The Commodores

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band funk band musical group soul band

The Commodores are an American funk and soul band best known for their 1970s and 1980s hits like “Brick House” and “Easy,” and for launching Lionel Richie’s career.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Commodores	61
The Commodores canonical	9
Commodores (former band of Lionel Richie)	2
Commodores discography	2
Commodores (through Lionel Richie’s career)	1
Lionel Richie & The Commodores	1
Motown group Commodores	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T479724 — 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: The Commodores
Context triple: [Motown, launchedCareerOf, The Commodores]

A. Commodores
The Commodores are the athletic teams representing Vanderbilt University in NCAA Division I sports, particularly known for their participation in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
B. The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band was a pioneering American rock group known for blending blues, jazz, and country into a distinctive Southern rock sound and for their influential improvisational live performances.
C. Aerosmith
Aerosmith is a legendary American rock band formed in the 1970s, known for their blues-influenced hard rock sound and hits like "Dream On," "Sweet Emotion," and "Walk This Way."
D. O Street
O Street is a notable thoroughfare in Sacramento, California, known in part for being home to the Crocker Art Museum.
E. Journey
Journey is an American rock band formed in the 1970s, best known for their arena rock anthems like "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Any Way You Want It."
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: The Commodores
Target entity description: The Commodores are an American funk and soul band best known for their 1970s and 1980s hits like “Brick House” and “Easy,” and for launching Lionel Richie’s career.

A. Commodores
The Commodores are the athletic teams representing Vanderbilt University in NCAA Division I sports, particularly known for their participation in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
B. The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band was a pioneering American rock group known for blending blues, jazz, and country into a distinctive Southern rock sound and for their influential improvisational live performances.
C. Aerosmith
Aerosmith is a legendary American rock band formed in the 1970s, known for their blues-influenced hard rock sound and hits like "Dream On," "Sweet Emotion," and "Walk This Way."
D. O Street
O Street is a notable thoroughfare in Sacramento, California, known in part for being home to the Crocker Art Museum.
E. Journey
Journey is an American rock band formed in the 1970s, best known for their arena rock anthems like "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Any Way You Want It."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	band ⓘ funk band ⓘ musical group ⓘ soul band ⓘ
activePeriod	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ
associatedAct	Lionel Richie ⓘ Motown ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formedIn	1968 ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ disco ⓘ funk ⓘ pop ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasHitSingle	Brick House ⓘ Easy ⓘ Nightshift ⓘ Sail On ⓘ Still ⓘ Three Times a Lady ⓘ
instrumentation	bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ guitars ⓘ horn section ⓘ keyboards ⓘ
member	J.D. Nicholas ⓘ James Dean Nicholas ⓘ Lionel Richie ⓘ Milan Williams ⓘ Ronald LaPread ⓘ Thomas McClary ⓘ Walter Orange ⓘ William King ⓘ
memberOf	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records
notableFor	launching Lionel Richie’s career ⓘ
notableWork	Brick House ⓘ Easy ⓘ Lady (You Bring Me Up) ⓘ Machine Gun ⓘ Nightshift ⓘ Sail On ⓘ Still ⓘ Three Times a Lady ⓘ Zoom ⓘ
placeOfFormation	Tuskegee, Alabama, United States ⓘ surface form: Tuskegee, Alabama
recordLabel	Atlantic Records ⓘ Motown ⓘ Polydor Records ⓘ
vocalStyle	group vocals ⓘ

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