The Corries

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Scottish musical group folk music duo musical group

The Corries were a Scottish folk music duo renowned for their rousing performances and for popularizing iconic songs of Scottish nationalism and heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish musical group ⓘ
folk music duo ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeYearsEndYear 1990 ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear 1962 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Corrie Folk Trio and Paddie Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Ronnie Browne (solo career) ⓘ
Roy Williamson (solo work) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
formerMember Bill Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paddy Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Scottish folk music ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
hasFanbaseIn Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish diaspora communities ⓘ
hasInstrument bodhrán ⓘ
combolin NERFINISHED ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
tin whistle ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ
locationOfFormation Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
member Ronnie Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor popularizing songs of Scottish heritage ⓘ
popularizing songs of Scottish nationalism ⓘ
rousing performances ⓘ
use of the combolin, a custom multi‑string instrument ⓘ
notableSongContribution popularization of "Flower of Scotland" as an unofficial Scottish national anthem ⓘ
notableWork Flower of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Killiecrankie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scotland Will Flourish NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Black Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Bricklayer’s Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Green Fields of France (No Man’s Land) – cover version NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Massacre of Glencoe NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Portree Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Roses of Prince Charlie NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Skye Boat Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Standard on the Braes o’ Mar NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Corries Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dawn Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
EMI ⓘ
thematicFocus Jacobite songs ⓘ
Scottish history ⓘ
Scottish nationalism ⓘ
traditional ballads ⓘ
typeOfMusicGroup vocal–instrumental duo ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flower of Scotland → firstPerformer → The Corries ⓘ
song "Oh Shenandoah" → hasRecordingBy → The Corries ⓘ
subject surface form: Oh Shenandoah
Flower of Scotland → notableRecordingBy → The Corries ⓘ
Flower of Scotland → performer → The Corries ⓘ