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The Cats

Dutch pop band
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The Cats

Summary

The Cats is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Cats is in the country of Netherlands[3].
  • The Cats's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • The Cats's genre is Palingsound[5].
  • The Cats's record label is recorded as Imperial[6].
  • The Cats's record label is recorded as Boni Records[7].
  • The Cats's discography is recorded as The Cats discography[8].
  • The Cats's Commons category is recorded as The Cats[9].
  • The Cats's country of origin is recorded as Netherlands[10].
  • The Cats comprises Piet Veerman[11].
  • The Cats comprises Cees Veerman[12].
  • The Cats comprises Arnold Mühren[13].
  • The Cats comprises Jaap Schilder[14].
  • The Cats comprises Piet Keizer[15].
  • 1965 marks the founding of The Cats[16].
  • The Cats was dissolved in 1985[17].
  • The Cats's location of formation is recorded as Volendam[18].
  • The Cats's official website is recorded as http://thecatsvolendam.nl/[19].
  • The Cats's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Cats[20].
  • The Cats's director / manager is recorded as Jan Buijs[21].
  • The Cats's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Cats'}[22].
  • The Cats's different from is recorded as The Cats[23].
  • The Cats's start of work period is recorded as 1979[24].

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[25]

  • Country: NL[26]

  • Began / founded: 1966[27]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1979[28]

  • Genre(s): palingsound, pop[29]

  • Community tags: dutch, palingsound, pop, those were the days[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b2fb8b87-a5a9-40d2-b528-bacb47ca032a[31]

Body

Founding

1965 marks the founding of The Cats[16]. Its location of formation is recorded as Volendam[18].

Identity

The Cats's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[22].

Leadership

The Cats's director / manager is recorded as Jan Buijs[21].

Dissolution

The Cats was dissolved in 1985[17].

Why It Matters

The Cats ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

Related Entities

Netherlands

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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