Lee Dorsey
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Lee Dorsey was an American R&B singer best known for his 1960s hits like "Working in the Coal Mine" and "Ya Ya."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lee Dorsey canonical | 5 |
| Lee Dorsey – "Yes We Can" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20218367 — 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: Lee Dorsey Context triple: [Allen Toussaint, associatedAct, Lee Dorsey]
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A.
Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
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B.
Fats Domino
Fats Domino was an influential American pianist and singer-songwriter whose pioneering New Orleans rhythm and blues recordings helped shape early rock and roll.
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C.
Maurice Williams
Maurice Williams is a writer best known for his work on the animated television special and series "Entergalactic," created by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris.
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D.
Jesse Belvin
Jesse Belvin was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist of the 1950s whose smooth style and hit "Goodnight My Love" made him an influential figure in early soul music.
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E.
Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
- 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: Lee Dorsey Target entity description: Lee Dorsey was an American R&B singer best known for his 1960s hits like "Working in the Coal Mine" and "Ya Ya."
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A.
Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter was an influential American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known as the original lead tenor of The Drifters and for helping shape the sound of 1950s R&B and early rock and roll.
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B.
Fats Domino
Fats Domino was an influential American pianist and singer-songwriter whose pioneering New Orleans rhythm and blues recordings helped shape early rock and roll.
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C.
Maurice Williams
Maurice Williams is a writer best known for his work on the animated television special and series "Entergalactic," created by Kid Cudi and Kenya Barris.
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D.
Jesse Belvin
Jesse Belvin was an American R&B singer, songwriter, and pianist of the 1950s whose smooth style and hit "Goodnight My Love" made him an influential figure in early soul music.
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E.
Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson was an influential American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known for shaping West Coast blues and inspiring later electric blues and R&B artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.