Danny Federici
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Danny Federici was an American keyboardist and accordionist best known as a founding member and longtime organ and keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danny Federici canonical | 7 |
| Jason Federici | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1921129 — 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: Danny Federici Context triple: [E Street Band, hasMember, Danny Federici]
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A.
David Franzoni
David Franzoni is an American screenwriter and film producer best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning historical epic "Gladiator."
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B.
Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Rossomando is an American musician and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit song "Shallow" from the 2018 film *A Star Is Born*.
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C.
James Marini
James Marini is an American educator and school administrator who has served as superintendent of the Newton Public Schools in Massachusetts.
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D.
Tony Staffieri
Tony Staffieri is a Canadian business executive best known as the president and chief executive officer of Rogers Communications.
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E.
Greg Finton
Greg Finton is a film editor known for his work on documentaries and feature films, including the acclaimed documentary "He Named Me Malala."
- 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: Danny Federici Target entity description: Danny Federici was an American keyboardist and accordionist best known as a founding member and longtime organ and keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
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A.
David Franzoni
David Franzoni is an American screenwriter and film producer best known for his work on the Academy Award–winning historical epic "Gladiator."
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B.
Anthony Rossomando
Anthony Rossomando is an American musician and songwriter best known for co-writing the hit song "Shallow" from the 2018 film *A Star Is Born*.
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C.
James Marini
James Marini is an American educator and school administrator who has served as superintendent of the Newton Public Schools in Massachusetts.
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D.
Tony Staffieri
Tony Staffieri is a Canadian business executive best known as the president and chief executive officer of Rogers Communications.
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E.
Greg Finton
Greg Finton is a film editor known for his work on documentaries and feature films, including the acclaimed documentary "He Named Me Malala."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accordionist
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human ⓘ keyboardist ⓘ musician ⓘ organist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bruce Springsteen
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E Street Band ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1950-01-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Flemington, New Jersey
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surface form:
Flemington, New Jersey, United States
|
| causeOfDeath | melanoma ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2008-04-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New York City, New York, United States of America
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| familyName | Federici ⓘ |
| fullName | Daniel Paul Federici ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
heartland rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Daniel ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Danny Federici
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jason Federici
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| instrument |
accordion
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keyboards ⓘ organ ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| memberOf | E Street Band ⓘ |
| nickname | Phantom ⓘ |
| notableAlbumContribution |
Born in the U.S.A.
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Born to Run ⓘ Darkness on the Edge of Town ⓘ The River ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentUsage |
Farfisa organ
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Hammond organ ⓘ |
| notableRole |
founding member of the E Street Band
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organ and keyboard player for the E Street Band ⓘ |
| notableSongContribution |
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
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surface form:
"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
Born to Run ⓘ
surface form:
"Born to Run"
Hungry Heart ⓘ
surface form:
"Hungry Heart"
The River ⓘ
surface form:
"The River"
|
| notableWork | performances with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ⓘ |
| occupation |
accordionist
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keyboardist ⓘ musician ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| residence | New Jersey, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Maya Federici ⓘ |
| workedWith | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1960s–2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Danny Federici Description of subject: Danny Federici was an American keyboardist and accordionist best known as a founding member and longtime organ and keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jason Federici