Richard Thompson (British musician)

E135202

British musician composer guitarist human recording artist singer-songwriter

Richard Thompson is an influential British singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, known for his work with Fairport Convention and his acclaimed solo career blending folk, rock, and traditional music.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Richard Thompson	98
Richard and Linda Thompson	2
British singer-songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson	1
Richard John Thompson	1
Richard Thompson (British musician) canonical	1
Richard Thompson Electric Trio	1
Richard and Linda Thompson discography	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1181720 — 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: Richard Thompson (British musician)
Context triple: [Thompson, hasNotableBearer, Richard Thompson (British musician)]

A. Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is an American folk singer-songwriter and humorist known for his witty, confessional songs and influential albums since the 1970s.
B. John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
C. Nick Glennie-Smith
Nick Glennie-Smith is a British film composer and conductor known for his work on high-profile action and adventure movie scores.
D. Steve Reid
Steve Reid is an American jazz drummer and composer known for his innovative work in avant-garde jazz and collaborations with artists like Miles Davis and Fela Kuti.
E. Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an influential American folk singer and guitarist known for his storytelling style and for helping popularize traditional folk music during the mid-20th-century folk revival.
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: Richard Thompson (British musician)
Target entity description: Richard Thompson is an influential British singer-songwriter and virtuoso guitarist, known for his work with Fairport Convention and his acclaimed solo career blending folk, rock, and traditional music.

A. Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III is an American folk singer-songwriter and humorist known for his witty, confessional songs and influential albums since the 1970s.
B. John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
C. Nick Glennie-Smith
Nick Glennie-Smith is a British film composer and conductor known for his work on high-profile action and adventure movie scores.
D. Steve Reid
Steve Reid is an American jazz drummer and composer known for his innovative work in avant-garde jazz and collaborations with artists like Miles Davis and Fela Kuti.
E. Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an influential American folk singer and guitarist known for his storytelling style and for helping popularize traditional folk music during the mid-20th-century folk revival.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British musician ⓘ composer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1967 ⓘ
associatedAct	Danny Thompson ⓘ Dave Mattacks ⓘ Dave Pegg ⓘ Fairport Convention ⓘ John Kirkpatrick ⓘ Richard and Linda Thompson ⓘ linked to: Richard Thompson (British musician) Sandy Denny ⓘ
awardReceived	BBC Radio 2 Folk Award ⓘ Ivor Novello Award ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ
birthName	Richard John Thompson ⓘ linked to: Richard Thompson (British musician)
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1949-04-03 ⓘ
genre	British folk rock ⓘ Celtic music ⓘ folk music ⓘ folk rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ
influenced	British folk rock guitarists ⓘ
instrument	dulcimer ⓘ guitar ⓘ mandolin ⓘ vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Fairport Convention ⓘ
movement	British folk rock movement ⓘ
name	Richard Thompson ⓘ linked to: Richard Thompson (British musician)
notableSong	1952 Vincent Black Lightning ⓘ Beeswing ⓘ I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight ⓘ Shoot Out the Lights ⓘ Wall of Death ⓘ
notableWork	13 Rivers ⓘ Acoustic Classics ⓘ Acoustic Classics II ⓘ linked to: Acoustic Classics Acoustic Rarities ⓘ Amnesia ⓘ Dream Attic ⓘ Electric ⓘ Front Parlour Ballads ⓘ Hand of Kindness ⓘ Henry the Human Fly ⓘ I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight ⓘ Mirror Blue ⓘ Mock Tudor ⓘ Rumor and Sigh ⓘ Shoot Out the Lights ⓘ Still ⓘ Sweet Warrior ⓘ You? Me? Us? ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Notting Hill, London, England ⓘ linked to: Notting Hill area
religion	Sufism ⓘ
spouse	Linda Thompson ⓘ linked to: Linda Thompson (American songwriter) Nancy Covey ⓘ

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Referenced by (105)

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

Thompson → hasNotableBearer → Richard Thompson (British musician) ⓘ

Richard Thompson → name → Richard Thompson ⓘ

subject linked to: Richard Thompson (British musician)