Goodnight, Irene
E1319254
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"Goodnight, Irene" is a traditional American folk song popularized by blues musician Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter and later covered widely across multiple genres.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goodnight, Irene canonical | 4 |
| Goodnight, Irene (Lead Belly recording) | 1 |
| Goodnight, Irene (The Weavers recording) | 1 |
| Weavers recordings of "Goodnight, Irene" | 1 |
| “Goodnight, Irene” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18352449 — 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: Goodnight, Irene Context triple: [Huddie Ledbetter, notableWork, Goodnight, Irene]
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A.
It’s Beginning to Get to Me
"It’s Beginning to Get to Me" is a song by the Scottish-Northern Irish rock band Snow Patrol from their 2006 album Eyes Open.
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B.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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C.
Blueberry Hill
"Blueberry Hill" is a classic 1956 rock and roll song popularized by Fats Domino, renowned for its smooth piano melody and enduring influence on early rock music.
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D.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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E.
They Can't Take That Away from Me
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a classic American popular song by George and Ira Gershwin, famously introduced by Fred Astaire and widely regarded as a jazz standard.
- 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: Goodnight, Irene Target entity description: "Goodnight, Irene" is a traditional American folk song popularized by blues musician Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter and later covered widely across multiple genres.
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A.
It’s Beginning to Get to Me
"It’s Beginning to Get to Me" is a song by the Scottish-Northern Irish rock band Snow Patrol from their 2006 album Eyes Open.
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B.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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C.
Blueberry Hill
"Blueberry Hill" is a classic 1956 rock and roll song popularized by Fats Domino, renowned for its smooth piano melody and enduring influence on early rock music.
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D.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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E.
They Can't Take That Away from Me
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a classic American popular song by George and Ira Gershwin, famously introduced by Fred Astaire and widely regarded as a jazz standard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Ledbetter
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linked to: Goodnight, Irene