Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton
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Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton is a biographical book by Diane Middlebrook that explores the life and posthumous revelation of American jazz musician Billy Tipton, who lived as a man despite being assigned female at birth.
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| Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22383868 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton Context triple: [Diane Middlebrook, notableWork, Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton]
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Queen of the Blues
Queen of the Blues is the honorific title given to legendary American Chicago blues singer Koko Taylor, renowned for her powerful, gritty vocal style.
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Queen of the Blues
Queen of the Blues is the celebrated nickname of American singer Dinah Washington, renowned for her powerful, emotive voice and influential recordings in blues, jazz, and R&B during the mid-20th century.
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The Story of the Blues
The Story of the Blues is a 1982 song by Pete Wylie’s band Wah! that became one of his best-known hits, blending post-punk and pop with reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
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Mother of the Blues
Mother of the Blues is the honorific nickname given to Ma Rainey, a pioneering early 20th-century American blues singer who helped shape and popularize the genre.
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In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr.
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. is a critically acclaimed biography by Wil Haygood that chronicles the complex life, career, and cultural impact of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton Target entity description: Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton is a biographical book by Diane Middlebrook that explores the life and posthumous revelation of American jazz musician Billy Tipton, who lived as a man despite being assigned female at birth.
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A.
Queen of the Blues
Queen of the Blues is the honorific title given to legendary American Chicago blues singer Koko Taylor, renowned for her powerful, gritty vocal style.
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B.
Queen of the Blues
Queen of the Blues is the celebrated nickname of American singer Dinah Washington, renowned for her powerful, emotive voice and influential recordings in blues, jazz, and R&B during the mid-20th century.
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C.
The Story of the Blues
The Story of the Blues is a 1982 song by Pete Wylie’s band Wah! that became one of his best-known hits, blending post-punk and pop with reflective, socially conscious lyrics.
-
D.
Mother of the Blues
Mother of the Blues is the honorific nickname given to Ma Rainey, a pioneering early 20th-century American blues singer who helped shape and popularize the genre.
-
E.
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr.
In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. is a critically acclaimed biography by Wil Haygood that chronicles the complex life, career, and cultural impact of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
- F. None of above. chosen
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