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Vee-Jay Records

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Vee-Jay Records

Summary

Vee-Jay Records is a record label[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vee-Jay Records is in the country of United States[3].
  • Vee-Jay Records's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • Vee-Jay Records's genre is blues[5].
  • Vee-Jay Records's genre is jazz[6].
  • Vee-Jay Records's genre is rhythm and blues[7].
  • Vee-Jay Records's genre is rock music[8].
  • Vee-Jay Records's genre is disco[9].
  • Vee-Jay Records's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[10].
  • Vee-Jay Records's child organization or unit is recorded as Tollie Records[11].
  • Vee-Jay Records's discography is recorded as Vee-Jay Records catalog[12].
  • January 1, 1953 marks the founding of Vee-Jay Records[13].
  • Vee-Jay Records was dissolved in January 1, 1966[14].
  • Vee-Jay Records's parent organization or unit is recorded as Concord[15].
  • Vee-Jay Records's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vee-Jay Records[16].
  • Vee-Jay Records's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Vee-Jay'}[17].

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: Original Production[18]

  • Began / founded: 1953[19]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1966[20]

  • Genre(s): chicago soul, r&b, soul[21]

  • Community tags: chicago soul, r&b, soul[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b66836a9-4b29-4f25-951e-56e005ff227f[23]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1953 marks the founding of Vee-Jay Records[13].

Identity

Vee-Jay Records's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Vee-Jay'}[17].

Operations

Vee-Jay Records's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Concord[15]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Tollie Records[11].

Dissolution

Vee-Jay Records was dissolved in January 1, 1966[14].

Why It Matters

Vee-Jay Records ranks in the top 8% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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