Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
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"Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)" is a classic 1930 country song by Jimmie Rodgers that became highly influential in both country and blues music.
All labels observed (1)
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| Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5199160 — 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: Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Context triple: [Jimmie Rodgers, notableWork, Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)]
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A.
Blue Yodel No. 2
"Blue Yodel No. 2" is a classic early country and blues-influenced song by Jimmie Rodgers that helped define his signature yodeling style and shape the development of country music.
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B.
Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" is a pioneering 1927 country song by Jimmie Rodgers that popularized the blue yodel style and became one of his signature recordings.
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C.
Dirt Road Blues
"Dirt Road Blues" is a gritty, up-tempo blues track by Bob Dylan from his acclaimed late-career comeback album *Time Out of Mind*.
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D.
Blue & Lonesome
Blue & Lonesome is a 2016 studio album by The Rolling Stones that features raw, back-to-basics blues covers paying tribute to the American blues artists who inspired the band.
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E.
The Blue Yodeler
The Blue Yodeler is the nickname of pioneering American country singer Jimmie Rodgers, famed for blending traditional folk with distinctive yodeling and helping shape early country music.
- 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: Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Target entity description: "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)" is a classic 1930 country song by Jimmie Rodgers that became highly influential in both country and blues music.
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A.
Blue Yodel No. 2
"Blue Yodel No. 2" is a classic early country and blues-influenced song by Jimmie Rodgers that helped define his signature yodeling style and shape the development of country music.
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B.
Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)
"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" is a pioneering 1927 country song by Jimmie Rodgers that popularized the blue yodel style and became one of his signature recordings.
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C.
Dirt Road Blues
"Dirt Road Blues" is a gritty, up-tempo blues track by Bob Dylan from his acclaimed late-career comeback album *Time Out of Mind*.
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D.
Blue & Lonesome
Blue & Lonesome is a 2016 studio album by The Rolling Stones that features raw, back-to-basics blues covers paying tribute to the American blues artists who inspired the band.
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E.
The Blue Yodeler
The Blue Yodeler is the nickname of pioneering American country singer Jimmie Rodgers, famed for blending traditional folk with distinctive yodeling and helping shape early country music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Blue Yodel #8
NERFINISHED
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Mule Skinner Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1930s ⓘ |
| featuresVocalStyle | yodel ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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country ⓘ hillbilly music ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
classic of early country music
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highly influential recording ⓘ standard in bluegrass repertoire ⓘ standard in country repertoire ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
bluegrass music
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blues music ⓘ country music ⓘ honky-tonk ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover |
Bill Monroe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doc Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Dolly Parton NERFINISHED ⓘ George Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Lonnie Donegan NERFINISHED ⓘ Merle Haggard NERFINISHED ⓘ Odetta NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Acuff NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fendermen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Osborne Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Morrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQuality | yodeling ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
blues tradition
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work songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
labor
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mule skinner ⓘ work songs ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedIn | 1930 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Blue Yodel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesOrdinal | 8 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Description of subject: "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)" is a classic 1930 country song by Jimmie Rodgers that became highly influential in both country and blues music.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.