S.O.S. Band
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The S.O.S. Band is an American R&B and electro-funk group best known for their early-1980s hits like "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and their influential, polished sound.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The S.O.S. Band | 2 |
| S.O.S. Band canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6278541 — 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: S.O.S. Band Context triple: [Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, associatedAct, S.O.S. Band]
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A.
Goldman Band
The Goldman Band was a prominent American concert band based in New York City, renowned for its outdoor performances and contributions to the popularization of band music in the 20th century.
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B.
Ione Band
Ione Band is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Miwok people based in Amador County, California.
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C.
The James Gang
The James Gang was an American rock band formed in the late 1960s, best known for its hard rock sound and for launching guitarist Joe Walsh’s career.
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D.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
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E.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American jazz-rock band known for its innovative fusion of rock, jazz, and soul, and for hits like "Spinning Wheel" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy."
- 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: S.O.S. Band Target entity description: The S.O.S. Band is an American R&B and electro-funk group best known for their early-1980s hits like "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and their influential, polished sound.
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A.
Goldman Band
The Goldman Band was a prominent American concert band based in New York City, renowned for its outdoor performances and contributions to the popularization of band music in the 20th century.
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B.
Ione Band
Ione Band is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Miwok people based in Amador County, California.
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C.
The James Gang
The James Gang was an American rock band formed in the late 1960s, best known for its hard rock sound and for launching guitarist Joe Walsh’s career.
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D.
The Hot Band
The Hot Band was Emmylou Harris’s acclaimed backing group in the 1970s, known for its virtuoso country-rock musicians and influential role in shaping her signature sound.
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E.
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American jazz-rock band known for its innovative fusion of rock, jazz, and soul, and for hits like "Spinning Wheel" and "You've Made Me So Very Happy."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | musical group ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1977 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Sounds of Success Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tabu Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartSuccess | Take Your Time (Do It Right) reached high positions on R&B and pop charts in the early 1980s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | S.O.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
boogie ⓘ electro-funk ⓘ funk ⓘ post-disco ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
contemporary R&B
ⓘ
electro-funk ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Just the Way You Like It NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Rise NERFINISHED ⓘ S.O.S. NERFINISHED ⓘ Sands of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ Too NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Billy Ellis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bruno Speight NERFINISHED ⓘ James Earl Jones III NERFINISHED ⓘ Jason Bryant NERFINISHED ⓘ John Alexander Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie “Sonny” Killebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
High Hopes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Just Be Good to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Take Your Time (Do It Right) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Me If You Still Care NERFINISHED ⓘ The Finest NERFINISHED ⓘ Weekend Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
High Hopes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Just Be Good to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Take Your Time (Do It Right) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Me If You Still Care NERFINISHED ⓘ The Finest NERFINISHED ⓘ Weekend Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Tabu Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
dance-oriented R&B sound
ⓘ
polished production ⓘ synth-heavy arrangements ⓘ |
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: S.O.S. Band Description of subject: The S.O.S. Band is an American R&B and electro-funk group best known for their early-1980s hits like "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and their influential, polished sound.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The S.O.S. Band
this entity surface form:
The S.O.S. Band