David Porter (songwriter)
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David Porter is an American soul music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work at Stax Records, including co-writing numerous hits for artists like Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Porter (songwriter) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18866519 — 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: David Porter (songwriter) Context triple: [Whitehaven High School, hasNotableAlumni, David Porter (songwriter)]
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A.
Mickey Newbury
Mickey Newbury was an influential American singer-songwriter known for his poetic, genre-blending country songs that were widely covered by other artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Gene Lyons
Gene Lyons was an American character actor best known for his television work in the 1950s and 1960s.
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C.
David Bridie
David Bridie is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, and producer best known for his work in ambient and world-influenced rock bands and for his evocative film and television scores.
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D.
Greg Gold
Greg Gold is a film and music video director best known as a co-founder of the influential production company Propaganda Films.
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E.
Don Rich
Don Rich was an influential American country guitarist, fiddler, and singer best known as Buck Owens’ bandleader and key architect of the Bakersfield sound.
- 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: David Porter (songwriter) Target entity description: David Porter is an American soul music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work at Stax Records, including co-writing numerous hits for artists like Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes.
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A.
Mickey Newbury
Mickey Newbury was an influential American singer-songwriter known for his poetic, genre-blending country songs that were widely covered by other artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Gene Lyons
Gene Lyons was an American character actor best known for his television work in the 1950s and 1960s.
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C.
David Bridie
David Bridie is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, and producer best known for his work in ambient and world-influenced rock bands and for his evocative film and television scores.
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D.
Greg Gold
Greg Gold is a film and music video director best known as a co-founder of the influential production company Propaganda Films.
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E.
Don Rich
Don Rich was an influential American country guitarist, fiddler, and singer best known as Buck Owens’ bandleader and key architect of the Bakersfield sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.