Walkin' in the Rain
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"Walkin' in the Rain" is a 1964 pop ballad made popular by the American rock and roll group Jay and the Americans, known for its lush orchestration and romantic lyrics.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walkin' in the Rain canonical | 4 |
| Walkin’ in the Rain | 2 |
| Just Walkin' in the Rain | 1 |
| Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love reached the Billboard Hot 100 top 20 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8705722 — 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: Walkin' in the Rain Context triple: [Jay and the Americans, notableWork, Walkin' in the Rain]
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A.
Crying in the Rain
"Crying in the Rain" is a bluesy hard rock song by the English band Whitesnake, known for its emotive vocals, guitar-driven sound, and multiple re-recorded versions across the band’s career.
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B.
Crying in the Rain
"Crying in the Rain" is a classic pop song, best known in its 1962 hit recording by the Everly Brothers, co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
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C.
Let It Rain
"Let It Rain" is a blues-rock song by Eric Clapton, co-written with Bonnie Bramlett, known for its soaring guitar work and status as one of Clapton’s early solo signature tracks.
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D.
Walking in the Rain
"Walking in the Rain" is a song by the British rock band Exodus, known for its heavy guitar riffs and atmospheric, rain-themed lyrics.
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E.
Here’s That Rainy Day
"Here’s That Rainy Day" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, renowned for its melancholic melody and enduring presence in the Great American Songbook.
- 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: Walkin' in the Rain Target entity description: "Walkin' in the Rain" is a 1964 pop ballad made popular by the American rock and roll group Jay and the Americans, known for its lush orchestration and romantic lyrics.
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A.
Crying in the Rain
"Crying in the Rain" is a classic pop song, best known in its 1962 hit recording by the Everly Brothers, co-written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
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B.
Crying in the Rain
"Crying in the Rain" is a bluesy hard rock song by the English band Whitesnake, known for its emotive vocals, guitar-driven sound, and multiple re-recorded versions across the band’s career.
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C.
Let It Rain
"Let It Rain" is a blues-rock song by Eric Clapton, co-written with Bonnie Bramlett, known for its soaring guitar work and status as one of Clapton’s early solo signature tracks.
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D.
Walking in the Rain
"Walking in the Rain" is a song by the British rock band Exodus, known for its heavy guitar riffs and atmospheric, rain-themed lyrics.
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E.
Here’s That Rainy Day
"Here’s That Rainy Day" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, renowned for its melancholic melody and enduring presence in the Great American Songbook.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
pop
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pop ballad ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
lush orchestration
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romantic lyrics ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Walkin' in the Rain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| madePopularBy | Jay and the Americans ⓘ |
| notableFor | romantic pop ballad style ⓘ |
| performer | Jay and the Americans ⓘ |
| performerType | American rock and roll group ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
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: Walkin' in the Rain Description of subject: "Walkin' in the Rain" is a 1964 pop ballad made popular by the American rock and roll group Jay and the Americans, known for its lush orchestration and romantic lyrics.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Walkin' in the Rain
Love Unlimited
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chartAchievement
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Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love reached the Billboard Hot 100 top 20
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linked to: Walkin' in the Rain
linked to: Walkin' in the Rain
linked to: Walkin' in the Rain