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Hi Records

American record label; soul music and rockabilly label started in Memphis, Tennessee in 1957
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Hi Records

Summary

Hi Records is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hi Records is in the country of United States[3].
  • Hi Records's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • Hi Records's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Hi Records's founder is recorded as Ray Harris[6].
  • Hi Records's founder is recorded as Quinton Claunch[7].
  • Hi Records's genre is rockabilly[8].
  • Hi Records's genre is soul[9].
  • Hi Records's headquarters location is recorded as Memphis[10].
  • Hi Records's discography is recorded as Hi Records catalog[11].
  • Hi Records's Commons category is recorded as Hi Records[12].
  • January 1, 1957 marks the founding of Hi Records[13].
  • Hi Records's official website is recorded as http://hirecords.com/[14].
  • Hi Records's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hi Records'}[15].

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

  • Type: Original Production[16]

  • Began / founded: 1957[17]

  • Community tags: _add series[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 19eeed5a-1dbe-40bc-b6e9-5979a3a903d8[19]

Body

Founding

Founders include Ray Harris[6] and Quinton Claunch[7]. January 1, 1957 marks the founding of Hi Records[13].

Operations

Hi Records's headquarters location is recorded as Memphis[10].

Why It Matters

Hi Records ranks in the top 10% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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