Willy and the Poor Boys

1969 studio album by Creedence Clearwater Revival
MusicAlbum album Q1546636
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Willy and the Poor Boys

Summary

Willy and the Poor Boys is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,815 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Willy and the Poor Boys's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's genre is swamp rock[4].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys was produced by John Fogerty[5].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys was performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival[6].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's record label is recorded as Fantasy[7].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys is part of Creedence Clearwater Revival's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys was distributed by vinyl record[11].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys was released on November 2, 1969[13].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's tracklist is recorded as Down on the Corner[14].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's tracklist is recorded as Fortunate Son[15].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's catalog is recorded as FT 500 Series[16].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's coordinates of the point of view is recorded as {'lat': 37.824355, 'lon': -122.283581}[17].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Willy and the Poor Boys'}[18].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2071'}[19].
  • Willy and the Poor Boys's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[20].

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

  • Release type: Album[21]

  • First release date: 1969-11-02[22]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, country rock, hard rock, rock, rock and roll, roots rock, southern rock, swamp rock[23]

  • Community tags: album rock, aor classic rock, blues rock, classic rock, country rock, hard rock, rock, rock & roll, rock and roll, roots rock, southern rock, swamp rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5fdea541-32fc-3b17-b7c4-50b40f65203d[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Willy and the Poor Boys was performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival[6]. It was produced by John Fogerty[5].

Publication

Willy and the Poor Boys was published on November 2, 1969[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is swamp rock[4]. It is part of Creedence Clearwater Revival's albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[11] and music streaming[12].

Why It Matters

Willy and the Poor Boys ranks in the top 1% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,815 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Musical Maps. Retrieved . musicalmaps.blogspot.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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