Wings

British-American rock band led by Paul McCartney
Organization musical_group Q622988
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Wings

Summary

Wings is a musical group[1]. Wings ranks in the top 0.8% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,355 views/month, #163 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Wings is Band on the Run[3].
  • A notable work attributed to Wings is Band on the Run[4].
  • Wings's instance of is recorded as musical group[5].
  • Wings's genre is pop rock[6].
  • Wings's genre is soft rock[7].
  • Wings's record label is recorded as Apple Records[8].
  • Wings's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[9].
  • Wings's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[10].
  • Wings's discography is recorded as Wings discography[11].
  • Wings's Commons category is recorded as Wings (band)[12].
  • Wings's said to be the same as is recorded as Suzy and the Red Stripes[13].
  • Wings's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • Wings comprises William Campbell Shears[15].
  • Wings comprises Laurence Juber[16].
  • Wings comprises Denny Seiwell[17].
  • Wings comprises Linda McCartney[18].
  • Wings comprises Henry McCullough[19].
  • 1971 marks the founding of Wings[20].
  • Wings's location of formation is recorded as England[21].
  • Wings's official website is recorded as http://www.PaulMcCartney.com[22].
  • Wings's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paul McCartney and Wings[23].
  • Wings's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wings'}[24].
  • Wings's different from is recorded as Wings[25].
  • Wings's start of work period is recorded as 1971[26].
  • Wings's end of work period is recorded as 1981[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: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1971[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1981[31]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, mainstream rock, pop, pop rock, power pop, progressive pop, rock, rock and roll, singer-songwriter, soft rock[32]

  • Community tags: bootleg, classic rock, mainstream rock, pop, pop rock, power pop, progressive pop, rock, rock & roll, rock and roll, singer-songwriter, soft rock, uk[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d922d727-240a-4432-9a88-05a7cf9bc403[34]

Body

Founding

1971 marks the founding of Wings[20]. Wings's location of formation is recorded as England[21].

Identity

Wings's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wings'}[24].

Why It Matters

Wings ranks in the top 0.8% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,355 views/month, #163 of 20,490).[2] Wings has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Wings is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . loudersound.com. loudersound.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . loudandquiet.com. loudandquiet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . acclaimedmusic.net. acclaimedmusic.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [4] . acclaimedmusic.net. acclaimedmusic.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.
  7. [34] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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