Blues Ballads

1959 studio album by LaVern Baker
MusicAlbum album Q56361280
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Blues Ballads

Summary

Blues Ballads is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blues Ballads's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Blues Ballads's genre is jazz[4].
  • Blues Ballads's genre is blues[5].
  • Blues Ballads's genre is rhythm and blues[6].
  • Blues Ballads followed Precious Memories: LaVern Baker Sings Gospel[7].
  • Blues Ballads was followed by Saved[8].
  • Blues Ballads was produced by Ahmet Ertegün[9].
  • Blues Ballads was produced by Jerry Wexler[10].
  • Blues Ballads was performed by LaVern Baker[11].
  • Blues Ballads's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[12].
  • Blues Ballads's place of publication is recorded as United States[13].
  • Blues Ballads's language of work or name is recorded as American English[14].
  • Blues Ballads was distributed by LP record[15].
  • Blues Ballads was distributed by music download[16].
  • Blues Ballads was distributed by music streaming[17].
  • Blues Ballads was distributed by compact disc[18].
  • Blues Ballads was released on October 1959[19].
  • Blues Ballads's cover art by is recorded as Marvin Israel[20].
  • Blues Ballads's cover art by is recorded as Jerry Schatzberg[21].
  • Blues Ballads's title is recorded as Blues Ballads[22].
  • Blues Ballads's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11574', 'amount': '+1684'}[23].
  • Blues Ballads's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[24].
  • Blues Ballads's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[25].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[26]

  • First release date: 1959[27]

  • Genre(s): blues[28]

  • Community tags: blues[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f9062194-f75f-431d-b3f4-9a12da6c9e23[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Blues Ballads was LaVern Baker[11]. Producers include Ahmet Ertegün[9] and Jerry Wexler[10].

Publication

Blues Ballads was released on October 1959[19]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[14]. Genres include jazz[4], blues[5], and rhythm and blues[6]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[15], music download[16], music streaming[17], and compact disc[18].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Blues Ballads followed Precious Memories: LaVern Baker Sings Gospel[7]. It was followed by Saved[8].

Why It Matters

Blues Ballads ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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