Lonely Teardrops
E796183
"Lonely Teardrops" is a 1958 rhythm and blues hit single by Jackie Wilson that became one of his signature songs and a classic of early soul music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lonely Teardrops canonical | 3 |
| Lonely Teardrops (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9391234 — 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: Lonely Teardrops Context triple: [Jackie Wilson, notableWork, Lonely Teardrops]
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A.
So Many Tears
"So Many Tears" is a reflective and emotionally charged song by Tupac Shakur that explores themes of pain, loss, and inner turmoil.
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B.
So Lonely
"So Lonely" is a 1978 reggae-influenced rock song by the British band The Police, known for its catchy melody and themes of isolation and heartache.
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C.
Cry to Me
"Cry to Me" is a soulful rhythm and blues song best known for Solomon Burke’s 1962 recording, which became a classic of early soul music.
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D.
The Tracks of My Tears
"The Tracks of My Tears" is a classic 1965 soul ballad by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, celebrated for its poignant lyrics and emotive vocal performance.
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E.
As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
- 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: Lonely Teardrops Target entity description: "Lonely Teardrops" is a 1958 rhythm and blues hit single by Jackie Wilson that became one of his signature songs and a classic of early soul music.
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A.
So Many Tears
"So Many Tears" is a reflective and emotionally charged song by Tupac Shakur that explores themes of pain, loss, and inner turmoil.
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B.
So Lonely
"So Lonely" is a 1978 reggae-influenced rock song by the British band The Police, known for its catchy melody and themes of isolation and heartache.
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C.
Cry to Me
"Cry to Me" is a soulful rhythm and blues song best known for Solomon Burke’s 1962 recording, which became a classic of early soul music.
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D.
The Tracks of My Tears
"The Tracks of My Tears" is a classic 1965 soul ballad by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, celebrated for its poignant lyrics and emotive vocal performance.
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E.
As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
US Billboard Hot 100 number 7
ⓘ
US R&B chart number 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
doo-wop
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| hasBside | In the Blue of Evening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Brian Hyland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Ruffin NERFINISHED ⓘ K.D. Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ Narvel Felts NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dells NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVocalFeature | falsetto passages by Jackie Wilson ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
heartbreak
ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ lost love ⓘ |
| includedIn | Jackie Wilson’s live performance repertoire ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Motown sound ⓘ |
| isClassicOf | early soul music ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Jackie Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2:45 ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedAs | single by Brunswick Records ⓘ |
| performer | Jackie Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Dick Jacobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Jackie Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Brunswick Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| writer |
Berry Gordy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gwen Gordy NERFINISHED ⓘ Roquel "Billy" Davis 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: Lonely Teardrops Description of subject: "Lonely Teardrops" is a 1958 rhythm and blues hit single by Jackie Wilson that became one of his signature songs and a classic of early soul music.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lonely Teardrops (album)