Rocket 88
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"Rocket 88" is a 1951 rhythm and blues song, often credited to Ike Turner’s band, that is widely regarded as one of the earliest rock and roll records.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rocket 88 canonical | 11 |
| "Rocket 88" (Bill Haley version) | 1 |
| Rocket 88 single | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4011028 — 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: Rocket 88 Context triple: [Ike Turner, notableWork, Rocket 88]
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A.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
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B.
The Midnight Special
The Midnight Special was a 1970s late-night American musical variety television series that featured live performances by major rock, pop, and R&B artists, often introduced by famed DJ Wolfman Jack.
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C.
Night Beat
Night Beat was an early American television news and interview program best known for featuring journalist Mike Wallace.
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D.
Shake, Rattle and Roll
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a pioneering rock and roll song popularized by Bill Haley & His Comets that helped bring the genre into mainstream American culture in the 1950s.
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E.
The '59 Sound
The '59 Sound is the critically acclaimed 2008 album by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, known for its blend of punk energy and heartland rock influences.
- 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: Rocket 88 Target entity description: "Rocket 88" is a 1951 rhythm and blues song, often credited to Ike Turner’s band, that is widely regarded as one of the earliest rock and roll records.
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A.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
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B.
The Midnight Special
The Midnight Special was a 1970s late-night American musical variety television series that featured live performances by major rock, pop, and R&B artists, often introduced by famed DJ Wolfman Jack.
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C.
Night Beat
Night Beat was an early American television news and interview program best known for featuring journalist Mike Wallace.
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D.
Shake, Rattle and Roll
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" is a pioneering rock and roll song popularized by Bill Haley & His Comets that helped bring the genre into mainstream American culture in the 1950s.
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E.
The '59 Sound
The '59 Sound is the critically acclaimed 2008 album by American rock band The Gaslight Anthem, known for its blend of punk energy and heartland rock influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
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: Rocket 88 Description of subject: "Rocket 88" is a 1951 rhythm and blues song, often credited to Ike Turner’s band, that is widely regarded as one of the earliest rock and roll records.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.