louis Armstrong
Nat King Cole
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Red Nichols
tempo medium-up
title Back Home Again in Indiana
traditionallyPerformedAt Indianapolis 500 pre-race ceremonies
usedAs pre-race anthem at Indianapolis 500

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Jim Nabors notableSongPerformance Back Home Again in Indiana
Back Home Again in Indiana title Back Home Again in Indiana
Indiana hasAlternativeTitle (Back Home Again in) Indiana
linked to: Back Home Again in Indiana