Don't Play That Song!

1962 studio album by Ben E. King
MusicAlbum album Q5291847
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Don't Play That Song!

Summary

Don't Play That Song! is an album[1]. Don't Play That Song! ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Play That Song!'s instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s genre is soul[4].
  • Don't Play That Song! was produced by Ahmet Ertegün[5].
  • Don't Play That Song! was produced by Leiber-Stoller[6].
  • Don't Play That Song! was performed by Ben E. King[7].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s record label is recorded as Atco Records[8].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s place of publication is recorded as United States[9].
  • Don't Play That Song! is part of Ben E. King's albums in chronological order[10].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Don't Play That Song! was distributed by vinyl record[12].
  • Don't Play That Song! was released on August 20, 1962[13].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s tracklist is recorded as Stand by Me[14].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s title is recorded as Don't Play That Song![15].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7302866', 'amount': '+12'}[16].
  • Don't Play That Song!'s form of creative work is recorded as studio album[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[18]

  • First release date: 1962[19]

  • Genre(s): hip hop, pop, pop soul, rock, soul[20]

  • Community tags: classic soul r b, hip hop, oldies, pop, pop soul, rhythm & blues, rock, soul[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 41da1f33-f897-3e51-a650-ab49b380ebf5[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Don't Play That Song! was performed by Ben E. King[7]. Producers include Ahmet Ertegün[5] and Leiber-Stoller[6].

Publication

Don't Play That Song! was published on August 20, 1962[13]. Don't Play That Song!'s place of publication is recorded as United States[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is soul[4]. Don't Play That Song! is part of Ben E. King's albums in chronological order[10]. Don't Play That Song! was distributed by vinyl record[12].

Why It Matters

Don't Play That Song! ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (107 views/month).[2]

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.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . 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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