Maybellene
E403601
Maybellene is a pioneering 1955 rock and roll song by Chuck Berry that helped define the genre with its driving rhythm and guitar work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maybellene canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3994729 — 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: Maybellene Context triple: [Chuck Berry, notableWork, Maybellene]
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A.
Tutti Frutti
"Tutti Frutti" is a 1955 rock and roll song by Little Richard that became one of his signature hits and a foundational record in the development of the genre.
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B.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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C.
Mickey & Sylvia
Mickey & Sylvia were an American R&B duo of the 1950s and early 1960s best known for their hit song "Love Is Strange."
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D.
Mother's Little Helper
"Mother's Little Helper" is a 1966 song by the Rolling Stones that satirically addresses the growing dependence on prescription drugs among suburban housewives.
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E.
Watermelon Man
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock that became one of his most famous and frequently covered tunes, blending soulful grooves with catchy, accessible melodies.
- 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: Maybellene Target entity description: Maybellene is a pioneering 1955 rock and roll song by Chuck Berry that helped define the genre with its driving rhythm and guitar work.
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A.
Tutti Frutti
"Tutti Frutti" is a 1955 rock and roll song by Little Richard that became one of his signature hits and a foundational record in the development of the genre.
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B.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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C.
Mickey & Sylvia
Mickey & Sylvia were an American R&B duo of the 1950s and early 1960s best known for their hit song "Love Is Strange."
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D.
Mother's Little Helper
"Mother's Little Helper" is a 1966 song by the Rolling Stones that satirically addresses the growing dependence on prescription drugs among suburban housewives.
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E.
Watermelon Man
"Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock that became one of his most famous and frequently covered tunes, blending soulful grooves with catchy, accessible melodies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debut single
ⓘ
rock and roll song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| artist | Chuck Berry ⓘ |
| basedOn | Ida Red ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkType | traditional country song ⓘ |
| Bside | Wee Wee Hours ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
No. 1 on Billboard R&B chart
ⓘ
No. 5 on Billboard pop chart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresInstrument |
drums
ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| firstHitFor | Chuck Berry ⓘ |
| genre |
rhythm and blues
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse-chorus structure ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
one of the first rock and roll hits
ⓘ
pioneering crossover from R&B to pop charts ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
car chase
ⓘ
romantic jealousy ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
driving rhythm
ⓘ
fast tempo ⓘ prominent electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| hasSubject | pursuit of a girl named Maybellene in a car race ⓘ |
| helpedDefine | rock and roll genre ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
rock music
ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | about 2:18 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of guitar-driven rock sound
ⓘ
influence on later rock musicians ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Ida May ⓘ |
| performer | Chuck Berry ⓘ |
| producer |
Leonard Chess
ⓘ
Phil Chess ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1955-05-21 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chess Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1955-07 ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| titleChangedBy | Leonard Chess ⓘ |
| writer |
Alan Freed
ⓘ
Chuck Berry ⓘ Russ Fratto ⓘ |
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: Maybellene Description of subject: Maybellene is a pioneering 1955 rock and roll song by Chuck Berry that helped define the genre with its driving rhythm and guitar work.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.