Federal Records
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Federal Records was an American rhythm and blues and early rock and roll record label active in the mid-20th century, known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Freddie King.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Federal Records canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8004325 — 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: Federal Records Context triple: [Freddie King, recordLabel, Federal Records]
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A.
Federal Records Act
The Federal Records Act is a U.S. law that establishes the framework and requirements for creating, managing, and preserving federal government records to ensure accountability and historical documentation.
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B.
Federal Archives Act
The Federal Archives Act is a German law that regulates the preservation, use, and management of federal archival records and underpins the work of the German Federal Archives.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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E.
National Archives
The National Archives is Ireland’s official repository for state records and historical documents, preserving and providing public access to the nation’s archival heritage.
- 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: Federal Records Target entity description: Federal Records was an American rhythm and blues and early rock and roll record label active in the mid-20th century, known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Freddie King.
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A.
Federal Records Act
The Federal Records Act is a U.S. law that establishes the framework and requirements for creating, managing, and preserving federal government records to ensure accountability and historical documentation.
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B.
Federal Archives Act
The Federal Archives Act is a German law that regulates the preservation, use, and management of federal archival records and underpins the work of the German Federal Archives.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the creation, management, and public ownership of official records of presidents and vice presidents.
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E.
National Archives
The National Archives is Ireland’s official repository for state records and historical documents, preserving and providing public access to the nation’s archival heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American record label
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record label ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | independent label movement in the 1950s ⓘ |
| catalogType | singles-oriented catalog ⓘ |
| city | Cincinnati ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| distributedBy | King Records ⓘ |
| endTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| era | post-World War II recording industry ⓘ |
| focus | African-American music market ⓘ |
| format |
45 rpm singles
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78 rpm records ⓘ LP records ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Syd Nathan ⓘ |
| genre |
doo-wop
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gospel music ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasImprintRelationshipWith | King Records ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to development of early rock and roll
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helped shape early rhythm and blues sound ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early rock and roll releases
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releasing influential rhythm and blues recordings ⓘ |
| labelCode | Federal ⓘ |
| location |
Cincinnati, Ohio
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linked to:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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| notableArtist |
Freddie King
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Hank Ballard ⓘ James Brown ⓘ Little Willie John ⓘ The Dominoes ⓘ |
| parentCompany | King Records ⓘ |
| partOf |
King Records group of labels
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linked to:
King Records
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| product | phonograph records ⓘ |
| releasedRecordingBy |
Freddie King
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Hank Ballard ⓘ James Brown ⓘ Little Willie John ⓘ The Dominoes ⓘ |
| startTime | 1950 ⓘ |
| state | Ohio ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
early rock and roll audience
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rhythm and blues listeners ⓘ |
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: Federal Records Description of subject: Federal Records was an American rhythm and blues and early rock and roll record label active in the mid-20th century, known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Freddie King.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.