Blind Willie Johnson
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Blind Willie Johnson was an influential early 20th-century American gospel blues singer and slide guitarist known for his powerful, gravelly voice and spiritually charged recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Blind Willie Johnson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22658819 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blind Willie Johnson Context triple: [Samson and Delilah, performedBy, Blind Willie Johnson]
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A.
Blind Willie
Blind Willie is a novella by Stephen King that follows a Vietnam veteran grappling with guilt and memory, later collected in his book "Hearts in Atlantis."
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B.
Charley Patton
Charley Patton was an influential early Delta blues musician and singer whose powerful performances and recordings helped shape the foundation of American blues music.
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C.
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson was an influential early 20th-century American blues singer and guitarist whose distinctive style helped shape Texas blues and modern popular music.
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D.
Blind Willie McTell
"Blind Willie McTell" is a 1983 Bob Dylan song, released posthumously on archival collections, that pays tribute to the blues tradition and the legendary blues musician of the same name.
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E.
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt was an influential American country blues singer and guitarist known for his gentle vocal style and intricate fingerpicking, whose 1960s rediscovery helped spark the blues and folk revival.
- 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: Blind Willie Johnson Target entity description: Blind Willie Johnson was an influential early 20th-century American gospel blues singer and slide guitarist known for his powerful, gravelly voice and spiritually charged recordings.
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A.
Blind Willie
Blind Willie is a novella by Stephen King that follows a Vietnam veteran grappling with guilt and memory, later collected in his book "Hearts in Atlantis."
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B.
Charley Patton
Charley Patton was an influential early Delta blues musician and singer whose powerful performances and recordings helped shape the foundation of American blues music.
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C.
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson was an influential early 20th-century American blues singer and guitarist whose distinctive style helped shape Texas blues and modern popular music.
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D.
Blind Willie McTell
"Blind Willie McTell" is a 1983 Bob Dylan song, released posthumously on archival collections, that pays tribute to the blues tradition and the legendary blues musician of the same name.
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E.
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt was an influential American country blues singer and guitarist known for his gentle vocal style and intricate fingerpicking, whose 1960s rediscovery helped spark the blues and folk revival.
- F. None of above. chosen
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