The Broadway Nitelites
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The Broadway Nitelites was a studio dance band name used in the 1920s and 1930s for recordings led by prolific American bandleader and recording artist Ben Selvin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Broadway Nitelites canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6870829 — 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: The Broadway Nitelites Context triple: [Ben Selvin, usedPseudonym, The Broadway Nitelites]
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A.
Blue Box Theatre
Blue Box Theatre was a temporary performance venue in Keswick that preceded and inspired the development of the permanent Theatre by the Lake.
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B.
Northlight Theatre
Northlight Theatre is a prominent regional theater company based in the Chicago area, known for producing contemporary plays and musicals, including notable premieres.
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C.
Moon Theater
Moon Theater is the grand, historic performance venue in the animated film "Sing," where koala impresario Buster Moon stages his ambitious singing competition.
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D.
New Haven Nighthawks
The New Haven Nighthawks were a former American Hockey League (AHL) professional ice hockey team based in New Haven, Connecticut.
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E.
New York Gothams
The New York Gothams were a 19th-century professional baseball team that later became the modern San Francisco Giants franchise.
- 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: The Broadway Nitelites Target entity description: The Broadway Nitelites was a studio dance band name used in the 1920s and 1930s for recordings led by prolific American bandleader and recording artist Ben Selvin.
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A.
Blue Box Theatre
Blue Box Theatre was a temporary performance venue in Keswick that preceded and inspired the development of the permanent Theatre by the Lake.
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B.
Northlight Theatre
Northlight Theatre is a prominent regional theater company based in the Chicago area, known for producing contemporary plays and musicals, including notable premieres.
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C.
Moon Theater
Moon Theater is the grand, historic performance venue in the animated film "Sing," where koala impresario Buster Moon stages his ambitious singing competition.
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D.
New Haven Nighthawks
The New Haven Nighthawks were a former American Hockey League (AHL) professional ice hockey team based in New Haven, Connecticut.
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E.
New York Gothams
The New York Gothams were a 19th-century professional baseball team that later became the modern San Francisco Giants franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bandleader
ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ studio dance band name ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | 1930s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1920s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Broadway Nite-Lites ⓘ |
| associatedWithLabel |
Clarion Records
ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ Harmony Records ⓘ Velvet Tone Records ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
dance band
ⓘ
popular music ⓘ |
| leaderNationality | American ⓘ |
| ledBy | Ben Selvin ⓘ |
| medium | 78 rpm records ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Ben Selvin ⓘ |
| partOfScene | New York dance band scene ⓘ |
| recordingEra |
acoustic era
ⓘ
early electrical era ⓘ |
| typicalRepertoire |
foxtrots
ⓘ
popular songs of the day ⓘ waltzes ⓘ |
| usedAs | contract band name ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ben Selvin ⓘ |
| usedFor | studio recordings ⓘ |
| usedPseudonym | The Broadway Nitelites ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
The Broadway Nitelites