Paramount Records
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Paramount Records was an early 20th-century American record label best known for its influential blues and jazz recordings, including seminal works by artists like Son House.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paramount Records canonical | 20 |
| Paramount Records (revival imprint) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6660973 — 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)
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Target entity: Paramount Records Context triple: [Son House, recordLabel, Paramount Records]
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A.
Paramount Records
Paramount Records is an American record label historically associated with film soundtracks and popular music releases from its parent film studio, Paramount Pictures.
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B.
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major American record label, founded in 1942 and based in Los Angeles, known for signing iconic artists across jazz, pop, and rock.
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C.
Paramount Music Corporation
Paramount Music Corporation is a music publishing company known for handling rights to notable songs from film and popular music, including classics like "Moon River."
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D.
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a prominent American record label, especially active in the 1960s and 1970s, known for releasing film soundtracks and popular music across various genres.
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E.
Variety Records
Variety Records was an early record label associated with releasing some of the first recordings by the British progressive rock band Caravan.
- 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: Paramount Records Target entity description: Paramount Records was an early 20th-century American record label best known for its influential blues and jazz recordings, including seminal works by artists like Son House.
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A.
Paramount Records
Paramount Records is an American record label historically associated with film soundtracks and popular music releases from its parent film studio, Paramount Pictures.
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B.
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major American record label, founded in 1942 and based in Los Angeles, known for signing iconic artists across jazz, pop, and rock.
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C.
Paramount Music Corporation
Paramount Music Corporation is a music publishing company known for handling rights to notable songs from film and popular music, including classics like "Moon River."
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D.
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a prominent American record label, especially active in the 1960s and 1970s, known for releasing film soundtracks and popular music across various genres.
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E.
Variety Records
Variety Records was an early record label associated with releasing some of the first recordings by the British progressive rock band Caravan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American record label
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record label ⓘ |
| catalogIncludes |
early New Orleans jazz recordings
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recordings by Delta blues musicians ⓘ “Preachin’ the Blues” by Son House ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolved | 1932 ⓘ |
| distributed |
phonograph records by mail order
ⓘ
phonograph records through furniture dealers ⓘ |
| endOfActivity | early 1930s ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Wisconsin Chair Company ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
gospel ⓘ jazz ⓘ old-time music ⓘ |
| hasNotableArtist |
Blind Lemon Jefferson
ⓘ
Charley Patton ⓘ Son House ⓘ |
| hasReissueLabel |
Paramount Records (revival imprint)
ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Records
|
| historicalSignificance |
documented early Delta blues tradition
ⓘ
influenced later blues and rock musicians ⓘ |
| imprintOf | Wisconsin Chair Company ⓘ |
| inception | 1917 ⓘ |
| locationHeadquarters |
Grafton, Wisconsin
ⓘ
Port Washington, Wisconsin ⓘ
linked to:
Port Washington, Wisconsin, United States
|
| marketedAs | race records label ⓘ |
| marketedTo | African-American audiences ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Delta blues recordings
ⓘ
early jazz recordings ⓘ poor pressing quality but historically important catalog ⓘ race records ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Wisconsin Chair Company ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Wisconsin Chair Company ⓘ |
| pressingPlantLocation | Grafton, Wisconsin ⓘ |
| product | 78 rpm records ⓘ |
| recorded |
Blind Blake
ⓘ
Blind Lemon Jefferson ⓘ Charley Patton ⓘ Georgian-era jazz and dance bands ⓘ King Oliver ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Ma Rainey ⓘ Skip James ⓘ Son House ⓘ Tommy Johnson ⓘ |
| startOfActivity | 1917 ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| usedMedium | shellac disc ⓘ |
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: Paramount Records Description of subject: Paramount Records was an early 20th-century American record label best known for its influential blues and jazz recordings, including seminal works by artists like Son House.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paramount Records