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The Funk Brothers

American group of Motown studio musicians
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The Funk Brothers

Summary

The Funk Brothers is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,757 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Funk Brothers received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[3].
  • The Funk Brothers received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[4].
  • The Funk Brothers's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • The Funk Brothers's genre is soul[6].
  • The Funk Brothers's genre is funk[7].
  • The Funk Brothers's genre is pop music[8].
  • The Funk Brothers's record label is recorded as Motown[9].
  • The Funk Brothers's Commons category is recorded as The Funk Brothers[10].
  • The Funk Brothers's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Funk Brothers comprises Marvin Gaye[12].
  • December 1958 marks the founding of The Funk Brothers[13].
  • The Funk Brothers's location of formation is recorded as Detroit[14].
  • The Funk Brothers's start of work period is recorded as December 1958[15].

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.

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  • Type: Group[16]

  • Country: US[17]

  • Began / founded: 1959[18]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1972[19]

  • Community tags: session[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3f5f1f0c-fc01-4338-98af-9cca70261abd[21]

Body

Founding

December 1958 marks the founding of The Funk Brothers[13]. Its location of formation is recorded as Detroit[14].

Recognition

Awards received include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[3], a lifetime achievement award[22], in United States[23], founded in 1962[24] and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[4], a commemorative plaque[25], in United States[26].

Why It Matters

The Funk Brothers ranks in the top 4% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,757 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

FAQs

What awards did The Funk Brothers receive?

Honors received include Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award[3] and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[4].

Related Entities

Marvin Gaye Motown United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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