Shocking Blue

Summary

Shocking Blue is a musical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,764 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shocking Blue's instance of is recorded as musical group^[3].
• Shocking Blue's genre is rock music^[4].
• Shocking Blue's genre is psychedelic rock^[5].
• Shocking Blue's genre is Nederbeat^[6].
• Shocking Blue's record label is recorded as Polydor^[7].
• Shocking Blue's discography is recorded as Shocking Blue discography^[8].
• Shocking Blue's Commons category is recorded as Shocking Blue^[9].
• Shocking Blue's country of origin is recorded as Netherlands^[10].
• January 1, 1967 marks the founding of Shocking Blue^[11].
• Shocking Blue's location of formation is recorded as The Hague^[12].
• Shocking Blue's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shocking Blue^[13].
• Shocking Blue's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shocking Blue'}^[14].
• Shocking Blue's different from is recorded as Shocking Blue^[15].
• Shocking Blue's start of work period is recorded as 1967^[16].
• Shocking Blue's end of work period is recorded as 2006^[17].
• Shocking Blue's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11900'}^[18].
• Shocking Blue's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16400'}^[19].
• Shocking Blue's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18200'}^[20].
• Shocking Blue's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22100'}^[21].
• Shocking Blue's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22100'}^[22].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Type: Group^[23]

• Country: NL^[24]

• Began / founded: 1967^[25]

• Ended / dissolved: 1974^[26]

• Genre(s): nederbeat, psychedelic rock, rock^[27]

• Community tags: classic pop and rock, garage pop, nederbeat, psychedelic rock, rock^[28]

• MusicBrainz ID: 8b399704-17f4-4001-943b-1d2b848940aa^[29]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1967 marks the founding of Shocking Blue^[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as The Hague^[12].

Identity

Shocking Blue's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[14].

Why It Matters

Shocking Blue ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,764 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]