Okeh Phonograph Corporation
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Okeh Phonograph Corporation was an early 20th-century American record label known for pioneering race records and helping introduce African American blues and jazz artists to a wider audience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Okeh Phonograph Corporation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23303526 — 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: Okeh Phonograph Corporation Context triple: [Crazy Blues, recordCompany, Okeh Phonograph Corporation]
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A.
Columbia Graphophone Company
Columbia Graphophone Company was an early 20th-century British record label and gramophone manufacturer that played a key role in the development of the modern recording industry.
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B.
Columbia Phonograph Company
Columbia Phonograph Company was an early American record label and phonograph company that became one of the pioneering firms in the recorded music industry.
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C.
American Record Corporation
American Record Corporation was a major early 20th-century American record company that consolidated several labels and played a key role in the development of the U.S. recording industry before becoming part of Columbia Records.
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D.
United States Gramophone Company
The United States Gramophone Company was an early American record and phonograph manufacturer established in the 1890s that played a key role in the commercial development of disc-based sound recording.
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E.
Fonograf Records
Fonograf Records is an independent record label known for releasing critically acclaimed and artistically driven music projects.
- 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: Okeh Phonograph Corporation Target entity description: Okeh Phonograph Corporation was an early 20th-century American record label known for pioneering race records and helping introduce African American blues and jazz artists to a wider audience.
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A.
Columbia Graphophone Company
Columbia Graphophone Company was an early 20th-century British record label and gramophone manufacturer that played a key role in the development of the modern recording industry.
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B.
Columbia Phonograph Company
Columbia Phonograph Company was an early American record label and phonograph company that became one of the pioneering firms in the recorded music industry.
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C.
American Record Corporation
American Record Corporation was a major early 20th-century American record company that consolidated several labels and played a key role in the development of the U.S. recording industry before becoming part of Columbia Records.
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D.
United States Gramophone Company
The United States Gramophone Company was an early American record and phonograph manufacturer established in the 1890s that played a key role in the commercial development of disc-based sound recording.
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E.
Fonograf Records
Fonograf Records is an independent record label known for releasing critically acclaimed and artistically driven music projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.