Don DeVito
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Don DeVito was an American record producer and music industry executive best known for his work with Bob Dylan at Columbia Records.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Don DeVito canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4358740 — 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: Don DeVito Context triple: [Desire, producer, Don DeVito]
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A.
Basil DeVito
Basil DeVito is a sports executive best known for helping launch and lead the original XFL football league as its first commissioner.
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B.
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker known for his distinctive stature, gravelly voice, and memorable roles in film and television spanning several decades.
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C.
Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller was an American comedian and actor best known for his roles on the sitcoms Seinfeld and The King of Queens and for his long-running comedy partnership with his wife, Anne Meara.
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D.
Joe DeVito
Joe DeVito is an American artist and writer best known for expanding the King Kong universe through his illustrated novel and related works.
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E.
Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar was an influential American comic actor and television pioneer best known for his groundbreaking 1950s sketch comedy series "Your Show of Shows."
- 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: Don DeVito Target entity description: Don DeVito was an American record producer and music industry executive best known for his work with Bob Dylan at Columbia Records.
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A.
Basil DeVito
Basil DeVito is a sports executive best known for helping launch and lead the original XFL football league as its first commissioner.
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B.
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker known for his distinctive stature, gravelly voice, and memorable roles in film and television spanning several decades.
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C.
Jerry Stiller
Jerry Stiller was an American comedian and actor best known for his roles on the sitcoms Seinfeld and The King of Queens and for his long-running comedy partnership with his wife, Anne Meara.
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D.
Joe DeVito
Joe DeVito is an American artist and writer best known for expanding the King Kong universe through his illustrated novel and related works.
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E.
Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar was an influential American comic actor and television pioneer best known for his groundbreaking 1950s sketch comedy series "Your Show of Shows."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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music industry executive ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Columbia Records era of Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
CBS Records
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Columbia Records ⓘ |
| familyName | DeVito ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
artist and repertoire
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music production ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
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pop rock ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| givenName | Don ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableRole | producer of major Bob Dylan studio and live albums ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| influenced | rock music production in the 1970s ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| medium | recorded music ⓘ |
| name | Don DeVito ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped shape Bob Dylan’s mid-1970s sound at Columbia Records
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produced multiple gold and platinum albums ⓘ |
| notableFor | producing Bob Dylan albums for Columbia Records ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Blood on the Tracks
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Bob Dylan at Budokan ⓘ Desire ⓘ Hard Rain ⓘ Street-Legal ⓘ production work with Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| occupation |
music executive
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record producer ⓘ |
| partOf | American recording industry ⓘ |
| positionHeld | A&R executive at Columbia Records ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Aerosmith
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Billy Joel ⓘ Blue Öyster Cult ⓘ Bob Dylan ⓘ Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Carole King ⓘ Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Don DeVito Description of subject: Don DeVito was an American record producer and music industry executive best known for his work with Bob Dylan at Columbia Records.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.