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The Marcels

American doo-wop group
Organization Musical Group Q1431109

Facts

7 properties

Identity

Instance of
musical group
Official website
www.themarcels.com[5]

Status and dates

Inception
1959[4]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1959-01-01 BnF data 1960 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
More facts +4
Genre
doo-wop[1]
Country of origin
United States[3]
Named after
marcelling[2]
Start of work period
1969[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Marcels de Marcels ja ザ・マーセルズ
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
507.5M (93.5M–507.5M, n=3)
VIAF cluster ID
373149106358068492805
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n93004144
GND ID
5545153-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Marcels-and-The Earth Angels.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13904843k
Billboard artist ID
the-marcels
Deezer artist ID
10768
Discogs artist ID
298236
Freebase ID
/m/02djc3
IMDb ID
nm3066880
LyricsTranslate ID
marcels-lyrics.html
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MusicBrainz artist ID
bf34de40-5223-4b4a-9c08-cf170210e041
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
14108
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000042903
NL CR AUT ID
xx0193994
Rate Your Music artist ID
the_marcels
Rock's Backpages artist ID
marcels-The
Songkick artist ID
223489
Tidal artist ID
10524
WorldCat Entities ID
E39QH7JmpTyBWwJQQm9XKcybtg
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🔗 Connections
← Performer 2
Blue Moon, You Are My Sunshine
Country of origin 1
United States
Genre 1
doo-wop
Instance of 1
musical group
Named after 1
marcelling
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Walt Maddox
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Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[7]

  • Country: US[8]

  • Began / founded: 1959[9]

  • Genre(s): doo-wop, r&b[10]

  • Community tags: classic pop and rock, doo-wop, r&b[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bf34de40-5223-4b4a-9c08-cf170210e041[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [7] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 10768
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 11d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → marcelling
    Inception → 1959
    Country of origin → United States
    Instance of → musical group
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
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