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Wizzard

British band
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Wizzard

Summary

Wizzard is a musical group[1]. Wizzard ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (672 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wizzard's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Wizzard's genre is glam rock[4].
  • Wizzard's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[5].
  • Wizzard's record label is recorded as EMI[6].
  • Wizzard's record label is recorded as Jet Records[7].
  • Wizzard's discography is recorded as Wizzard discography[8].
  • Wizzard's Commons category is recorded as Wizzard[9].
  • Wizzard's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Wizzard comprises Roy Wood[11].
  • 1972 marks the founding of Wizzard[12].
  • Wizzard's location of formation is recorded as Birmingham[13].
  • Wizzard's start of work period is recorded as 1972[14].

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[15]

  • Country: GB[16]

  • Began / founded: 1972[17]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1975[18]

  • Genre(s): art rock, classic rock, glam rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: art rock, birmingham, british, classic rock, english, glam rock, rock, rock and indie, uk[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9a121283-e355-4741-8729-f4b84650ff78[21]

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Founding

1972 marks the founding of Wizzard[12]. Wizzard's location of formation is recorded as Birmingham[13].

Why It Matters

Wizzard ranks in the top 5% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (672 views/month).[2] Wizzard has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Wizzard has been cited as an influence by Cheap Trick[23], a rock band[24], in United States[25], founded in 1974[26].

FAQs

Who did Wizzard influence?

Wizzard has been cited as an influence by Cheap Trick[23].

Related Entities

EMI United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 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.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Start of work period → +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Has part(s) → Roy Wood
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