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The Gap Band

American R&B and funk band
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The Gap Band

Summary

The Gap Band is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,400 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Gap Band's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Gap Band's genre is boogie[4].
  • The Gap Band's genre is funk[5].
  • The Gap Band's genre is electro[6].
  • The Gap Band's genre is rhythm and blues[7].
  • The Gap Band's genre is soul[8].
  • The Gap Band's genre is quiet storm[9].
  • The Gap Band's record label is recorded as Shelter Records[10].
  • The Gap Band's record label is recorded as RCA Records[11].
  • The Gap Band's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[12].
  • The Gap Band's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[13].
  • The Gap Band's record label is recorded as Total Experience Records[14].
  • The Gap Band's discography is recorded as The Gap Band discography[15].
  • The Gap Band's Commons category is recorded as The Gap Band[16].
  • The Gap Band's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • The Gap Band comprises Charlie Wilson[18].
  • January 1, 1967 marks the founding of The Gap Band[19].
  • The Gap Band's location of formation is recorded as Tulsa[20].
  • The Gap Band's official website is recorded as http://www.gapband.com/[21].
  • The Gap Band's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gap Band'}[22].
  • The Gap Band's different from is recorded as band gap[23].
  • The Gap Band's start of work period is recorded as 1974[24].
  • The Gap Band's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[25].

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: Group[26]

  • Country: US[27]

  • Began / founded: 1967[28]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2010[29]

  • Genre(s): funk, r&b, soul[30]

  • Community tags: classic pop and rock, funk, r&b, soul[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 00aab979-da36-4efd-9086-e409cda07f9c[32]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1967 marks the founding of The Gap Band[19]. Its location of formation is recorded as Tulsa[20].

Identity

The Gap Band's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[22].

Why It Matters

The Gap Band ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,400 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

Related Entities

Capitol Records Mercury Records RCA Records United States

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.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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