The J. Geils Band
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The J. Geils Band was an American rock group best known for its energetic blues-rock sound and hit songs like "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The J. Geils Band canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9091681 — 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 J. Geils Band Context triple: [Bill Szymczyk, workedWithArtist, The J. Geils Band]
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A.
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show was an American rock band of the 1970s known for their humorous, storytelling songs and close association with songwriter Shel Silverstein.
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B.
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in the 1970s, known for blending power pop and hard rock and for hits like "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender."
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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 James Gang
The James Gang is a British crime-comedy film featuring John Hannah in a leading role as part of a dysfunctional family of small-time crooks.
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E.
The Smithereens
The Smithereens are an American rock band known for their melodic, guitar-driven power pop sound that gained prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.
- 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 J. Geils Band Target entity description: The J. Geils Band was an American rock group best known for its energetic blues-rock sound and hit songs like "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks."
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A.
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show was an American rock band of the 1970s known for their humorous, storytelling songs and close association with songwriter Shel Silverstein.
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B.
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in the 1970s, known for blending power pop and hard rock and for hits like "I Want You to Want Me" and "Surrender."
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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 James Gang
The James Gang is a British crime-comedy film featuring John Hannah in a leading role as part of a dysfunctional family of small-time crooks.
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E.
The Smithereens
The Smithereens are an American rock band known for their melodic, guitar-driven power pop sound that gained prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | rock band ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd |
1985
ⓘ
2015 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart |
1967
ⓘ
1999 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
J. Geils
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jay Geils NERFINISHED ⓘ Magic Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ The Del Fuegos NERFINISHED ⓘ The Uptown Horns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartSuccess |
Centerfold reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freeze-Frame reached the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Stinks became a rock radio staple ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | The J. Geils Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ boogie rock ⓘ hard rock ⓘ new wave ⓘ pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Danny Klein
NERFINISHED
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Duke Levine NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Geils NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe “Mama” Besser NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ Magic Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty Grebb NERFINISHED ⓘ Marty Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitch Chakour NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Wolf NERFINISHED ⓘ Seth Justman NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Jo Bladd NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Bladd ⓘ Tom Arey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
MTV-era hits in the early 1980s
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blues-rock sound ⓘ energetic live performances ⓘ |
| liveAlbum |
Blow Your Face Out
NERFINISHED
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Full House NERFINISHED ⓘ Showtime! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Angel in Blue
NERFINISHED
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Centerfold NERFINISHED ⓘ Come Back NERFINISHED ⓘ Flamethrower NERFINISHED ⓘ Freeze-Frame NERFINISHED ⓘ Give It to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Looking for a Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Stinks NERFINISHED ⓘ Must of Got Lost NERFINISHED ⓘ One Last Kiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Whammer Jammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Angel in Blue
NERFINISHED
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Centerfold NERFINISHED ⓘ Come Back NERFINISHED ⓘ Flamethrower NERFINISHED ⓘ Freeze-Frame NERFINISHED ⓘ Give It to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ I Do NERFINISHED ⓘ Looking for a Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Stinks NERFINISHED ⓘ Must of Got Lost NERFINISHED ⓘ One Last Kiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Whammer Jammer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| origin | Worcester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
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EMI America Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Magic Dick & Jay Geils Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhino Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioAlbum |
Bloodshot
NERFINISHED
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Freeze-Frame NERFINISHED ⓘ Hotline NERFINISHED ⓘ Ladies Invited NERFINISHED ⓘ Love Stinks NERFINISHED ⓘ Monkey Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Nightmares…and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ The J. Geils Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Morning After NERFINISHED ⓘ You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: The J. Geils Band Description of subject: The J. Geils Band was an American rock group best known for its energetic blues-rock sound and hit songs like "Centerfold" and "Love Stinks."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.