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The Velvets

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The Velvets

Summary

The Velvets is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Velvets's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Velvets's genre is doo-wop[4].
  • The Velvets's record label is recorded as Monument Records[5].
  • The Velvets's record label is recorded as Ace Records[6].
  • The Velvets's record label is recorded as Fury Records[7].
  • The Velvets's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • January 1, 1959 marks the founding of The Velvets[9].

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[10]

  • Country: US[11]

  • Began / founded: 1959[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 12a54f0b-6f67-4f66-bb3b-e8cef9ac6871[13]

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Founding

January 1, 1959 marks the founding of The Velvets[9].

Why It Matters

The Velvets ranks in the top 7% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[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] ↑ . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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