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Dire Straits

English rock band
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Summary

Dire Straits is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44,193 views/month, #39 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3]
  • Genre: rock music[4], blues rock[5], country rock[6], progressive rock[7], pub rock[8]
  • Record label: Warner Bros. Records[9]
  • Discography: Dire Straits discography[10]
  • Commons category: Dire Straits[11]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[12]
  • Has part(s): Mark Knopfler[13], David Knopfler[14], John Illsley[15], Pick Withers[16], Guy Fletcher[17], Terry Williams[18], Jack Sonni[19]
  • Inception: January 1, 1977[20]
  • Location of formation: Deptford[21]
  • Official website: https://direstraits.com[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dire Straits[23]
  • Participant in: Live Aid[24]
  • Nominated for: Grammy Award for Best New Artist[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Dire Straits[26]
  • Official name: Dire Straits[27]
  • Start of work period: 1977[28]
  • End of work period: 1995[29]
  • Member category: Category:Dire Straits members[30]

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[31]

  • Country: GB[32]

  • Began / founded: 1977[33]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1995[34]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, pop rock, pub rock, rock, rock and roll, roots rock, soft rock, sophisti-pop[35]

  • Community tags: blues rock, british, classic rock, guitar, pop rock, pub rock, rock, rock & roll, rock and roll, roots rock, soft rock, sophisti-pop[36]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 614e3804-7d34-41ba-857f-811bad7c2b7a[37]

Why It Matters

Dire Straits has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Dire Straits receive?

Honors received include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[3].

Related Entities

Mark Knopfler United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . The Guardian. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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