Please, Please, Please
E219154
"Please, Please, Please" is a 1956 debut single by James Brown and the Famous Flames that became a foundational soul classic and launched Brown’s career as the "Godfather of Soul."
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Please, Please, Please canonical | 6 |
| Please Please Please | 2 |
| Please, Please, Please (single) | 1 |
| “Please Please Please” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1952173 — 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: Please, Please, Please Context triple: [James Brown, notableWork, Please, Please, Please]
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A.
Once Again
"Once Again" is a song featured on the album "Show Me."
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B.
Once Again
"Once Again" is a creative work—likely a film, television episode, or literary piece—notable for featuring the character Maxine.
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C.
Once Again
Once Again is John Legend's Grammy-winning second studio album, known for its soulful blend of R&B, pop, and neo-soul.
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D.
And Still
"And Still" is a reflective, emotionally charged song by English musician Peter Gabriel, known for its atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
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E.
Bye Bye
"Bye Bye" is a song by the French electronic music duo E=MC².
- 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: Please, Please, Please Target entity description: "Please, Please, Please" is a 1956 debut single by James Brown and the Famous Flames that became a foundational soul classic and launched Brown’s career as the "Godfather of Soul."
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A.
Once Again
"Once Again" is a song featured on the album "Show Me."
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B.
Once Again
"Once Again" is a creative work—likely a film, television episode, or literary piece—notable for featuring the character Maxine.
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C.
Once Again
Once Again is John Legend's Grammy-winning second studio album, known for its soulful blend of R&B, pop, and neo-soul.
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D.
And Still
"And Still" is a reflective, emotionally charged song by English musician Peter Gabriel, known for its atmospheric production and introspective lyrics.
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E.
Bye Bye
"Bye Bye" is a song by the French electronic music duo E=MC².
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | James Brown and the Famous Flames ⓘ |
| associatedWithNickname | Godfather of Soul ⓘ |
| bSide | Why Do You Do Me ⓘ |
| chartPeakPosition | R&B chart top 10 ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Billboard R&B chart
ⓘ
linked to:
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
rhythm and blues
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasCallAndResponseWith | The Famous Flames ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion |
Live at the Apollo performance
ⓘ
linked to:
Live at the Apollo
|
| hasMusicalStyle | slow ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
James Brown’s pleading vocal style
ⓘ
call-and-response backing vocals ⓘ repetitive title phrase "please" ⓘ |
| hasRecognition | regarded as R&B classic ⓘ |
| hasSignatureMove |
James Brown’s dramatic stage exits
ⓘ
cape routine in live shows ⓘ |
| hasTheme | romantic pleading ⓘ |
| includedIn |
James Brown compilation albums
ⓘ
James Brown live performances ⓘ |
| influencedArtist | later soul singers ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | soul music ⓘ |
| isDebutSingleOf |
James Brown
ⓘ
The Famous Flames ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2 minutes 45 seconds ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | James Brown early Federal recordings ⓘ |
| performer |
James Brown
ⓘ
The Famous Flames ⓘ |
| producer | Ralph Bass ⓘ |
| recordedAt |
Cincinnati, Ohio
ⓘ
linked to:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
|
| recordingDate | 1956-02-04 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Federal Records ⓘ |
| recordLabelImprint |
Federal (King Records subsidiary)
ⓘ
linked to:
King Records
|
| releaseDate | 1956-03-03 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| significance |
foundational soul classic
ⓘ
launched James Brown’s career ⓘ |
| title | Please, Please, Please ⓘ |
| vocalist | James Brown ⓘ |
| writer |
James Brown
ⓘ
Johnny Terry ⓘ |
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: Please, Please, Please Description of subject: "Please, Please, Please" is a 1956 debut single by James Brown and the Famous Flames that became a foundational soul classic and launched Brown’s career as the "Godfather of Soul."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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