Midnight in Moscow
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"Midnight in Moscow" is a popular early-1960s jazz single by British trumpeter and bandleader Kenny Ball that became his signature hit and an international success.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Midnight in Moscow canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10205830 — 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: Midnight in Moscow Context triple: [Kenny Ball, notableWork, Midnight in Moscow]
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A.
Stranger in Moscow
"Stranger in Moscow" is a melancholic, introspective song by Michael Jackson that reflects themes of isolation and emotional alienation.
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B.
Mirrors of Moscow
Mirrors of Moscow is a political and historical book by American journalist Louise Bryant that offers firsthand observations and profiles of key figures in revolutionary Russia.
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C.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
"Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" is a 1980 Soviet romantic drama film that follows the lives of three women in Moscow over two decades, exploring themes of love, ambition, and social change, and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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D.
Moscow Journal
Moscow Journal was a late 18th-century Russian literary and cultural periodical associated with writer and historian Nikolai Karamzin, known for promoting sentimentalism and European-influenced literary trends in Russia.
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E.
The Girl in the Kremlin
The Girl in the Kremlin is a 1957 Cold War-era thriller film centered on a fictional plot involving the possible survival of Joseph Stalin after his reported death.
- 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: Midnight in Moscow Target entity description: "Midnight in Moscow" is a popular early-1960s jazz single by British trumpeter and bandleader Kenny Ball that became his signature hit and an international success.
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A.
Stranger in Moscow
"Stranger in Moscow" is a melancholic, introspective song by Michael Jackson that reflects themes of isolation and emotional alienation.
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B.
Mirrors of Moscow
Mirrors of Moscow is a political and historical book by American journalist Louise Bryant that offers firsthand observations and profiles of key figures in revolutionary Russia.
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C.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
"Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" is a 1980 Soviet romantic drama film that follows the lives of three women in Moscow over two decades, exploring themes of love, ambition, and social change, and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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D.
Moscow Journal
Moscow Journal was a late 18th-century Russian literary and cultural periodical associated with writer and historian Nikolai Karamzin, known for promoting sentimentalism and European-influenced literary trends in Russia.
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E.
The Girl in the Kremlin
The Girl in the Kremlin is a 1957 Cold War-era thriller film centered on a fictional plot involving the possible survival of Joseph Stalin after his reported death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Moscow Nights (jazz version) ⓘ |
| basedOn | Russian song "Podmoskovnye vechera" (Moscow Nights) ⓘ |
| chartSuccessIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasBandleader | Kenny Ball ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ensemble trad-jazz arrangement
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prominent trumpet lead ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
Dixieland jazz
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trad jazz ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
international success
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signature hit of Kenny Ball ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent jazz adaptations of "Moscow Nights" ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| mainInstrument | trumpet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the best-known British jazz recordings of the early 1960s
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popularizing a Russian melody in Western jazz ⓘ |
| partOf | early 1960s British jazz revival ⓘ |
| performer |
Kenny Ball
ⓘ
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen ⓘ
linked to:
Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen
|
| publicationDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Pye Records ⓘ |
| tempo | medium ⓘ |
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