Checker

US record label, subsidiary of Chess Records
Organization record_label Q497149
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Checker

Summary

Checker is a record label[1]. Checker draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (record_label category, ranking #254 of 2,290).[2]

Key Facts

  • Checker is in the country of United States[3].
  • Checker's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • Checker's founder is recorded as Leonard Chess[5].
  • Checker's founder is recorded as Phil Chess[6].
  • Checker's genre is blues[7].
  • Checker's genre is doo-wop[8].
  • Checker's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[9].
  • Checker's discography is recorded as Checker catalog[10].
  • Checker's Commons category is recorded as Checker Records[11].
  • 1952 marks the founding of Checker[12].
  • Checker's location of formation is recorded as Chicago[13].
  • Checker's parent organization or unit is recorded as Chess Records[14].
  • Checker's has characteristic is recorded as Labelcode[15].

Body

Founding

Founders include Leonard Chess[5] and Phil Chess[6]. 1952 marks the founding of Checker[12]. Checker's location of formation is recorded as Chicago[13].

Operations

Checker's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[9]. Checker's parent organization or unit is recorded as Chess Records[14].

Why It Matters

Checker draws 42 Wikipedia views per month (record_label category, ranking #254 of 2,290).[2] Checker has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Checker is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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