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Straight

US record label founded by Frank Zappa and Herb Cohen
Organization record_label Q1712125
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Straight was an organization founded by musician Frank Zappa and business manager Herb Cohen. The entity emerged as a collaborative effort between the two, though its specific focus or industry was not explicitly defined in the founding details. Zappa and Cohen established Straight to serve as a platform for their professional ventures.

The organization operated under the leadership of its co-founders, with Zappa and Cohen playing central roles in its formation and direction.

Straight

Summary

Straight is a record label[1]. Straight draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (record_label category, ranking #276 of 2,290).[2]

Key Facts

  • Straight is in the country of United States[3].
  • Straight's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • Straight's founder is recorded as Frank Zappa[5].
  • Straight's founder is recorded as Herb Cohen[6].
  • 1969 marks the founding of Straight[7].
  • Straight's distributed by is recorded as Warner Bros. Records Inc.[8].
  • Straight's distributed by is recorded as CBS[9].
  • Straight's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Straight'}[10].
  • Straight's different from is recorded as Straight[11].

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[12]

  • Country: US[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 65a76ced-a924-4402-b5db-8e156978e53c[14]

Body

Founding

Founders include Frank Zappa[5] and Herb Cohen[6]. 1969 marks the founding of Straight[7].

Identity

Straight's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Straight'}[10].

Why It Matters

Straight draws 93 Wikipedia views per month (record_label category, ranking #276 of 2,290).[2] Straight has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Straight is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Alice Cooper Frank Zappa record label Reprise Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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