blues rock

music genre combining elements of blues and rock
Intangible music_genre Q193355
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blues rock

Summary

blues rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (662 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • blues rock was influenced by blues[3].
  • blues rock's image is recorded as Gary Moore 2005.05.21 002-2.jpg[4].
  • blues rock's instance of is recorded as music genre[5].
  • blues rock's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003002221[6].
  • blues rock's subclass of is recorded as rock music[7].
  • blues rock's Commons category is recorded as Blues rock[8].
  • blues rock's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • blues rock's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of blues rock[11].
  • blues rock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yv6b[12].
  • blues rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blues rock[13].
  • blues rock's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX5652102[14].
  • blues rock's described at URL is recorded as https://www.musicmetricsvault.com/genres/blues-rock/1064[15].
  • blues rock's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blues rock'}[16].
  • blues rock's GTAA ID is recorded as 262850[17].
  • blues rock's YSO ID is recorded as 39342[18].
  • blues rock's Quora topic ID is recorded as Bluesrock[19].
  • blues rock's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as populaire-muziek/bluesrock[20].
  • blues rock's subreddit is recorded as bluesrock[21].
  • blues rock's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2014026666[22].
  • blues rock's The Top Tens ID is recorded as 9392[23].
  • blues rock's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as 58e325d5-54fd-4e98-b39a-3aa6bc319273[24].
  • blues rock's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007539828305171[25].
  • blues rock's KBpedia ID is recorded as BluesRockMusic[26].
  • blues rock's X is recorded as 1293281902091067393[27].

Why It Matters

blues rock ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (662 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by heavy metal music[30], a music genre[31], founded in 1970[32] and sleaze rock[33], a music genre[34].

FAQs

Who did blues rock influence?

blues rock has been cited as an influence by heavy metal music[30] and sleaze rock[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of music genre
    Has characteristic Q107975727
    Subclass of rock music
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 16d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
    Inception +1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Influenced by
    Subclass of rock music
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q107975727]]"
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