Deacon Blue
Scottish pop-rock band
Facts
12 propertiesIdentity
- Instance of
- musical group
- Official website
- www.deaconblue.com[12]
- Official name
- Deacon Blue[13]
Status and dates
- Inception
- 1985[10]
Relations
- Has part(s)
- Ricky Ross, James Prime[8][9]
More facts +6
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom[7]
- Discography
- Deacon Blue discography[6]
- Record label
- Columbia Records, Chrysalis Records[4][5]
- Start of work period
- 1985[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Deacon Blue
ar ديكون بلو
ja Deacon Blue
ja ディーコン・ブルー
ja リッキー・ロス
ko 디컨 블루
🔖 Identifiers · 45
- ISNI
- 0000000123753871
- VIAF cluster ID
- 306415264⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 306415264 bne_authorities 157593859 edition 2026-10-05 · CC0 1.0
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n92076125
- GND ID
- 10189168-4
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Deacon Blue performing live.jpg ↗
- AZLyrics artist ID
- d/deaconblue
- Acharts.co artist ID
- deacon_blue
- AllMusic artist ID
- mn0000237668
- Apple Music artist ID
- 14482673
- BBC Things ID
- 2a124da6-2a09-45c7-a6e5-2182b80d9d91
- Bandsintown artist ID
- 49800
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 139028673
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- Billboard artist ID
- deacon-blue
- Deezer artist ID
- 6170
- Discogs artist ID
- 61406
- Facebook username
- deaconbluemusic
- Freebase ID
- /m/03hmdd
- Genius artist ID
- Deacon-blue
- IMDb ID
- nm0089498
- IMVDb artist ID
- deacon-blue
- Instagram username
- deaconbluemusic
- Jaxsta profile ID
- b7def308-4cea-4ccd-83c2-4e8bec13f7ad
- Juno Download artist ID (archived)
- Deacon+Blue
- Last.fm ID
- Deacon+Blue
- LyricsTranslate ID
- deacon-blue-lyrics.html
- Munzinger Pop ID
- 02000000406
- MusicBrainz artist ID
- 1d46cb3a-8071-45ba-855e-74e3cff20974
- Musixmatch artist ID
- Deacon-Blue
- Muziekweb performer ID
- M00000081395
- Myspace ID
- officialdeaconblue
- NL CR AUT ID
- mzk2003190480
- Official Charts artist ID
- 24472
- Rate Your Music artist ID
- deacon_blue
- Rock's Backpages artist ID
- deacon-blue
- SVKKL authority ID
- 0305436-Deacon-Blue-hudebni-skupina
- SecondHandSongs artist ID
- 5511
- Shazam artist ID
- 14482673
- Songfacts artist ID
- deacon-blue
- Songkick artist ID
- 286029
- SoundCloud ID
- deacon-blue-official
- Spotify artist ID
- 5jqKIZLB5WA5KquEihB3ND
- Wellcome Collection concept ID
- pxq3jgsa
- WhoSampled artist ID
- Deacon-Blue
- X (Twitter) username
- deaconbluemusic
- YouTube channel ID
- UCVab6imFjR1LQFINoetPTvw
📚 Sources · 2
- GND (DNB) DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
- bne_authorities Biblioteca Nacional de España, Catálogo de autoridades (CC0) — credited by choice
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2026-09-30
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- Edition
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- Licence
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- Credit
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Dissolved, abolished or demolishedP576
1994
2026-09-30
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- GND (DNB)
- Edition
- 20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- Credit
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDP950
XX214620
2026-10-05
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- bne_authorities
- Edition
- 20261005 · as of 2026-10-05
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- Credit
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Biblioteca Nacional de España, Catálogo de autoridades (CC0) — credited by choice
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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
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Type: Group[23]
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Country: GB[24]
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Began / founded: 1985[25]
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Genre(s): alternative rock, dream pop, indie rock, pop, pop rock, soft rock[26]
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Community tags: 80s, 90s, alternative rock, classic pop and rock, dream pop, indie rock, male vocalists, pop, pop rock, scotish, soft rock[27]
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MusicBrainz ID: 1d46cb3a-8071-45ba-855e-74e3cff20974[28]