Bruce Langhorne
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Bruce Langhorne was an American folk musician and session guitarist best known for his influential work with Bob Dylan and other 1960s folk artists, as well as for composing acclaimed film scores.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bruce Langhorne canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6292555 — 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: Bruce Langhorne Context triple: [The Hired Hand, composer, Bruce Langhorne]
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A.
Bucky Harris
Bucky Harris was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager and second baseman best known for leading the Washington Senators to the 1924 World Series championship as their young player-manager.
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B.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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C.
Hank Booth
Hank Booth is a recurring character on the television series "Bones," known as Seeley Booth's grandfather and a former Army veteran.
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D.
Max O’Hara
Max O’Hara is a fast-talking, ambitious showman and nightclub promoter who brings the giant gorilla Joe to Hollywood in the 1949 adventure film "Mighty Joe Young."
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E.
Bill Calhoun
Bill Calhoun is a charming, gambling-prone dancer and actor who serves as one of the principal comic romantic leads in the musical "Kiss Me, Kate."
- 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: Bruce Langhorne Target entity description: Bruce Langhorne was an American folk musician and session guitarist best known for his influential work with Bob Dylan and other 1960s folk artists, as well as for composing acclaimed film scores.
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A.
Bucky Harris
Bucky Harris was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager and second baseman best known for leading the Washington Senators to the 1924 World Series championship as their young player-manager.
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B.
Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Tennessee in the late 1970s and became notorious for a clemency scandal involving the controversial pardoning of prisoners.
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C.
Hank Booth
Hank Booth is a recurring character on the television series "Bones," known as Seeley Booth's grandfather and a former Army veteran.
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D.
Max O’Hara
Max O’Hara is a fast-talking, ambitious showman and nightclub promoter who brings the giant gorilla Joe to Hollywood in the 1949 adventure film "Mighty Joe Young."
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E.
Bill Calhoun
Bill Calhoun is a charming, gambling-prone dancer and actor who serves as one of the principal comic romantic leads in the musical "Kiss Me, Kate."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsPeak | 1960s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 1950s ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Greenwich Village folk scene
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linked to:
New York City folk scene
New York City ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | kidney failure ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-05-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-04-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
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linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Langhorne ⓘ |
| genre |
folk music
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folk rock ⓘ |
| givenName | Bruce ⓘ |
| handicap | partially lost right-hand fingers in childhood accident ⓘ |
| influenced |
American folk music
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Bob Dylan’s electric period ⓘ |
| instrument |
acoustic guitar
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electric guitar ⓘ guitar ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the model for the character Mr. Tambourine Man in Bob Dylan’s song
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composing atmospheric film scores ⓘ distinctive lead guitar work in 1960s folk recordings ⓘ |
| movement | 1960s American folk music revival ⓘ |
| name | Bruce Langhorne ⓘ |
| notableRole | session guitarist on Bob Dylan recordings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album The Hired Hand (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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film score for The Hired Hand ⓘ inspiration for Bob Dylan’s song Mr. Tambourine Man ⓘ soundtrack for the film The Hired Hand ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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film score composer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ musician ⓘ session musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Bob Dylan
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Joan Baez ⓘ Odetta ⓘ Peter Fonda ⓘ Richard Fariña ⓘ Tom Paxton ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Bruce Langhorne Description of subject: Bruce Langhorne was an American folk musician and session guitarist best known for his influential work with Bob Dylan and other 1960s folk artists, as well as for composing acclaimed film scores.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.