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King

American record label, active 1943–68
Organization record_label Q1742077
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King

Summary

King is a record label[1]. King ranks in the top 9% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (211 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • King is in the country of United States[3].
  • King's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • King's founder is recorded as Syd Nathan[5].
  • King's headquarters location is recorded as Cincinnati[6].
  • King's discography is recorded as King Records catalog[7].
  • King's Commons category is recorded as King Records[8].
  • 1943 marks the founding of King[9].
  • King was dissolved in 1968[10].
  • King's official website is recorded as http://www.kingrecords.com[11].
  • King's topic's main category is recorded as Category:King Records[12].
  • King's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'King Records'}[13].
  • King's has characteristic is recorded as independent record label[14].
  • King's different from is recorded as King 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]

  • Country: US[17]

  • Began / founded: 1943[18]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1975[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 73693b2f-37bc-4076-8018-c21465945054[20]

Body

Founding

King's founder is recorded as Syd Nathan[5]. 1943 marks the founding of King[9].

Identity

King's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'King Records'}[13].

Operations

King's headquarters location is recorded as Cincinnati[6].

Dissolution

King was dissolved in 1968[10].

Why It Matters

King ranks in the top 9% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (211 views/month).[2] King has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] King is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Mary Lou Williams record label United States

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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