Play-Tone Records
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Play-Tone Records is the fictional 1960s-style record label featured in the film "That Thing You Do!", known for signing the one-hit-wonder band The Wonders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Play-Tone Records canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12894297 — 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: Play-Tone Records Context triple: [The Wonders, inUniverseRecordLabel, Play-Tone Records]
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A.
Sing-A-Long Records
Sing-A-Long Records is an independent music label known for releasing work by singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas and other indie artists.
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B.
Phonogenic Records
Phonogenic Records is a British record label known for signing and releasing music by artists such as Danny O’Donoghue and his band The Script.
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C.
Deltone Records
Deltone Records was the independent label founded by surf guitar pioneer Dick Dale to release his early and influential surf music recordings.
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D.
Opal Records
Opal Records is an independent record label associated with Brian Eno, known for releasing experimental and art rock music.
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E.
Jazzland Records
Jazzland Records is a jazz-focused record label known for releasing albums by prominent hard bop musicians such as tenor saxophonist Junior Cook.
- 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: Play-Tone Records Target entity description: Play-Tone Records is the fictional 1960s-style record label featured in the film "That Thing You Do!", known for signing the one-hit-wonder band The Wonders.
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A.
Sing-A-Long Records
Sing-A-Long Records is an independent music label known for releasing work by singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas and other indie artists.
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B.
Phonogenic Records
Phonogenic Records is a British record label known for signing and releasing music by artists such as Danny O’Donoghue and his band The Script.
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C.
Deltone Records
Deltone Records was the independent label founded by surf guitar pioneer Dick Dale to release his early and influential surf music recordings.
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D.
Opal Records
Opal Records is an independent record label associated with Brian Eno, known for releasing experimental and art rock music.
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E.
Jazzland Records
Jazzland Records is a jazz-focused record label known for releasing albums by prominent hard bop musicians such as tenor saxophonist Junior Cook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional company
ⓘ
fictional record label ⓘ |
| appearsIn | That Thing You Do! ⓘ |
| associatedWithFormat | 45 rpm singles ⓘ |
| basedOnPeriod | 1960s music industry ⓘ |
| controlsMastersOf | "That Thing You Do!" recording ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdBy | Tom Hanks ⓘ |
| distributionScope | national ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | That Thing You Do! universe ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
pop
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasAandRFunction | talent scouting and artist development ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel | single-driven pop hits ⓘ |
| hasExecutive | Mr. White ⓘ |
| hasFictionalHeadquarters |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| hasInUniverseReputation |
chart-focused label
ⓘ
hit-making label ⓘ |
| hasLogoColor |
green
ⓘ
orange ⓘ |
| hasMarketingTool | Play-Tone Caravan of Stars tour ⓘ |
| hasParentMedium | feature film ⓘ |
| hasPromotionDepartment |
radio promotion
ⓘ
tour promotion ⓘ |
| hasTalentScout | Phil Horace ⓘ |
| hasTour | Play-Tone Caravan of Stars ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
promoting one-hit-wonder acts
ⓘ
releasing the hit single "That Thing You Do!" by The Wonders ⓘ |
| labelStyle | 1960s pop label aesthetic ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | launching pad for The Wonders' brief fame ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
corporate and image-focused label
ⓘ
major national record label ⓘ |
| product |
albums
ⓘ
singles ⓘ vinyl records ⓘ |
| setsContractTermsFor | The Wonders ⓘ |
| significantWork | "That Thing You Do!" single ⓘ |
| signsArtist |
Diane Dane
ⓘ
The Chantrellines ⓘ |
| signsBand |
The Oneders
ⓘ
The Wonders ⓘ |
| timeSetting | mid-1960s ⓘ |
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: Play-Tone Records Description of subject: Play-Tone Records is the fictional 1960s-style record label featured in the film "That Thing You Do!", known for signing the one-hit-wonder band The Wonders.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.