Disciples of Soul
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Disciples of Soul is the backing band led by E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, known for its blend of rock, soul, and R&B.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Disciples of Soul | 2 |
| Disciples of Soul canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9042377 — 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: Disciples of Soul Context triple: [Soulfire, contributor, Disciples of Soul]
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A.
Society of Soul
Society of Soul is a hip hop collective and production group associated with Atlanta’s Dungeon Family, known for their soulful, experimental Southern rap sound.
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B.
Sons of Soul
Sons of Soul is a critically acclaimed 1993 R&B album by Tony! Toni! Toné! that blends classic soul influences with contemporary new jack swing and helped define the group’s signature sound.
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C.
The Bar-Kays
The Bar-Kays are an American soul and funk band from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for their work as a backing group for Stax Records artists and for hits like "Soul Finger."
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D.
Sons of Funk
Sons of Funk is an American R&B group best known for their work with Master P’s No Limit Records in the late 1990s, including the hit single “Pushin’ Inside You.”
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E.
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul is a British musical collective best known for its influential late-1980s and early-1990s blend of R&B, soul, and dance music, including the hit "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)."
- 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: Disciples of Soul Target entity description: Disciples of Soul is the backing band led by E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, known for its blend of rock, soul, and R&B.
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A.
Society of Soul
Society of Soul is a hip hop collective and production group associated with Atlanta’s Dungeon Family, known for their soulful, experimental Southern rap sound.
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B.
Sons of Soul
Sons of Soul is a critically acclaimed 1993 R&B album by Tony! Toni! Toné! that blends classic soul influences with contemporary new jack swing and helped define the group’s signature sound.
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C.
The Bar-Kays
The Bar-Kays are an American soul and funk band from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for their work as a backing group for Stax Records artists and for hits like "Soul Finger."
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D.
Sons of Funk
Sons of Funk is an American R&B group best known for their work with Master P’s No Limit Records in the late 1990s, including the hit single “Pushin’ Inside You.”
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E.
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul is a British musical collective best known for its influential late-1980s and early-1990s blend of R&B, soul, and dance music, including the hit "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | backing band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
ⓘ
2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
E Street Band
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | Men Without Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedAsBackingBandFor | Little Steven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
rhythm and blues
ⓘ
rock ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasEP | Macca to Mecca! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiveAlbum | Soulfire Live! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cindy Mizelle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dino Danelli NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Manion NERFINISHED ⓘ Everett Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Beauvoir NERFINISHED ⓘ Lowell "Banana" Levinger NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Ribler NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Weinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
blue-eyed soul
ⓘ
heartland rock ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
1960s soul music
ⓘ
garage rock ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| leader | Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Bitter Fruit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Forever NERFINISHED ⓘ I Am a Patriot NERFINISHED ⓘ Out of the Darkness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Freedom – No Compromise
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Men Without Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Soulfire NERFINISHED ⓘ Summer of Sorcery NERFINISHED ⓘ Voice of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EMI
ⓘ
Universal Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touringBandFor | Steven Van Zandt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Disciples of Soul Description of subject: Disciples of Soul is the backing band led by E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, known for its blend of rock, soul, and R&B.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Disciples of Soul
this entity surface form:
the Disciples of Soul