The Lockers
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The Lockers were a pioneering 1970s street dance group credited with popularizing the locking style and bringing funk dance into mainstream American entertainment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lockers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Lockers Context triple: [Adolfo Quinones, memberOf, The Lockers]
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The Looters
The Looters is a crime novel that follows a small-time crook whose seemingly simple heist entangles him with dangerous criminal forces, later serving as the basis for the film "Charley Varrick."
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The Sleepers
The Sleepers is an 1866 realist painting by Gustave Courbet depicting two nude women lying together in an intimate, intertwined pose, notable for its sensuality and frank portrayal of female sexuality.
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The Sleepers
"The Sleepers" is a visionary, dreamlike poem by Walt Whitman that explores themes of democracy, empathy, and the shared human condition through a series of nocturnal, stream-of-consciousness vignettes.
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D.
the Locker
The Locker, often called Davy Jones' Locker, is a legendary nautical afterlife or watery grave where drowned sailors are said to be sent beneath the sea.
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E.
The Detonators
The Detonators is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton featuring his recurring secret agent character Matt Helm in a tense Cold War-era mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Lockers Target entity description: The Lockers were a pioneering 1970s street dance group credited with popularizing the locking style and bringing funk dance into mainstream American entertainment.
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A.
The Looters
The Looters is a crime novel that follows a small-time crook whose seemingly simple heist entangles him with dangerous criminal forces, later serving as the basis for the film "Charley Varrick."
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B.
The Sleepers
The Sleepers is an 1866 realist painting by Gustave Courbet depicting two nude women lying together in an intimate, intertwined pose, notable for its sensuality and frank portrayal of female sexuality.
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C.
The Sleepers
"The Sleepers" is a visionary, dreamlike poem by Walt Whitman that explores themes of democracy, empathy, and the shared human condition through a series of nocturnal, stream-of-consciousness vignettes.
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D.
the Locker
The Locker, often called Davy Jones' Locker, is a legendary nautical afterlife or watery grave where drowned sailors are said to be sent beneath the sea.
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E.
The Detonators
The Detonators is a spy novel by Donald Hamilton featuring his recurring secret agent character Matt Helm in a tense Cold War-era mission.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dance crew
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street dance group ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWithMusicGenre |
funk
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soul ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalOrigin | African-American communities in Los Angeles ⓘ |
| danceStyleCharacteristic |
exaggerated facial expressions
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points ⓘ sudden freezes ⓘ wrist rolls ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1970s ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Don Campbell
NERFINISHED
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Toni Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
funk dance
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locking ⓘ |
| hasInfluentialMember |
Adolfo Quiñones
NERFINISHED
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Don Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Toni Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Adolfo Quiñones
NERFINISHED
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Bill Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Don Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Fluky Luke NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Berry NERFINISHED ⓘ Greg Campbellock Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ Shabba Doo NERFINISHED ⓘ Slim the Robot NERFINISHED ⓘ Toni Basil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
hip hop dance
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street dance culture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | recognized as pioneers of locking worldwide ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
live performance
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television ⓘ |
| movement |
funk styles
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street dance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bringing funk dance into mainstream American entertainment
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popularizing the locking dance style ⓘ |
| performedOn |
Saturday Night Live
NERFINISHED
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Soul Train NERFINISHED ⓘ The Carol Burnett Show NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedWith |
Diana Ross
NERFINISHED
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Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sammy Davis Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1973 ⓘ |
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Subject: The Lockers Description of subject: The Lockers were a pioneering 1970s street dance group credited with popularizing the locking style and bringing funk dance into mainstream American entertainment.
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