Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Love in Vain\" (originally \"Love in Vain Blues\") is a 1937 blues song written by Robert Johnson. The song is noted for its sad lyrics, tone, and style. In the 1991 documentary film The Search for Robert Johnson, John P. Hammond plays Robert's recording of \"Love in Vain\" for the elderly Willie Mae Powell, the woman for whom it was supposedly written. Johnson moans \"Oh, Willie Mae\" twice before the last refrain.Johnson was an admirer of blues singer/pianist Leroy Carr."@en }
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- Love_in_Vain comment "\"Love in Vain\" (originally \"Love in Vain Blues\") is a 1937 blues song written by Robert Johnson. The song is noted for its sad lyrics, tone, and style. In the 1991 documentary film The Search for Robert Johnson, John P. Hammond plays Robert's recording of \"Love in Vain\" for the elderly Willie Mae Powell, the woman for whom it was supposedly written. Johnson moans \"Oh, Willie Mae\" twice before the last refrain.Johnson was an admirer of blues singer/pianist Leroy Carr.".