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Summary

If is a musical group[1]. If ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • If's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • If's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • If's genre is jazz[5].
  • If's record label is recorded as Island Records[6].
  • If's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • If comprises Dick Morrissey[8].
  • January 1, 1969 marks the founding of If[9].
  • If's location of formation is recorded as England[10].
  • If's official website is recorded as http://www.users.waitrose.com/~tonyhunt/index.htm[11].
  • If's start of work period is recorded as 1969[12].

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: Group[13]

  • Country: GB[14]

  • Began / founded: 1969[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1975[16]

  • Genre(s): jazz rock, progressive rock, rock[17]

  • Community tags: jazz rock, progressive rock, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2cf84dc3-d53f-4b5b-835c-40975b4b66df[19]

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Founding

January 1, 1969 marks the founding of If[9]. If's location of formation is recorded as England[10].

Why It Matters

If ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month).[2] If has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

England Island Records United Kingdom

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] ↑ . 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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_if-q584524_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{If}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/if-q584524}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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