Robert White

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American musician guitarist human session musician

Robert White was an American guitarist best known for his work as a key session musician with Motown’s house band, the Funk Brothers, contributing to numerous classic soul and R&B recordings.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Robert White canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7287976 — 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: Robert White
Context triple: [The Funk Brothers, notableMember, Robert White]

A. Robert White
Robert White was a U.S. Air Force test pilot renowned for his record-setting high-speed, high-altitude flights that helped push the boundaries of manned spaceflight.
B. Stephen M. White
Stephen M. White was a prominent late-19th-century California politician and U.S. Senator known for his influential role in securing the development of the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro.
C. Kevin White
Kevin White was a prominent American politician who served as the long-time mayor of Boston from 1968 to 1984.
D. Kevin White
Kevin White is a musician best known for having been an early member of the American punk rock band Rise Against.
E. Bob Whitehead
Bob Whitehead is a pioneering video game designer and programmer best known as one of the co-founders of Activision and an influential early developer for the Atari 2600.
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: Robert White
Target entity description: Robert White was an American guitarist best known for his work as a key session musician with Motown’s house band, the Funk Brothers, contributing to numerous classic soul and R&B recordings.

A. Robert White
Robert White was a U.S. Air Force test pilot renowned for his record-setting high-speed, high-altitude flights that helped push the boundaries of manned spaceflight.
B. Stephen M. White
Stephen M. White was a prominent late-19th-century California politician and U.S. Senator known for his influential role in securing the development of the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro.
C. Kevin White
Kevin White was a prominent American politician who served as the long-time mayor of Boston from 1968 to 1984.
D. Kevin White
Kevin White is a musician best known for having been an early member of the American punk rock band Rise Against.
E. Bob Whitehead
Bob Whitehead is a pioneering video game designer and programmer best known as one of the co-founders of Activision and an influential early developer for the Atari 2600.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ session musician ⓘ
activeIn	recording studios in Detroit ⓘ
associatedAct	Motown Records ⓘ linked to: Motown The Funk Brothers ⓘ
basedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	Motown Records ⓘ linked to: Motown
fieldOfWork	music performance ⓘ recording sessions ⓘ
genre	Motown sound ⓘ linked to: Motown R&B ⓘ soul ⓘ
instrument	guitar ⓘ
memberOf	The Funk Brothers ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to numerous classic R&B recordings ⓘ contributions to numerous classic soul recordings ⓘ key session musician with Motown’s house band ⓘ
notableWork	classic R&B recordings for Motown ⓘ classic soul recordings for Motown ⓘ session work for Motown Records ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ session musician ⓘ
partOf	Motown house band ⓘ
recordLabel	Motown Records ⓘ linked to: Motown
workLocation	Detroit, Michigan ⓘ linked to: Detroit