Satellite Records
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Satellite Records was the original name of the influential American soul music label later known as Stax Records, famed for shaping the sound of Southern soul in the 1960s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Satellite Records canonical | 6 |
| Satellite Records studio | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2971320 — 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: Satellite Records Context triple: [Stax Records, originalName, Satellite Records]
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A.
King Records
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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B.
Radar Records
Radar Records is a music label known for releasing work by punk rock artists, including former Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone.
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C.
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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D.
Atco Records
Atco Records is an American record label, originally a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, known for releasing influential rock, soul, and pop music from the mid-20th century onward.
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E.
ABC Records
ABC Records was a prominent American record label known for releasing influential blues, jazz, and pop recordings, including notable works by B.B. King.
- 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: Satellite Records Target entity description: Satellite Records was the original name of the influential American soul music label later known as Stax Records, famed for shaping the sound of Southern soul in the 1960s.
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A.
King Records
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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B.
Radar Records
Radar Records is a music label known for releasing work by punk rock artists, including former Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone.
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C.
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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D.
Atco Records
Atco Records is an American record label, originally a subsidiary of Atlantic Records, known for releasing influential rock, soul, and pop music from the mid-20th century onward.
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E.
ABC Records
ABC Records was a prominent American record label known for releasing influential blues, jazz, and pop recordings, including notable works by B.B. King.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American record label
ⓘ
record label ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Memphis soul ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stax Records ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Memphis ⓘ |
| basedInRegion |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
|
| businessType | independent record label ⓘ |
| city | Memphis ⓘ |
| coFounder |
Estelle Axton
ⓘ
Jim Stewart ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| culturalImpact | influenced development of Southern soul music ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Estelle Axton
ⓘ
Jim Stewart ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern soul
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| historicalRole | precursor to Stax Records label brand ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| laterKnownAs | Stax Records ⓘ |
| location |
Memphis, Tennessee
ⓘ
linked to:
Memphis
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| notableFor |
being the original name of Stax Records
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shaping the sound of Southern soul in the 1960s ⓘ |
| specializedIn |
rhythm and blues recordings
ⓘ
soul music recordings ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
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: Satellite Records Description of subject: Satellite Records was the original name of the influential American soul music label later known as Stax Records, famed for shaping the sound of Southern soul in the 1960s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gee Whiz (album)
linked to: Satellite Records
subject linked to:
Jim Stewart (record producer)
subject linked to:
The Mar Keys