Ain't That a Shame
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"Ain't That a Shame" is a 1955 rhythm and blues song by Fats Domino that became one of his signature hits and a rock and roll standard.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ain't That a Shame canonical | 1 |
| Ain't That a Shame (live cover) | 1 |
| Ain’t That a Shame (cover) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5080813 — 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: Ain't That a Shame Context triple: [Fats Domino, notableWork, Ain't That a Shame]
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A.
It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me
"It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their 1985 album *Southern Accents*, blending rock with Southern-influenced storytelling.
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B.
Honey Don’t
"Honey Don’t" is a rockabilly song written and first recorded by Carl Perkins that became a rock and roll standard, later famously covered by The Beatles.
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C.
You Know I'm No Good
"You Know I'm No Good" is a soulful, jazz-inflected R&B song by Amy Winehouse that showcases her raw vocals and confessional lyrics about infidelity and self-sabotage.
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D.
I Cain't Say No
"I Cain't Say No" is a humorous and flirtatious song sung by the character Ado Annie in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.
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E.
Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do
"Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do" is a classic early 20th-century blues song, popularized by Bessie Smith, that asserts personal independence and defiance of social judgment.
- 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: Ain't That a Shame Target entity description: "Ain't That a Shame" is a 1955 rhythm and blues song by Fats Domino that became one of his signature hits and a rock and roll standard.
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A.
It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me
"It Ain’t Nothin’ to Me" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their 1985 album *Southern Accents*, blending rock with Southern-influenced storytelling.
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B.
Honey Don’t
"Honey Don’t" is a rockabilly song written and first recorded by Carl Perkins that became a rock and roll standard, later famously covered by The Beatles.
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C.
You Know I'm No Good
"You Know I'm No Good" is a soulful, jazz-inflected R&B song by Amy Winehouse that showcases her raw vocals and confessional lyrics about infidelity and self-sabotage.
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D.
I Cain't Say No
"I Cain't Say No" is a humorous and flirtatious song sung by the character Ado Annie in the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!.
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E.
Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do
"Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do" is a classic early 20th-century blues song, popularized by Bessie Smith, that asserts personal independence and defiance of social judgment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ain't It a Shame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Imperial Records catalog
ⓘ
New Orleans R&B scene ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
hit on US R&B charts
ⓘ
hit on US pop charts ⓘ |
| composer |
Dave Bartholomew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fats Domino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1950s popular music ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass
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drums ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| genre |
rhythm and blues
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rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion | Pat Boone version of Ain't That a Shame ⓘ |
| hasForm | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
considered a classic of early rock and roll
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frequently included in oldies and rock and roll compilations ⓘ |
| hasMusicalKey | major key ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | backbeat-oriented rhythm ⓘ |
| hasTempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Ain't That a Shame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType |
rock and roll standard
ⓘ
signature song ⓘ |
| includedIn | Fats Domino live performance repertoire ⓘ |
| influenced | early rock and roll music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Dave Bartholomew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fats Domino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Fats Domino's signature hits ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Fats Domino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Fats Domino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Dave Bartholomew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Imperial Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romantic heartbreak ⓘ |
| vocalist | Fats Domino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | Fats Domino vocal style ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ain't That a Shame Description of subject: "Ain't That a Shame" is a 1955 rhythm and blues song by Fats Domino that became one of his signature hits and a rock and roll standard.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ain’t That a Shame (cover)
this entity surface form:
Ain't That a Shame (live cover)