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The Monotones

American doo-wop vocal group in the 1950s
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The Monotones

Summary

The Monotones is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Monotones's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Monotones's genre is doo-wop[4].
  • The Monotones's genre is rhythm and blues[5].
  • The Monotones's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • January 1, 1955 marks the founding of The Monotones[7].
  • The Monotones's different from is recorded as The Monotones[8].
  • The Monotones's start of work period is recorded as 1955[9].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[10]

  • Country: US[11]

  • Began / founded: 1955[12]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1962[13]

  • Genre(s): doo-wop[14]

  • Community tags: doo-wop[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: abaabae8-2d0f-4fde-94e8-f2b88d6e11c8[16]

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Founding

January 1, 1955 marks the founding of The Monotones[7].

Why It Matters

The Monotones ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (125 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

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.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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