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Rock Island Line

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Rock Island Line

Summary

Rock Island Line is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rock Island Line's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Rock Island Line's genre is American folk music[4].
  • Rock Island Line was performed by John Lomax[5].
  • Rock Island Line's record label is recorded as Decca[6].
  • Rock Island Line was published on 1955[7].
  • Rock Island Line's has characteristic is recorded as debut single[8].
  • Rock Island Line's form of creative work is recorded as song[9].

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

  • Release type: Song[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0ffbf739-db65-3fcf-b4e7-fb08074524bf[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Rock Island Line was performed by John Lomax[5].

Publication

Rock Island Line was released on 1955[7]. Its genre is American folk music[4].

Why It Matters

Rock Island Line ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

Decca Lead Belly

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Rock Island Line. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rock-island-line
MLA “Rock Island Line.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/rock-island-line.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rock-island-line_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Rock Island Line}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rock-island-line}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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