King Records
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King Records was an influential American independent record label, particularly known for its R&B, country, and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Records canonical | 70 |
| Federal (King Records subsidiary) | 1 |
| King Records (US label) | 1 |
| King Records (in the UK, via Pye International) | 1 |
| King Records group of labels | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1817177 — 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: King Records Context triple: [Please Come Home for Christmas, recordLabel, King Records]
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A.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
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B.
Crown Records
Crown Records was a budget record label known for issuing low-cost LPs, often featuring reissued or repackaged material across various popular music genres.
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C.
Amy Records
Amy Records was an American record label active in the 1960s, known for releasing pop and rock singles by artists such as Del Shannon.
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D.
Imperial Records
Imperial Records was a prominent mid-20th-century American record label known for releasing influential rock and roll, R&B, and pop recordings.
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E.
Curb Records
Curb Records is an American independent record label known for its roster of country and Christian music artists, including LeAnn Rimes.
- 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: King Records Target entity description: King Records was an influential American independent record label, particularly known for its R&B, country, and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
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B.
Crown Records
Crown Records was a budget record label known for issuing low-cost LPs, often featuring reissued or repackaged material across various popular music genres.
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C.
Amy Records
Amy Records was an American record label active in the 1960s, known for releasing pop and rock singles by artists such as Del Shannon.
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D.
Imperial Records
Imperial Records was a prominent mid-20th-century American record label known for releasing influential rock and roll, R&B, and pop recordings.
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E.
Curb Records
Curb Records is an American independent record label known for its roster of country and Christian music artists, including LeAnn Rimes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent record label
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record label ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Gusto Records
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Starday Records ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
King Records (US label)
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linked to:
King Records
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| basedInNeighborhood |
Evanston, Cincinnati
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linked to:
Evanston, Illinois
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| businessModel | vertically integrated label with in-house recording, mastering, pressing, and distribution ⓘ |
| catalogOwner | Gusto Records ⓘ |
| cityRecognizedBy | Cincinnati City Council ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Syd Nathan ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1943 ⓘ |
| genre |
bluegrass
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blues ⓘ country music ⓘ gospel music ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ |
| imprint |
DeLuxe Records
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Federal Records ⓘ Queen Records ⓘ Starday-King ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cross-marketing R&B and country records to different audiences
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fast turnaround from recording to pressing ⓘ integrated Black and white workforce in the mid-20th century music industry ⓘ |
| legacy |
considered a pioneering label in the development of soul and funk via James Brown releases
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important in the development of R&B ⓘ important in the development of rock and roll ⓘ |
| locationCity | Cincinnati ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| locationState | Ohio ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Cowboy Copas
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Freddie King ⓘ Hank Ballard ⓘ James Brown ⓘ Little Willie John ⓘ Moon Mullican ⓘ Otis Williams and the Charms ⓘ The Midnighters ⓘ The Stanley Brothers ⓘ Wynonie Harris ⓘ |
| notableFor |
R&B releases
ⓘ
country releases ⓘ early rock and roll releases ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Starday Records ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
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: King Records Description of subject: King Records was an influential American independent record label, particularly known for its R&B, country, and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (74)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: King Records
linked to: King Records
linked to: King Records
linked to: King Records