Pete Rugolo
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Pete Rugolo was an Italian-born American jazz composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his innovative work with Stan Kenton and for scoring numerous film and television projects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pete Rugolo canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4567782 — 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: Pete Rugolo Context triple: [The Fugitive (TV series), composer, Pete Rugolo]
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A.
Barry Mann
Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician best known for his prolific Brill Building pop hits, often written with his wife and collaborator Cynthia Weil.
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B.
Doc Pomus
Doc Pomus was an influential American blues singer and songwriter best known for co-writing numerous rock and roll and R&B classics in the 1950s and 1960s.
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C.
Joe Mardin
Joe Mardin is an American music producer, arranger, and engineer known for his work across pop, R&B, and jazz, and as the son of legendary producer Arif Mardin.
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D.
Jeff Barry
Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work in the 1960s Brill Building era, co-writing numerous hit songs such as "Be My Baby" and "Leader of the Pack."
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E.
Jerry Livingston
Jerry Livingston was an American songwriter and composer best known for his popular film and pop standards, including work on classic Disney songs.
- 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: Pete Rugolo Target entity description: Pete Rugolo was an Italian-born American jazz composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his innovative work with Stan Kenton and for scoring numerous film and television projects.
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A.
Barry Mann
Barry Mann is an American songwriter and musician best known for his prolific Brill Building pop hits, often written with his wife and collaborator Cynthia Weil.
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B.
Doc Pomus
Doc Pomus was an influential American blues singer and songwriter best known for co-writing numerous rock and roll and R&B classics in the 1950s and 1960s.
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C.
Joe Mardin
Joe Mardin is an American music producer, arranger, and engineer known for his work across pop, R&B, and jazz, and as the son of legendary producer Arif Mardin.
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D.
Jeff Barry
Jeff Barry is an American pop music songwriter and producer best known for his influential work in the 1960s Brill Building era, co-writing numerous hit songs such as "Be My Baby" and "Leader of the Pack."
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E.
Jerry Livingston
Jerry Livingston was an American songwriter and composer best known for his popular film and pop standards, including work on classic Disney songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
arranger
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bandleader ⓘ jazz composer ⓘ person ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1980s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
June Christy
NERFINISHED
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Miles Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Kenton NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Kenton Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ The Four Freshmen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Pietro Rugolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pneumonia ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Italy
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfBirth | Italy ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1915-12-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-10-16 ⓘ |
| education |
Mills College
NERFINISHED
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San Francisco State College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Capitol Records
NERFINISHED
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Mercury Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Rugolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
big band
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cool jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ |
| givenName | Pietro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Pete Rugolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped shape the progressive jazz style of the Stan Kenton Orchestra
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pioneered modern jazz orchestration techniques in the 1940s and 1950s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos
NERFINISHED
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Adventures in Rhythm NERFINISHED ⓘ Behind Brigitte Bardot NERFINISHED ⓘ Introducing Pete Rugolo NERFINISHED ⓘ Music for Hi-Fi Bugs NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Diamond, Private Detective (television score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rugolomania NERFINISHED ⓘ Run for Your Life (television score) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fugitive (television score) NERFINISHED ⓘ Thriller (television score) NERFINISHED ⓘ arrangements for the Stan Kenton Orchestra ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ music producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Piero Patti, Sicily, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Sherman Oaks, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Darius Milhaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pete Rugolo Description of subject: Pete Rugolo was an Italian-born American jazz composer, arranger, and bandleader known for his innovative work with Stan Kenton and for scoring numerous film and television projects.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.