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The Rays

American musical group
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The Rays

Summary

The Rays is a musical ensemble[1]. It draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (musical_ensemble category, ranking #107 of 686).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Rays's instance of is recorded as musical ensemble[3].
  • The Rays's genre is rhythm and blues[4].
  • The Rays's record label is recorded as Chess Records[5].
  • The Rays's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • January 1, 1955 marks the founding of The Rays[7].
  • The Rays's location of formation is recorded as New York City[8].
  • The Rays's name is recorded as The Rays[9].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[10]

  • Country: US[11]

  • Began / founded: 1955[12]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1965[13]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f91b2ab3-3467-41cf-be09-e9e1be9c4425[15]

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Founding

January 1, 1955 marks the founding of The Rays[7]. Its location of formation is recorded as New York City[8].

Why It Matters

The Rays draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (musical_ensemble category, ranking #107 of 686).[2]

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] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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