Cry
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"Cry" is a 1951 pop ballad made famous by singer Johnnie Ray, noted for its emotional delivery and major commercial success.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cry canonical | 6 |
| Cry (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13235904 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cry Context triple: [Johnnie Ray, notableWork, Cry]
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A.
Cry
"Cry" is a 1985 synth-pop ballad by English duo Godley & Creme, best known for its innovative music video featuring seamless face-morphing effects.
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B.
Cry
"Cry" is a song by James Blunt from his debut studio album, Back to Bedlam.
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C.
Cry
"Cry" is a 2002 country-pop ballad by Faith Hill, known for its powerful vocals and emotional intensity.
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D.
Cry
"Cry" is a pop ballad by American singer Mandy Moore, released in 2001 and known for its emotional vocals and inclusion on the "A Walk to Remember" soundtrack.
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E.
Cry
"Cry" is a 2002 studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds that marked a shift toward a more electronic, contemporary pop-rock sound in their discography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cry Target entity description: "Cry" is a 1951 pop ballad made famous by singer Johnnie Ray, noted for its emotional delivery and major commercial success.
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A.
Cry
"Cry" is a song by James Blunt from his debut studio album, Back to Bedlam.
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B.
Cry
"Cry" is a 2002 country-pop ballad by Faith Hill, known for its powerful vocals and emotional intensity.
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C.
Cry
"Cry" is a 2002 studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds that marked a shift toward a more electronic, contemporary pop-rock sound in their discography.
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D.
Cry
"Cry" is a 1985 synth-pop ballad by English duo Godley & Creme, best known for its innovative music video featuring seamless face-morphing effects.
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E.
Cry
"Cry" is a pop ballad by American singer Mandy Moore, released in 2001 and known for its emotional vocals and inclusion on the "A Walk to Remember" soundtrack.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Johnnie Ray ⓘ |
| backingVocalGroup | The Four Lads ⓘ |
| bSide | The Little White Cloud That Cried ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
major hit on U.S. pop charts
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number-one single on Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart ⓘ number-one single on Billboard Most Played by Jockeys chart ⓘ number-one single on Billboard Most Played in Jukeboxes chart ⓘ |
| composer | Churchill Kohlman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| distribution | physical record sales ⓘ |
| era | early 1950s popular music ⓘ |
| firstMadeFamousBy | Johnnie Ray ⓘ |
| format |
45 rpm single
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78 rpm single ⓘ |
| genre | pop ballad ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Brenda Lee
ⓘ
Crystal Gayle ⓘ Faith Hill ⓘ Garnet Mimms ⓘ Lynn Anderson ⓘ Ray Charles ⓘ Ronnie Dove ⓘ Steve Allen ⓘ Timi Yuro ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
considered a classic pop standard of the 1950s
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signature song of Johnnie Ray ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
dramatic sobbing-style vocals by Johnnie Ray
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orchestral pop arrangement ⓘ |
| influenced | development of highly emotional pop vocal style ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Churchill Kohlman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional vocal delivery
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major commercial success ⓘ |
| originalMedium | commercial gramophone record ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| performer | Johnnie Ray ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads
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linked to:
The Four Lads
|
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Okeh Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1951 ⓘ |
| sales | multi-million seller ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | heartbreak and emotional pain ⓘ |
| vocalist | Johnnie Ray ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cry Description of subject: "Cry" is a 1951 pop ballad made famous by singer Johnnie Ray, noted for its emotional delivery and major commercial success.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.