Grace Slick

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human rock singer singer-songwriter

Grace Slick is an American singer-songwriter best known as the powerful lead vocalist of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and a key figure in the 1960s counterculture music scene.

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Label	Occurrences
Grace Slick canonical	30

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5364347 — 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: Grace Slick
Context triple: [Jefferson Airplane, notableMember, Grace Slick]

A. Kim Deal
Kim Deal is an American musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for the Pixies and the frontwoman of the alternative rock band The Breeders.
B. Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon is an influential American musician, visual artist, and writer best known as the bassist and vocalist of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth.
C. Judee Sill
Judee Sill was an American singer-songwriter of the early 1970s known for her intricate, spiritually themed folk-pop compositions and her status as one of the first artists on David Geffen’s Asylum Records label.
D. Tanya Donelly
Tanya Donelly is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for her work with influential alternative rock bands Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly, as well as her solo career.
E. Laetitia Sadier
Laetitia Sadier is a French musician and singer-songwriter best known as the vocalist and co-founder of the avant-pop band Stereolab.
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: Grace Slick
Target entity description: Grace Slick is an American singer-songwriter best known as the powerful lead vocalist of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and a key figure in the 1960s counterculture music scene.

A. Kim Deal
Kim Deal is an American musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for the Pixies and the frontwoman of the alternative rock band The Breeders.
B. Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon is an influential American musician, visual artist, and writer best known as the bassist and vocalist of the alternative rock band Sonic Youth.
C. Judee Sill
Judee Sill was an American singer-songwriter of the early 1970s known for her intricate, spiritually themed folk-pop compositions and her status as one of the first artists on David Geffen’s Asylum Records label.
D. Tanya Donelly
Tanya Donelly is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for her work with influential alternative rock bands Throwing Muses, The Breeders, and Belly, as well as her solo career.
E. Laetitia Sadier
Laetitia Sadier is a French musician and singer-songwriter best known as the vocalist and co-founder of the avant-pop band Stereolab.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ rock singer ⓘ singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1960s ⓘ
associatedAct	Jack Casady ⓘ Jorma Kaukonen ⓘ Marty Balin ⓘ Paul Kantner ⓘ Spencer Dryden ⓘ The Great Society ⓘ
birthName	Grace Barnett Wing ⓘ
child	China Kantner ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1939-10-30 ⓘ
familyName	Wing ⓘ
genre	acid rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ
givenName	Grace ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear	1996 ⓘ
instrument	vocals ⓘ
knownFor	influential role in San Francisco psychedelic music scene ⓘ powerful contralto voice ⓘ
memberOf	Jefferson Airplane ⓘ Jefferson Starship ⓘ Starship ⓘ
movement	1960s counterculture ⓘ
name	Grace Slick ⓘ
notableAward	inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as member of Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
notableEvent	performed at Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 with Jefferson Airplane ⓘ performed at Woodstock Festival in 1969 with Jefferson Airplane ⓘ
notableSongContribution	co-wrote White Rabbit ⓘ sang lead vocals on Somebody to Love ⓘ linked to: Somebody to Love
notableWork	Somebody to Love ⓘ White Rabbit ⓘ
occupation	musician ⓘ painter ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Evanston, Illinois, United States ⓘ linked to: Evanston, Illinois
recordLabel	RCA Records ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ
spouse	Jerry Slick ⓘ Skip Johnson ⓘ
vocalRole	lead vocalist ⓘ