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The Highwaymen

American country music supergroup
Organization supergroup Q261341
The Highwaymen
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The Highwaymen

Summary

The Highwaymen is a supergroup[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of supergroup entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,473 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Highwaymen's instance of is recorded as supergroup[3].
  • The Highwaymen's genre is country music[4].
  • The Highwaymen's genre is outlaw country[5].
  • The Highwaymen's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[6].
  • The Highwaymen's discography is recorded as The Highwaymen discography[7].
  • The Highwaymen's Commons category is recorded as The Highwaymen (country supergroup)[8].
  • The Highwaymen's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • The Highwaymen comprises Johnny Cash[10].
  • The Highwaymen comprises Willie Nelson[11].
  • The Highwaymen comprises Waylon Jennings[12].
  • The Highwaymen comprises Kris Kristofferson[13].
  • 1985 marks the founding of The Highwaymen[14].
  • The Highwaymen was dissolved in 1995[15].
  • The Highwaymen's location of formation is recorded as United States[16].
  • The Highwaymen's official website is recorded as http://www.thehighwaymen.net/[17].
  • The Highwaymen's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'The Highwaymen'}[18].
  • The Highwaymen's different from is recorded as The Highwaymen[19].
  • The Highwaymen's start of work period is recorded as 1985[20].
  • The Highwaymen's end of work period is recorded as 2002[21].

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[22]

  • Country: US[23]

  • Began / founded: 1985[24]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1995[25]

  • Genre(s): country, country rock, outlaw country[26]

  • Community tags: country, country rock, outlaw country[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c685765c-b778-4ed6-9035-8f7088431765[28]

Body

Founding

1985 marks the founding of The Highwaymen[14]. Its location of formation is recorded as United States[16].

Identity

The Highwaymen's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'it'}[18].

Dissolution

The Highwaymen was dissolved in 1995[15].

Why It Matters

The Highwaymen ranks in the top 6% of supergroup entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,473 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Columbia Records Johnny Cash Kris Kristofferson United States Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson

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] ↑ . Discogs. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Discogs. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Discogs. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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