Lady, Be Good

E266634

Broadway musical musical comedy

"Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Lady Be Good	4
Lady Be Good (1941 film)	3
Lady, Be Good canonical	3
"Lady Be Good" (1936 Kansas City recording)	1
Lady, Be Good (Encores! production)	1
Oh, Lady Be Good!	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2420431 — 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: Lady, Be Good
Context triple: [Frederick Austerlitz, notableWork, Lady, Be Good]

A. For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film, co-starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in his screen debut, about vaudeville performers whose careers and romance are affected by World War I.
B. Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film starring James Cagney, celebrated for its elaborate Busby Berkeley-choreographed production numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
C. I Got Rhythm
"I Got Rhythm" is a popular jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, renowned for its catchy melody and influential chord progression widely used in jazz improvisation.
D. Alexander's Ragtime Band
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a hugely popular 1911 ragtime song that helped launch Irving Berlin's career and became one of the early standards of American popular music.
E. Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy is a 1943 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, based on the George and Ira Gershwin stage musical of the same name.
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: Lady, Be Good
Target entity description: "Lady, Be Good" is a 1924 Broadway musical comedy with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, best known for its hit songs and for featuring Fred Astaire in one of his early major stage roles.

A. For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film, co-starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in his screen debut, about vaudeville performers whose careers and romance are affected by World War I.
B. Footlight Parade
Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film starring James Cagney, celebrated for its elaborate Busby Berkeley-choreographed production numbers and backstage showbiz storyline.
C. I Got Rhythm
"I Got Rhythm" is a popular jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, renowned for its catchy melody and influential chord progression widely used in jazz improvisation.
D. Alexander's Ragtime Band
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a hugely popular 1911 ragtime song that helped launch Irving Berlin's career and became one of the early standards of American popular music.
E. Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy is a 1943 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, based on the George and Ira Gershwin stage musical of the same name.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ musical comedy ⓘ
composer	George Gershwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
creativeTeamMember	George Gershwin ⓘ Ira Gershwin ⓘ
era	Roaring Twenties ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ
hasOrchestrationStyle	1920s Broadway orchestra ⓘ
hasSubject	mistaken identity ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ social class differences ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Ira Gershwin ⓘ
lyricsBy	Ira Gershwin ⓘ
musicBy	George Gershwin ⓘ
musicStyle	jazz-influenced popular song ⓘ
notableFor	featuring Fred Astaire in an early major stage role ⓘ
notableSong	Fascinating Rhythm ⓘ Oh, Lady Be Good! ⓘ linked to: Lady, Be Good
originalBroadwayOpeningDate	1924-12-01 ⓘ
originalMedium	stage ⓘ
originalProductionType	Broadway ⓘ
partOf	American musical theatre canon ⓘ
productionForm	book musical ⓘ
setting	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
starredPerformer	Adele Astaire ⓘ Fred Astaire ⓘ
yearOfPremiere	1924 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederick Austerlitz → notableWork → Lady, Be Good ⓘ

subject linked to: Frederick

Lester Young → notableWork → "Lady Be Good" (1936 Kansas City recording) ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Guy Bolton → notableWork → Lady, Be Good ⓘ

Roger Edens → notableWork → Lady Be Good (1941 film) ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Ray McDonald → notableWork → Lady Be Good ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Eleanor Powell → notableWork → Lady Be Good ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Lady, Be Good → notableSong → Oh, Lady Be Good! ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

14th Academy Awards → bestOriginalSongFilm → Lady Be Good ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Ira Gershwin → notableWork → Lady, Be Good ⓘ

subject linked to: Israel Gershowitz

Ann Sothern → notableWork → Lady Be Good (1941 film) ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Anne Shirley → notableWork → Lady Be Good (1941 film) ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Patti Murin → performedIn → Lady, Be Good (Encores! production) ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

Blues for Fred → hasTrack → Lady Be Good ⓘ

linked to: Lady, Be Good

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Referenced by (13)

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