Up on Cripple Creek
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"Up on Cripple Creek" is a roots-rock song by The Band, known for its funky groove, storytelling lyrics, and Levon Helm’s distinctive lead vocal and drumming.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Up on Cripple Creek canonical | 3 |
| Up on Cripple Creek by The Band | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4373199 — 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: Up on Cripple Creek Context triple: [Levon Helm, notableSongPerformance, Up on Cripple Creek]
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A.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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B.
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine is a classic 1946 Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the events leading up to the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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C.
The Girl from Frisco
The Girl from Frisco is a silent-era American film produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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D.
Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
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E.
Lonesome Jim
Lonesome Jim is an independent dramedy film about a young man returning to his small hometown and struggling with aimlessness, family tensions, and unexpected romance.
- 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: Up on Cripple Creek Target entity description: "Up on Cripple Creek" is a roots-rock song by The Band, known for its funky groove, storytelling lyrics, and Levon Helm’s distinctive lead vocal and drumming.
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A.
The Old Stagecoach
The Old Stagecoach is a celebrated 19th-century genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson, depicting children playfully transforming an abandoned stagecoach into an imaginative setting for their games.
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B.
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine is a classic 1946 Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the events leading up to the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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C.
The Girl from Frisco
The Girl from Frisco is a silent-era American film produced by the Vitagraph Company of America.
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D.
Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
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E.
Lonesome Jim
Lonesome Jim is an independent dramedy film about a young man returning to his small hometown and struggling with aimlessness, family tensions, and unexpected romance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | The Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| albumReleaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| artist | The Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition | Billboard Hot 100 top 30 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Robbie Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada–United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| drummer | Levon Helm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInstrumentalist |
Garth Hudson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Manuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Rick Danko NERFINISHED ⓘ Robbie Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
country rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ roots rock ⓘ swamp rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | considered one of The Band’s signature songs ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
clavinet with wah-wah effect ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Rock of Ages (live album track) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | funk-influenced groove ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | no original 1969 promotional video ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Band live setlists ⓘ |
| includedOnCompilation |
Greatest Hits (The Band album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Best of The Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Levon Helm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricCharacteristic | storytelling lyrics ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
romantic relationship
ⓘ
rural American life ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Levon Helm’s distinctive lead vocal
ⓘ
funky groove ⓘ innovative use of clavinet ⓘ |
| partOf | The Band (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | John Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | The Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingEra | late 1960s ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| side | A-side of single ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| writer | Robbie Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Up on Cripple Creek Description of subject: "Up on Cripple Creek" is a roots-rock song by The Band, known for its funky groove, storytelling lyrics, and Levon Helm’s distinctive lead vocal and drumming.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Up on Cripple Creek by The Band
subject surface form:
The Last Waltz (concert)