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The Shadows

English instrumental rock group
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The Shadows

Summary

The Shadows is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,326 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Shadows's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • The Shadows's genre is rock and roll[4].
  • The Shadows's genre is rock music[5].
  • The Shadows's genre is rautalanka[6].
  • The Shadows's genre is pop music[7].
  • The Shadows's genre is instrumental rock[8].
  • The Shadows's record label is recorded as Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.[9].
  • The Shadows's record label is recorded as Polydor[10].
  • The Shadows's record label is recorded as Eagle Records[11].
  • The Shadows's record label is recorded as Universal Music Group[12].
  • The Shadows's discography is recorded as The Shadows discography[13].
  • The Shadows is part of Cliff Richard & The Shadows[14].
  • The Shadows's Commons category is recorded as The Shadows[15].
  • The Shadows's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • The Shadows comprises Hank Marvin[17].
  • The Shadows comprises Bruce Welch[18].
  • The Shadows comprises Jet Harris[19].
  • The Shadows comprises Tony Meehan[20].
  • January 1, 1958 marks the founding of The Shadows[21].
  • The Shadows's location of formation is recorded as England[22].
  • The Shadows's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Shadows[23].
  • The Shadows's participant in is recorded as Eurovision Song Contest 1975[24].
  • The Shadows's topic has template is recorded as Template:The Shadows[25].
  • The Shadows's has characteristic is recorded as rock band[26].
  • The Shadows's has characteristic is recorded as instrumental band[27].

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[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1959-10[30]

  • Genre(s): beat music, pop, pop rock, rock, surf rock[31]

  • Community tags: beat music, british, pop, pop rock, rock, rock & roll, surf rock[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c7cf4584-bfb1-4cf5-be41-aef384310bbb[33]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1958 marks the founding of The Shadows[21]. Its location of formation is recorded as England[22].

Identity

The Shadows is part of Cliff Richard & it[14].

Why It Matters

The Shadows ranks in the top 3% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,326 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Cliff Richard England Polydor United Kingdom Universal Music Group

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . spirit-of-rock.com. spirit-of-rock.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . muzebra.com. muzebra.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . vpra.nl. vpra.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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