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Toto

American rock band
MusicGroup rock_band Q207472
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Toto

Summary

Toto is a rock band[1]. Toto ranks in the top 2% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,945 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Toto was influenced by Led Zeppelin[3].
  • Toto was influenced by The Rolling Stones[4].
  • Toto was influenced by Boz Scaggs[5].
  • Toto's instance of is recorded as rock band[6].
  • Toto's genre is progressive rock[7].
  • Toto's genre is pop rock[8].
  • Toto's genre is soft rock[9].
  • Toto's genre is hard rock[10].
  • Toto's genre is yacht rock[11].
  • Toto's genre is arena rock[12].
  • Toto's record label is recorded as Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.[13].
  • Toto's record label is recorded as Frontiers Records[14].
  • Toto's discography is recorded as Toto discography[15].
  • Toto's Commons category is recorded as Toto (musical group)[16].
  • Toto's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • Toto comprises Steve Porcaro[18].
  • Toto comprises Bobby Kimball[19].
  • Toto comprises David Hungate[20].
  • Toto comprises Dennis Frederiksen[21].
  • Toto comprises Simon Phillips[22].
  • Toto comprises Greg Phillinganes[23].
  • Toto comprises Steve Lukather[24].
  • Toto comprises David Paich[25].
  • Toto comprises Joseph Williams[26].
  • 1977 marks the founding of Toto[27].

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[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1977[30]

  • Genre(s): aor, hard rock, jazz fusion, neo-progressive rock, pagan black metal, pop rock, progressive rock, rock, soft rock, yacht rock[31]

  • Community tags: american, aor, hard rock, jazz fusion, neo-progressive rock, nuno, pagan black metal, pop rock, progressive rock, rock, soft rock, west coast rock, yacht rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aab5c954-cabe-432e-899e-1c4f99757327[33]

Why It Matters

Toto ranks in the top 2% of rock_band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,945 views/month).[2] Toto has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Toto is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Toto has been cited as an influence by Richard Marx[36], a musician[37], b. 1963[38], of United States[39].

FAQs

Who did Toto influence?

Toto has been cited as an influence by Richard Marx[36].

Related Entities

Columbia Records Dune James Newton Howard Richard Marx Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc. Steve Lukather United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Euro know · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → progressive rock, pop rock, soft rock +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P136]]: [[Q28401124]]"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1977-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Svkkl authority id → k0009011-Toto-hudebni-skupina
    Topic has template → Template:Toto
    Member category → Category:Toto (band) members
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: k0009011-Toto-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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