Bad Penny Blues
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Bad Penny Blues is a 1956 British jazz single by trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, noted for its influential piano riff and status as one of the first UK jazz records to enter the pop charts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bad Penny Blues canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2252169 — 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: Bad Penny Blues Context triple: [Humphrey Lyttelton, notableWork, Bad Penny Blues]
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A.
Tombstone Blues
"Tombstone Blues" is a fast-paced, surreal, electric blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, known for its dense, visionary lyrics and prominent placement on his landmark 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
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B.
Bell Bottom Blues
"Bell Bottom Blues" is a blues-rock song by Derek and the Dominos, co-written and performed by Eric Clapton, renowned for its emotional guitar work and themes of unrequited love.
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C.
Still Got the Blues
"Still Got the Blues" is a 1990 blues-rock song and title track by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, renowned for its emotive guitar solos and status as one of his signature pieces.
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D.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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E.
Dipper Mouth Blues
"Dipper Mouth Blues" is a pioneering early jazz composition and recording, famous for its influential cornet solos and central role in the development of New Orleans and Chicago-style jazz.
- 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: Bad Penny Blues Target entity description: Bad Penny Blues is a 1956 British jazz single by trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, noted for its influential piano riff and status as one of the first UK jazz records to enter the pop charts.
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A.
Tombstone Blues
"Tombstone Blues" is a fast-paced, surreal, electric blues-rock song by Bob Dylan, known for its dense, visionary lyrics and prominent placement on his landmark 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited.
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B.
Bell Bottom Blues
"Bell Bottom Blues" is a blues-rock song by Derek and the Dominos, co-written and performed by Eric Clapton, renowned for its emotional guitar work and themes of unrequited love.
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C.
Still Got the Blues
"Still Got the Blues" is a 1990 blues-rock song and title track by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, renowned for its emotive guitar solos and status as one of his signature pieces.
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D.
Chain of Fools
"Chain of Fools" is a classic 1967 soul song performed by Aretha Franklin, renowned for its powerful vocals, driving groove, and enduring influence in R&B music.
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E.
Dipper Mouth Blues
"Dipper Mouth Blues" is a pioneering early jazz composition and recording, famous for its influential cornet solos and central role in the development of New Orleans and Chicago-style jazz.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz composition
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single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| chartDebutCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| chartEntryType | UK Singles Chart ⓘ |
| composer | Humphrey Lyttelton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasKey | F major ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | influential boogie-woogie style piano riff ⓘ |
| hasStyle | trad jazz ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| influenced | The Beatles song Lady Madonna ⓘ |
| instrumentFeatured |
clarinet
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double bass ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the first British jazz records to enter the UK pop charts ⓘ |
| originalMedium |
78 rpm record
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vinyl single ⓘ |
| partOf | British trad jazz movement ⓘ |
| performer | Humphrey Lyttelton ⓘ |
| pianist | Johnny Parker ⓘ |
| producer | Denis Preston ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Humphrey Lyttelton Band
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surface form:
Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band
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| recordingStudio |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| recordLabel | Parlophone ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1956 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bad Penny Blues Description of subject: Bad Penny Blues is a 1956 British jazz single by trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton, noted for its influential piano riff and status as one of the first UK jazz records to enter the pop charts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Humphrey Lyttelton