The Ballad of Jed Clampett

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song television theme song

"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" is a bluegrass-style country song by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs that narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Clampett family and serves as the iconic theme for the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Ballad of Jed Clampett canonical	8
The Beverly Hillbillies theme	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9829532 — 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 Ballad of Jed Clampett
Context triple: [The Beverly Hillbillies, openingTheme, The Ballad of Jed Clampett]

A. Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
B. The Singing Buckaroo
The Singing Buckaroo is a 1937 American Western musical film featuring a singing cowboy hero and co-starring actress Joan Barclay.
C. Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
D. Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty is a 1965 studio album showcasing British singer Dusty Springfield's blend of pop, soul, and dramatic ballads at the height of her early career.
E. Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
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 Ballad of Jed Clampett
Target entity description: "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" is a bluegrass-style country song by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs that narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Clampett family and serves as the iconic theme for the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.

A. Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
B. The Singing Buckaroo
The Singing Buckaroo is a 1937 American Western musical film featuring a singing cowboy hero and co-starring actress Joan Barclay.
C. Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
D. Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty is a 1965 studio album showcasing British singer Dusty Springfield's blend of pop, soul, and dramatic ballads at the height of her early career.
E. Song of the Dusty Trail
"Song of the Dusty Trail" is a Western-themed song featured in the 1938 singing-cowboy film *Under Western Stars*, starring Roy Rogers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ television theme song ⓘ
associatedGenre	television music ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Elly May Clampett ⓘ Granny Clampett ⓘ linked to: Clampett Jed Clampett ⓘ Jethro Bodine ⓘ
associatedWithWork	The Beverly Hillbillies ⓘ linked to: The Beverly Hillbillies television show
basedOnSetting	Beverly Hills, California ⓘ linked to: Beverly Hills rural American South ⓘ
composer	Earl Scruggs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalRole	iconic TV theme song ⓘ
describes	discovery of oil ⓘ move from rural area to Beverly Hills ⓘ rags-to-riches story ⓘ
genre	bluegrass ⓘ country ⓘ
hasMainTheme	rural identity in urban setting ⓘ social mobility ⓘ unexpected fortune ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective	third-person omniscient ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	banjo accompaniment ⓘ narrated vocal delivery ⓘ storytelling lyrics ⓘ
hasNotableInstrumentation	acoustic guitar ⓘ banjo ⓘ upright bass ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter	Jed Clampett ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Paul Henning ⓘ
medium	television ⓘ
musicStyle	traditional bluegrass ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Clampett family ⓘ linked to: Clampett Jed Clampett ⓘ
originalNetworkContext	CBS ⓘ
partOfFranchise	The Beverly Hillbillies franchise ⓘ
performer	Earl Scruggs ⓘ Flatt and Scruggs ⓘ Lester Flatt ⓘ
style	bluegrass-style country ⓘ
subjectMatter	culture clash between rural life and Beverly Hills ⓘ sudden wealth from oil discovery ⓘ
usedAsThemeFor	The Beverly Hillbillies ⓘ linked to: The Beverly Hillbillies television show
usedInClosingCreditsOf	The Beverly Hillbillies ⓘ linked to: The Beverly Hillbillies television show
usedInOpeningCreditsOf	The Beverly Hillbillies ⓘ linked to: The Beverly Hillbillies television show

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Beverly Hillbillies → openingTheme → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

subject linked to: The Beverly Hillbillies television show

Earl Scruggs → notableWork → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

Earl Scruggs → notablePerformance → The Beverly Hillbillies theme ⓘ

linked to: The Ballad of Jed Clampett

Flatt and Scruggs → notableWork → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

Flatt and Scruggs → notableSong → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

Lester Flatt → notableWork → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

Lester Flatt → notableSong → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

Jerry Scoggins → notableWork → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

Jerry Scoggins → performerOf → The Ballad of Jed Clampett ⓘ

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