Dust My Broom
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"Dust My Broom" is a classic blues song, popularized by slide guitarist Elmore James, that became one of the most influential and enduring standards in electric blues.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dust My Broom canonical | 4 |
| I Believe I'll Dust My Broom | 2 |
| I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6884162 — 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: Dust My Broom Context triple: [Elmore James, notableWork, Dust My Broom]
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A.
You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
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B.
Doin' My Thing
"Doin' My Thing" is a country music studio album by American singer Luke Bryan that helped establish his mainstream success with a blend of traditional and contemporary country sounds.
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C.
Nothing in My Way
"Nothing in My Way" is a piano-driven alternative rock song by the English band Keane, known for its emotive lyrics and melodic, anthemic sound.
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D.
Eat My Dust
Eat My Dust is a high-energy racing track featured in the game Mutable Set, known for its fast-paced design and competitive gameplay.
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E.
You Haven't Done Nothin'
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" is a 1974 funk/soul protest song by Stevie Wonder that sharply criticizes political dishonesty, notably associated with the Nixon era.
- 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: Dust My Broom Target entity description: "Dust My Broom" is a classic blues song, popularized by slide guitarist Elmore James, that became one of the most influential and enduring standards in electric blues.
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A.
You Ain't the First
"You Ain't the First" is an acoustic, country-tinged rock song by Guns N' Roses known for its laid-back, barroom style and breakup-themed lyrics.
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B.
Doin' My Thing
"Doin' My Thing" is a country music studio album by American singer Luke Bryan that helped establish his mainstream success with a blend of traditional and contemporary country sounds.
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C.
Nothing in My Way
"Nothing in My Way" is a piano-driven alternative rock song by the English band Keane, known for its emotive lyrics and melodic, anthemic sound.
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D.
Eat My Dust
Eat My Dust is a high-energy racing track featured in the game Mutable Set, known for its fast-paced design and competitive gameplay.
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E.
You Haven't Done Nothin'
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" is a 1974 funk/soul protest song by Stevie Wonder that sharply criticizes political dishonesty, notably associated with the Nixon era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dust My Blues ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional blues motifs ⓘ |
| composer | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalSignificance |
cornerstone of modern slide guitar style
ⓘ
key work in transition from acoustic to electric blues ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
electric guitar
ⓘ
slide guitar ⓘ |
| firstRecordingArtist | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| firstRecordingDate | 1936 ⓘ |
| firstRecordingLocation | San Antonio, Texas ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ |
| hasLyricMotive | references to "dusting" as leaving town ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersion |
Elmore James 1951 recording
ⓘ
Elmore James 1952 re-recording ⓘ Robert Johnson 1936 recording ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Johnson
|
| hasSignatureRiff | Elmore James slide guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | Chicago blues ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bad luck
ⓘ
leaving a relationship ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| influencedArtist |
B.B. King
ⓘ
linked to:
B. B. King
Eric Clapton ⓘ Jimi Hendrix ⓘ The Rolling Stones ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
electric blues
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | blues repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Robert Johnson ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Elmore James
ⓘ
Fleetwood Mac ⓘ Muddy Waters ⓘ Robert Johnson ⓘ ZZ Top ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
ⓘ
linked to:
Dust My Broom
|
| performancePractice | commonly covered by blues bands ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | Elmore James ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the most influential electric blues songs ⓘ |
| recordLabelForNotableVersion |
Trumpet Records
ⓘ
Vocalion Records ⓘ |
| structure | 12-bar blues ⓘ |
| tempo | medium-fast ⓘ |
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: Dust My Broom Description of subject: "Dust My Broom" is a classic blues song, popularized by slide guitarist Elmore James, that became one of the most influential and enduring standards in electric blues.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dust My Broom
linked to: Dust My Broom
linked to: Dust My Broom