Backwater Blues
E305825
"Backwater Blues" is a classic 1927 blues song, widely regarded as one of Bessie Smith’s most powerful and influential recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Backwater Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2875458 — 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: Backwater Blues Context triple: [Bessie Smith, notableWork, Backwater Blues]
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A.
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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B.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song famed for its rapid-fire, surreal lyrics and its influential cue-card style promotional film often cited as a precursor to the modern music video.
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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.
Beale Street Blues
"Beale Street Blues" is a classic early 20th-century American blues song that helped popularize the genre and is closely associated with the musical culture of Memphis, Tennessee.
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E.
Big Blues
Big Blues is the collective name for the athletic teams representing Bluefield State University in collegiate sports competitions.
- 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: Backwater Blues Target entity description: "Backwater Blues" is a classic 1927 blues song, widely regarded as one of Bessie Smith’s most powerful and influential recordings.
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A.
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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B.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song famed for its rapid-fire, surreal lyrics and its influential cue-card style promotional film often cited as a precursor to the modern music video.
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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.
Beale Street Blues
"Beale Street Blues" is a classic early 20th-century American blues song that helped popularize the genre and is closely associated with the musical culture of Memphis, Tennessee.
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E.
Big Blues
Big Blues is the collective name for the athletic teams representing Bluefield State University in collegiate sports competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1920s song
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blues song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | classic blues era ⓘ |
| composer | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs |
classic 1927 blues song
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one of Bessie Smith’s most influential recordings ⓘ one of Bessie Smith’s most powerful recordings ⓘ |
| genre | blues ⓘ |
| hasAccompaniment | piano ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation |
blues standard
ⓘ
canonical blues recording ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext |
1920s American South
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Great Migration era ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
jazz vocalists
ⓘ
later blues singers ⓘ popular music singers ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOnGenre |
blues
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ popular music ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | 12-bar blues ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
displacement
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flooding ⓘ loss ⓘ natural disaster ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| includedIn | Bessie Smith compilations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| medium | 78 rpm record ⓘ |
| notableRecordingOf | Bessie Smith repertoire ⓘ |
| partOf | classic female blues tradition ⓘ |
| performanceType | vocal blues ⓘ |
| performer | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| vocalist | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1927 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Backwater Blues Description of subject: "Backwater Blues" is a classic 1927 blues song, widely regarded as one of Bessie Smith’s most powerful and influential recordings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.