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The Dude

1981 studio album by Quincy Jones
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The Dude

Summary

The Dude is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Dude's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Dude's genre is jazz[4].
  • The Dude's genre is pop music[5].
  • The Dude's genre is rhythm and blues[6].
  • The Dude was produced by Quincy Jones[7].
  • The Dude was performed by Quincy Jones[8].
  • The Dude's record label is recorded as A&M Records[9].
  • The Dude is part of Quincy Jones' albums in chronological order[10].
  • The Dude's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Westlake Recording Studios[11].
  • The Dude was released on 1981[12].
  • The Dude's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[13].

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: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1981-03[15]

  • Genre(s): disco, easy listening, r&b[16]

  • Community tags: disco, easy listening, funk soul, r&b[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6748eee7-011e-3827-af81-5a17f50a975a[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Dude was performed by Quincy Jones[8]. It was produced by Quincy Jones[7].

Publication

The Dude was published on 1981[12]. Genres include jazz[4], pop music[5], and rhythm and blues[6]. It is part of Quincy Jones' albums in chronological order[10].

Why It Matters

The Dude ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

A&M Records Quincy Jones

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-dude_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Dude}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dude}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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