Fairport Convention

Summary

Fairport Convention is a musical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,690 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• A notable work attributed to Fairport Convention is Unhalfbricking^[3].
• A notable work attributed to Fairport Convention is Who Knows Where the Time Goes^[4].
• Fairport Convention's instance of is recorded as musical group^[5].
• Fairport Convention's genre is traditional folk music^[6].
• Fairport Convention's genre is folk rock^[7].
• Fairport Convention's record label is recorded as A&M Records^[8].
• Fairport Convention's record label is recorded as Island Records^[9].
• Fairport Convention's record label is recorded as Polydor^[10].
• Fairport Convention's discography is recorded as Fairport Convention discography^[11].
• Fairport Convention's Commons category is recorded as Fairport Convention^[12].
• Fairport Convention's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[13].
• Fairport Convention comprises Sandy Denny^[14].
• Fairport Convention comprises Richard Thompson^[15].
• Fairport Convention comprises Ashley Hutchings^[16].
• Fairport Convention comprises Judy Dyble^[17].
• Fairport Convention comprises Simon Nicol^[18].
• Fairport Convention comprises Iain Matthews^[19].
• January 1, 1967 marks the founding of Fairport Convention^[20].
• Fairport Convention's location of formation is recorded as London^[21].
• Fairport Convention's official website is recorded as http://www.fairportconvention.com/^[22].
• Fairport Convention's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fairport Convention^[23].
• Fairport Convention's topic has template is recorded as Template:Fairport Convention^[24].
• Fairport Convention's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fairport Convention'}^[25].
• Fairport Convention's start of work period is recorded as 1967^[26].
• Fairport Convention's member category is recorded as Category:Fairport Convention members^[27].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[28]

• Country: GB^[29]

• Began / founded: 1967^[30]

• Genre(s): british folk rock, celtic rock, folk, folk rock, progressive folk, psychedelic folk, rock^[31]

• Community tags: british, british folk rock, british folk-rock, celtic rock, electric folk, english, english folk, english folk music, folk, folk rock, progressive folk, psychedelic folk, rock, uk^[32]

• MusicBrainz ID: cc60d937-e80b-4c66-8aa2-e89cb57c8b08^[33]

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Founding

January 1, 1967 marks the founding of Fairport Convention^[20]. Its location of formation is recorded as London^[21].

Why It Matters

Fairport Convention ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,690 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]