Southern rock

subgenre of rock music and a genre of Americana
Intangible music_genre Q852767
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Southern rock

Summary

Southern rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (730 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern rock's image is recorded as Lynyrd 2008 (3).jpg[3].
  • Southern rock's image is recorded as WSP Canandaigua 2009.jpg[4].
  • Southern rock's image is recorded as Duane Allman.jpg[5].
  • Southern rock's instance of is recorded as music genre[6].
  • Southern rock's subclass of is recorded as rock music[7].
  • Southern rock's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • +1968-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Southern rock[9].
  • Southern rock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015pdg[10].
  • Southern rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern rock[11].
  • Southern rock's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/Southern-rock[12].
  • Southern rock's YSO ID is recorded as 37978[13].
  • Southern rock's Quora topic ID is recorded as Southern-Rock[14].
  • Southern rock's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as populaire-muziek/southern-rock[15].
  • Southern rock's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as sørstatsrock[16].
  • Southern rock's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as 905c1899-3027-4d29-8d9c-bbeef2c8628a[17].
  • Southern rock's KBpedia ID is recorded as SouthernRockMusic[18].
  • Southern rock's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as southern-rock[19].
  • Southern rock's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000002872[20].
  • Southern rock's Discogs style ID is recorded as southern+rock[21].
  • Southern rock's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as southernrock[22].
  • Southern rock's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1161[23].
  • Southern rock's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 1886[24].
  • Southern rock's iTunes genre ID is recorded as 8284[25].
  • Southern rock's Spirit of Metal style ID is recorded as Southern_Rock[26].

Why It Matters

Southern rock ranks in the top 7% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (730 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_southern-rock_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Southern rock}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-rock}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 27d ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of music genre
    Has characteristic Q107975727
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 27d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Aliases
    Country of origin United States
    Instance of music genre
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q107975727]]"
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