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Kansas

American rock band
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Kansas
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Summary

Kansas is a rock band[1]. Kansas ranks in the top 6% of rock band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,327 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Kansas Music Hall of Fame[3]
  • Genre: progressive rock[4], album-oriented rock[5], hard rock[6], art rock[7]
  • Named after: Dani[8]
  • Record label: Epic Records[9], Kirshner[10], MCA Records[11]
  • Discography: Kansas discography[12]
  • Commons category: Kansas (band)[13]
  • Country of origin: United States[14]
  • Has part(s): Steve Walsh[15], Rich Williams[16], Billy Greer[17], David Ragsdale[18], Tom Brislin[19], Kerry Livgren[20], Dave Hope[21], Robby Steinhardt[22], Steve Morse[23], John Elefante[24], Phil Ehart[25]
  • Inception: 1970[26]
  • Location of formation: Topeka[27]
  • Official website: https://kansasband.com/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kansas (band)[29]
  • Topic has template: Template:Kansas (band)[30]
  • Native label: Kansas[31]
  • Different from: Kansas[32]
  • Start of work period: 1973[33]
  • Name: Kansas[34]

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[35]

  • Country: US[36]

  • Began / founded: 1973[37]

  • Genre(s): aor, classic rock, folk rock, hard rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock, soft rock, symphonic prog, symphonic rock[38]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim, aor, classic rock, ekaterina velika, estados unidos, folk rock, hard rock, progressive, progressive rock, rock, soft rock, symphonic prog, symphonic rock[39]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 69689acf-d9cd-4d20-a972-47db4ed51b1a[40]

Why It Matters

Kansas has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Kansas is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

FAQs

What awards did Kansas receive?

Honors received include Kansas Music Hall of Fame[3].

Related Entities

Epic Records Steve Morse United States

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] ↑ . ksmhof.org. ksmhof.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United States
    Aliases → —
    Country of origin → —
    Viaf cluster id → 264201465, 2180163709873429700009
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