Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!)\" was a hit song written in 1918 by Bob Carleton (surname is often misspelled as Carlton). The title is sometimes rendered as \"Jada.\" Ja-Da has flourished through the decades as a jazz standard.Carleton penned the 16-bar tune when he was club pianist in Illinois and first popularized it with singer Cliff Edwards. The sheet music for \"Ja-Da\" was published in 1918 by Leo Feist, Inc., New York. The tune was briefly famous, and then spent 35 years as a well-known standard.In his definitive American Popular Songs, Alec Wilder writes about the song's simplicity:... It fascinates me that such a trifling tune could have settled into the public consciousness as Ja-Da has. Of course it's bone simple, and the lyric says almost nothing, except perhaps the explanation of its success lies in the lyric itself. \"That's a funny little bit of melody—it's soothing and appealing to me.\" It's cute, it's innocent, and it's \"soothing.\" And, wonderfully enough, the only other statement the lyric makes is \"Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing, Jing, Jing.\""@en }
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- Ja-Da abstract "\"Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!)\" was a hit song written in 1918 by Bob Carleton (surname is often misspelled as Carlton). The title is sometimes rendered as \"Jada.\" Ja-Da has flourished through the decades as a jazz standard.Carleton penned the 16-bar tune when he was club pianist in Illinois and first popularized it with singer Cliff Edwards. The sheet music for \"Ja-Da\" was published in 1918 by Leo Feist, Inc., New York. The tune was briefly famous, and then spent 35 years as a well-known standard.In his definitive American Popular Songs, Alec Wilder writes about the song's simplicity:... It fascinates me that such a trifling tune could have settled into the public consciousness as Ja-Da has. Of course it's bone simple, and the lyric says almost nothing, except perhaps the explanation of its success lies in the lyric itself. \"That's a funny little bit of melody—it's soothing and appealing to me.\" It's cute, it's innocent, and it's \"soothing.\" And, wonderfully enough, the only other statement the lyric makes is \"Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Ja-Da, Jing, Jing, Jing.\"".