Tommy Cogbill
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Tommy Cogbill was a renowned American session bassist, producer, and member of the Muscle Shoals and Memphis soul scenes, known for his influential work on numerous classic R&B and soul recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tommy Cogbill canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2514222 — 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: Tommy Cogbill Context triple: [Chain of Fools, hasBassPlayer, Tommy Cogbill]
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A.
Tommy Leach
Tommy Leach was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball third baseman and outfielder best known for his speed, defensive skill, and starring role with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the first modern World Series in 1903.
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B.
Tommy Ross
Tommy Ross is a popular high school student in Stephen King’s horror novel "Carrie," known for his pivotal role in inviting Carrie White to the prom.
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C.
Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor was an English footballer and prolific centre-forward for Manchester United and the England national team in the 1950s.
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D.
Tommy Williams
Tommy Williams is a young inmate in the film "The Shawshank Redemption" whose testimony becomes pivotal to the fate of fellow prisoner Andy Dufresne.
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E.
Tommy McClelland
Tommy McClelland is a collegiate athletics administrator known for serving as the athletic director at Rice University and previously holding the same role at Louisiana Tech.
- 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: Tommy Cogbill Target entity description: Tommy Cogbill was a renowned American session bassist, producer, and member of the Muscle Shoals and Memphis soul scenes, known for his influential work on numerous classic R&B and soul recordings.
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A.
Tommy Leach
Tommy Leach was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball third baseman and outfielder best known for his speed, defensive skill, and starring role with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the first modern World Series in 1903.
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B.
Tommy Ross
Tommy Ross is a popular high school student in Stephen King’s horror novel "Carrie," known for his pivotal role in inviting Carrie White to the prom.
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C.
Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor was an English footballer and prolific centre-forward for Manchester United and the England national team in the 1950s.
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D.
Tommy Williams
Tommy Williams is a young inmate in the film "The Shawshank Redemption" whose testimony becomes pivotal to the fate of fellow prisoner Andy Dufresne.
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E.
Tommy McClelland
Tommy McClelland is a collegiate athletics administrator known for serving as the athletic director at Rice University and previously holding the same role at Louisiana Tech.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bass guitarist
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1982 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aretha Franklin
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Dobie Gray ⓘ Dusty Springfield ⓘ Elvis Presley ⓘ King Curtis ⓘ Memphis ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
Muscle Shoals, Alabama ⓘ Neil Diamond ⓘ Wilson Pickett ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-04-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-12-07 ⓘ |
| familyName | Cogbill ⓘ |
| fullName | Thomas Clark Cogbill ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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country music ⓘ rock ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| influenced | later soul and R&B bassists ⓘ |
| instrument |
bass guitar
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guitar ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Sound Studio
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surface form:
American Sound Studio house band
Memphis soul ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis soul scene
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section ⓘ
surface form:
Muscle Shoals studio scene
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| notableFor | influential session bass work on classic soul and R&B recordings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
bass performance on "Chain of Fools" by Aretha Franklin
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bass performance on "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray ⓘ bass performance on "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" by Aretha Franklin ⓘ bass performance on "In the Ghetto" by Elvis Presley ⓘ bass performance on "Memphis Soul Stew" by King Curtis ⓘ bass performance on "Son of a Preacher Man" by Dusty Springfield ⓘ bass performance on "Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
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record producer ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Johnson Grove, Tennessee, United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America ⓘ |
| recordedAt | American Sound Studio, Memphis ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | melodic and rhythmically inventive bass lines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tommy Cogbill Description of subject: Tommy Cogbill was a renowned American session bassist, producer, and member of the Muscle Shoals and Memphis soul scenes, known for his influential work on numerous classic R&B and soul recordings.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.