Michael Lang
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Michael Lang was an American concert promoter and producer best known as the co-creator and driving force behind the original 1969 Woodstock music festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Lang canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808207 — 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: Michael Lang Context triple: [Woodstock Festival 1969, organizer, Michael Lang]
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A.
Michael Zager
Michael Zager is an American record producer, composer, and arranger best known for his work in disco and pop music, including the hit "Let's All Chant."
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B.
Robert Hunter Caldwell
Robert Hunter Caldwell, better known as Bobby Caldwell, was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist renowned for his smooth blend of soul, jazz, and R&B, particularly his hit song "What You Won't Do for Love."
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C.
Lou Adler
Lou Adler is an American record producer, music executive, and film director best known for his work with major artists of the 1960s and 1970s and for producing landmark albums like Carole King’s "Tapestry."
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D.
Joe Cohn
Joe Cohn is an American jazz guitarist known for his work as a bandleader and sideman, and as the son of renowned saxophonist Al Cohn.
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E.
Mal Evans
Mal Evans was a longtime road manager, assistant, and friend of the Beatles who occasionally appeared in their films and recordings.
- 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: Michael Lang Target entity description: Michael Lang was an American concert promoter and producer best known as the co-creator and driving force behind the original 1969 Woodstock music festival.
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A.
Michael Zager
Michael Zager is an American record producer, composer, and arranger best known for his work in disco and pop music, including the hit "Let's All Chant."
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B.
Robert Hunter Caldwell
Robert Hunter Caldwell, better known as Bobby Caldwell, was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist renowned for his smooth blend of soul, jazz, and R&B, particularly his hit song "What You Won't Do for Love."
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C.
Lou Adler
Lou Adler is an American record producer, music executive, and film director best known for his work with major artists of the 1960s and 1970s and for producing landmark albums like Carole King’s "Tapestry."
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D.
Joe Cohn
Joe Cohn is an American jazz guitarist known for his work as a bandleader and sideman, and as the son of renowned saxophonist Al Cohn.
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E.
Mal Evans
Mal Evans was a longtime road manager, assistant, and friend of the Beatles who occasionally appeared in their films and recordings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Jew
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concert promoter ⓘ human ⓘ music festival organizer ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
1960s counterculture movement
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hippie movement ⓘ |
| authorOf | The Road to Woodstock ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1944-12-11 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
artist management
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music production company ownership ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | non-Hodgkin lymphoma ⓘ |
| coCreatorOf |
Woodstock Music & Art Fair (1969)
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linked to:
Woodstock 1969
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| coFoundedWith |
Artie Kornfeld
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Joel Rosenman ⓘ John P. Roberts ⓘ
linked to:
John Roberts
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2022-01-08 ⓘ |
| education | attended New York University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Lang ⓘ |
| founded | Woodstock Ventures ⓘ |
| genre |
counterculture festivals
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| knownFor | large-scale outdoor rock festivals ⓘ |
| name | Michael Lang ⓘ |
| notableFor | co-creating the 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair ⓘ |
| notableWork | Woodstock: An Inside Look at the Festival and the Aftermath (book) ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
concert promoter
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entrepreneur ⓘ music producer ⓘ |
| organized |
Woodstock ’94 music festival
ⓘ
linked to:
Woodstock '94
Woodstock ’99 music festival ⓘ
linked to:
Woodstock '99
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
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linked to:
New York City
|
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Miami, Florida, United States
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linked to:
Miami, Florida
Woodstock, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Woodstock, New York
|
| role |
driving force behind the original Woodstock festival
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organizer of Woodstock (1969) ⓘ |
| spouse | Tamara Lang ⓘ |
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: Michael Lang Description of subject: Michael Lang was an American concert promoter and producer best known as the co-creator and driving force behind the original 1969 Woodstock music festival.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.