Joe Meek
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Joe Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter known for his innovative studio techniques and influential early 1960s pop and experimental recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joe Meek canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10462663 — 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: Joe Meek Context triple: [Bad Penny Blues, producer, Joe Meek]
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A.
Don Robey
Don Robey was an influential American record executive and founder of Peacock and Duke Records, known for shaping mid-20th-century rhythm and blues and gospel music.
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B.
Denny Cordell
Denny Cordell was a British record producer best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with artists such as Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, and The Moody Blues.
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C.
Gus Dudgeon
Gus Dudgeon was a British record producer best known for his extensive work with Elton John, shaping the sound of many of the singer’s classic early albums.
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D.
Chris Blackwell
Chris Blackwell is a British-Jamaican music executive and founder of Island Records, renowned for bringing reggae and artists like Bob Marley to international prominence.
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E.
Ted Templeman
Ted Templeman is an American record producer best known for his work with artists like Van Halen, the Doobie Brothers, and Van Morrison.
- 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: Joe Meek Target entity description: Joe Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter known for his innovative studio techniques and influential early 1960s pop and experimental recordings.
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A.
Don Robey
Don Robey was an influential American record executive and founder of Peacock and Duke Records, known for shaping mid-20th-century rhythm and blues and gospel music.
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B.
Denny Cordell
Denny Cordell was a British record producer best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with artists such as Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, and The Moody Blues.
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C.
Gus Dudgeon
Gus Dudgeon was a British record producer best known for his extensive work with Elton John, shaping the sound of many of the singer’s classic early albums.
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D.
Chris Blackwell
Chris Blackwell is a British-Jamaican music executive and founder of Island Records, renowned for bringing reggae and artists like Bob Marley to international prominence.
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E.
Ted Templeman
Ted Templeman is an American record producer best known for his work with artists like Van Halen, the Doobie Brothers, and Van Morrison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English person
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audio engineer ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1967 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950 ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1929-04-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Newent, Gloucestershire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1967-02-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Holloway, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedLabel | Triumph Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert George Meek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental music
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instrumental rock ⓘ pop ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ space age pop ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influenced |
British pop music
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electronic music ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early 1960s pop productions
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innovative studio techniques ⓘ pioneering overdubbing and compression ⓘ use of homemade electronic effects ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| nickname | Joe Meek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Have I the Right?
NERFINISHED
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I Hear a New World NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Remember Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Telstar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
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record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ sound engineer ⓘ |
| operatedStudioAt | 304 Holloway Road, London ⓘ |
| posthumousRecognition | regarded as a pioneer of independent record production ⓘ |
| producedForArtist |
Heinz Burt
NERFINISHED
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John Leyton NERFINISHED ⓘ Screaming Lord Sutch NERFINISHED ⓘ The Honeycombs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tornados NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| studioName | RGM Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
A Life in the Death of Joe Meek
NERFINISHED
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Telstar: The Joe Meek Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteSong |
Have I the Right?
NERFINISHED
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Johnny Remember Me NERFINISHED ⓘ Telstar 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: Joe Meek Description of subject: Joe Meek was a pioneering English record producer and songwriter known for his innovative studio techniques and influential early 1960s pop and experimental recordings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bad Penny Blues