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Archie Bell & the Drells

American vocal group
Organization musical_group Q633770
Archie Bell & the Drells
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Archie Bell & the Drells

Summary

Archie Bell & the Drells is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (358 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Archie Bell & the Drells's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells's genre is funk[4].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[5].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells's record label is recorded as Chess Records[6].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells's Commons category is recorded as Archie Bell & the Drells[7].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells comprises Archie Bell[9].
  • January 1, 1966 marks the founding of Archie Bell & the Drells[10].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells's location of formation is recorded as Houston[11].
  • Archie Bell & the Drells's start of work period is recorded as 1966[12].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[13]

  • Country: US[14]

  • Began / founded: 1966[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1980[16]

  • Genre(s): disco, funk, northern soul, philly soul, soul, southern soul[17]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, disco, funk, northern soul, philly soul, soul, southern soul[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9b89f290-eb18-4bc3-977a-e20c7d90db2d[19]

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Founding

January 1, 1966 marks the founding of Archie Bell & the Drells[10]. Its location of formation is recorded as Houston[11].

Why It Matters

Archie Bell & the Drells ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (358 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Chess Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · E-Kartoffel · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Record label → Atlantic Records, Chess Records
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