Rats & Star

Japanese male blackface pop group that specialized in doo-wop-influenced music
Organization musical_group Q904538
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Summary

Rats & Star is a musical group[1].

Key Facts

  • Notable work: Runaway[2], Machikado Twilight[3], Me Gumino Hito[4], Yume de Aetara[5]
  • Genre: pop music[6], doo-wop[7]
  • Named after: Sha Na Na[8], The Channels[9]
  • Record label: Epic Records Japan[10]
  • Country of origin: Japan[11]
  • Has part(s): Masayuki Suzuki[12], Masashi Tashiro[13], Nobuyoshi Kuwano[14], Yoshio Satō[15], Ryōichi Izumo[16]
  • Pseudonym: シャネルズ[17], 大森笑劇研究会[18]
  • Official name: ラッツ&スター[19], RATS & STAR[20]
  • Start of work period: 1980[21]
  • Language used: Japanese[22]
  • Member category: Category:Rats & Star members[23]
  • Social media followers: {'amount': '+5010'}[24]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[25]

  • Country: JP[26]

  • Began / founded: 1980[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5c281371-5d95-43ae-9019-6375707648de[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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