Alligator Records
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Alligator Records is a renowned independent American blues and roots music label known for championing influential artists and preserving traditional blues styles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alligator Records canonical | 31 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4359225 — 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: Alligator Records Context triple: [Mavis Staples, recordLabel, Alligator Records]
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A.
Rhino Records
Rhino Records is a renowned American record label best known for its high-quality reissues, compilations, and archival releases across a wide range of music genres.
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B.
Shady Records
Shady Records is an American hip hop record label founded by rapper Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg, known for signing prominent rap artists and releasing influential albums in the genre.
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C.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
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D.
Dark Horse Records
Dark Horse Records is a record label established by former Beatle George Harrison, known for releasing his solo work and music by other artists in the 1970s and beyond.
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E.
Alamo Records
Alamo Records is an American record label known for signing prominent hip-hop and rap artists, including Lil Durk.
- 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: Alligator Records Target entity description: Alligator Records is a renowned independent American blues and roots music label known for championing influential artists and preserving traditional blues styles.
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A.
Rhino Records
Rhino Records is a renowned American record label best known for its high-quality reissues, compilations, and archival releases across a wide range of music genres.
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B.
Shady Records
Shady Records is an American hip hop record label founded by rapper Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg, known for signing prominent rap artists and releasing influential albums in the genre.
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C.
Volt Records
Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
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D.
Dark Horse Records
Dark Horse Records is a record label established by former Beatle George Harrison, known for releasing his solo work and music by other artists in the 1970s and beyond.
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E.
Alamo Records
Alamo Records is an American record label known for signing prominent hip-hop and rap artists, including Lil Durk.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues record label
ⓘ
independent record label ⓘ record label ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1971 ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Chicago, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago
|
| catalogIncludes |
compilation albums
ⓘ
live albums ⓘ studio albums ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributes |
blues music
ⓘ
roots music ⓘ |
| distributionArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
artist-driven blues recordings
ⓘ
modern electric blues ⓘ traditional blues ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Bruce Iglauer ⓘ |
| genre |
Chicago blues
ⓘ
blues ⓘ electric blues ⓘ roots music ⓘ |
| hasFounderRole | Bruce Iglauer is president ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Genuine Houserockin' Music ⓘ |
| hasNotableSeries | Genuine Houserockin' Music samplers ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the leading contemporary blues labels ⓘ |
| hasSpecialization | American blues artists ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.alligator.com/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
|
| inception | 1971 ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Chicago blues recordings
ⓘ
championing contemporary blues artists ⓘ preserving traditional blues styles ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locationFounded |
Chicago, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Chicago
|
| notableArtist |
Albert Collins
ⓘ
Buddy Guy ⓘ Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown ⓘ
linked to:
Gatemouth Brown
Elvin Bishop ⓘ Hound Dog Taylor ⓘ Johnny Winter ⓘ Koko Taylor ⓘ Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials ⓘ Lonnie Brooks ⓘ Marcia Ball ⓘ Shemekia Copeland ⓘ Son Seals ⓘ Tinsley Ellis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Alligator Records Description of subject: Alligator Records is a renowned independent American blues and roots music label known for championing influential artists and preserving traditional blues styles.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "Soul Fixin' Man"
subject linked to:
album "Blue Streak"
subject linked to:
album "Nothin' but the Blues"
subject linked to:
album "Guitar Slinger"
subject linked to:
John