Back Door Man
E600704
"Back Door Man" is a classic Chicago blues song written by Willie Dixon, best known through Howlin' Wolf’s powerful 1961 recording and later rock covers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Back Door Man canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6505481 — 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: Back Door Man Context triple: [Willie Dixon, notableWork, Back Door Man]
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A.
What a Man Gotta Do
"What a Man Gotta Do" is a 2020 pop single by the Jonas Brothers known for its upbeat, retro-inspired sound and a music video that pays homage to classic romantic films.
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B.
Lookin' Out My Back Door
"Lookin' Out My Back Door" is a 1970 country-rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival known for its upbeat, whimsical lyrics and distinctive, catchy rhythm.
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C.
Son of a Preacher Man
"Son of a Preacher Man" is a classic soul song, most famously performed by Dusty Springfield, known for its distinctive vocal delivery and enduring popularity since the late 1960s.
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D.
My Man
"My Man" is a classic torch song most famously performed by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 musical film *Funny Girl*.
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E.
One Way Out
One Way Out is a celebrated live album by the Allman Brothers Band that captures their improvisational Southern rock sound in concert.
- 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: Back Door Man Target entity description: "Back Door Man" is a classic Chicago blues song written by Willie Dixon, best known through Howlin' Wolf’s powerful 1961 recording and later rock covers.
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A.
What a Man Gotta Do
"What a Man Gotta Do" is a 2020 pop single by the Jonas Brothers known for its upbeat, retro-inspired sound and a music video that pays homage to classic romantic films.
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B.
Lookin' Out My Back Door
"Lookin' Out My Back Door" is a 1970 country-rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival known for its upbeat, whimsical lyrics and distinctive, catchy rhythm.
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C.
Son of a Preacher Man
"Son of a Preacher Man" is a classic soul song, most famously performed by Dusty Springfield, known for its distinctive vocal delivery and enduring popularity since the late 1960s.
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D.
My Man
"My Man" is a classic torch song most famously performed by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 musical film *Funny Girl*.
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E.
One Way Out
One Way Out is a celebrated live album by the Allman Brothers Band that captures their improvisational Southern rock sound in concert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chicago blues song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Howlin' Wolf
ⓘ
Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| composer | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstRecordedBy | Howlin' Wolf ⓘ |
| genre | Chicago blues ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | electric blues ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
infidelity
ⓘ
secret romance ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| hasTitleWord |
Back
ⓘ
Door ⓘ Man ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | rock music ⓘ |
| isConsidered | blues standard ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionBy |
The Doors
ⓘ
The Grateful Dead ⓘ
linked to:
Grateful Dead
The Shadows of Knight ⓘ |
| notableFor | Howlin' Wolf’s powerful 1961 recording ⓘ |
| performedBy | Howlin' Wolf ⓘ |
| producer | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chess Records ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | powerful vocal delivery ⓘ |
| writer | Willie Dixon ⓘ |
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: Back Door Man Description of subject: "Back Door Man" is a classic Chicago blues song written by Willie Dixon, best known through Howlin' Wolf’s powerful 1961 recording and later rock covers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.