Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
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"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a 1944 jazz and jump blues standard, popularized by Louis Jordan, that became one of his signature hits and a widely covered classic.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby canonical | 5 |
| Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10031919 — 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: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Context triple: [Louis Jordan, notableWork, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby]
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A.
You’re My Baby
"You’re My Baby" is a track featured on the hip-hop album "G.O.A.T." by LL Cool J.
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B.
You Are You
"You Are You" is a song from the 1965 Broadway musical Flora the Red Menace, which marked Liza Minnelli’s Tony-winning debut.
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C.
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" is a classic jazz and blues standard, widely recognized through the smooth, influential recording by the Nat King Cole Trio.
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D.
My Baby
"My Baby" is a song featured on the album "Circus," best known as part of the pop repertoire associated with that release.
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E.
Talking ’bout My Baby
"Talking ’bout My Baby" is a track by British DJ and producer Fatboy Slim, featured on his 2000 album "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars."
- 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: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Target entity description: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a 1944 jazz and jump blues standard, popularized by Louis Jordan, that became one of his signature hits and a widely covered classic.
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A.
You’re My Baby
"You’re My Baby" is a track featured on the hip-hop album "G.O.A.T." by LL Cool J.
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B.
You Are You
"You Are You" is a song from the 1965 Broadway musical Flora the Red Menace, which marked Liza Minnelli’s Tony-winning debut.
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C.
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" is a classic jazz and blues standard, widely recognized through the smooth, influential recording by the Nat King Cole Trio.
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D.
My Baby
"My Baby" is a song featured on the album "Circus," best known as part of the pop repertoire associated with that release.
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E.
Talking ’bout My Baby
"Talking ’bout My Baby" is a track by British DJ and producer Fatboy Slim, featured on his 2000 album "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jump blues standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Louis Jordan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describedAs | jazz and jump blues standard ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
jump blues ⓘ |
| hasEra | 1940s ⓘ |
| hasForm | popular song ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
jump blues repertoire
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
saxophone-led ensemble
ⓘ
small jazz combo ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerformer | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five ⓘ |
| hasLyricLanguageStyle | African-American vernacular English ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme | romantic relationship uncertainty ⓘ |
| hasOriginalMedium | 78 rpm record ⓘ |
| hasTempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant |
Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
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linked to:
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
|
| hasType | standard ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | male lead vocal ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Louis Jordan song catalog ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Billy Austin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
becoming a widely covered classic
ⓘ
being one of Louis Jordan's signature songs ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five ⓘ |
| performer | Louis Jordan ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Decca Records ⓘ |
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: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby Description of subject: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a 1944 jazz and jump blues standard, popularized by Louis Jordan, that became one of his signature hits and a widely covered classic.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby