The Main Ingredient

American soul and R&B group
Organization musical_group Q383398
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The Main Ingredient

Summary

The Main Ingredient is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Main Ingredient's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Main Ingredient's genre is soul[4].
  • The Main Ingredient's record label is recorded as Red Bird Records[5].
  • The Main Ingredient's Commons category is recorded as The Main Ingredient (band)[6].
  • The Main Ingredient's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • The Main Ingredient comprises Cuba Gooding Sr.[8].
  • January 1, 1964 marks the founding of The Main Ingredient[9].
  • The Main Ingredient's location of formation is recorded as New York City[10].
  • The Main Ingredient's start of work period is recorded as 1964[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.

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  • Type: Group[12]

  • Country: US[13]

  • Began / founded: 1964[14]

  • Genre(s): r&b, soul[15]

  • Community tags: r&b, soul[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ee06187e-f6db-46e0-8164-be626127673d[17]

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Founding

January 1, 1964 marks the founding of The Main Ingredient[9]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City[10].

Why It Matters

The Main Ingredient ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

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.

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.
  4. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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