James E. Myers

E868198

human music publisher song songwriter

James E. Myers was an American songwriter and music publisher best known for co-writing the pioneering rock and roll hit "Rock Around the Clock."

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
James E. Myers canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3819557 — 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: James E. Myers
Context triple: [Rock Around the Clock (early seasons), composer, James E. Myers]

A. Charles A. Myers
Charles A. Myers was an American economist and labor relations scholar known for his influential work on industrial relations and collaboration with fellow academic Clark Kerr.
B. James L. Wilmeth
James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
C. James H. Morris
James H. Morris is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the Knuth–Morris–Pratt string-searching algorithm and for his contributions to programming languages and computer systems research.
D. Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
E. James R. Rice
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
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: James E. Myers
Target entity description: James E. Myers was an American songwriter and music publisher best known for co-writing the pioneering rock and roll hit "Rock Around the Clock."

A. Charles A. Myers
Charles A. Myers was an American economist and labor relations scholar known for his influential work on industrial relations and collaboration with fellow academic Clark Kerr.
B. James L. Wilmeth
James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
C. James H. Morris
James H. Morris is an American computer scientist best known for co-developing the Knuth–Morris–Pratt string-searching algorithm and for his contributions to programming languages and computer systems research.
D. Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
E. James R. Rice
James R. Rice is a prominent American engineer and applied mechanician renowned for his foundational contributions to fracture mechanics and solid mechanics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ music publisher ⓘ song ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock ⓘ linked to: Rock Around the Clock Jimmy DeKnight ⓘ
areaOfActivity	music publishing ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
coWrote	Rock Around the Clock ⓘ
creativeWork	musical compositions ⓘ song lyrics ⓘ
fieldOfWork	music publishing ⓘ popular music ⓘ
genre	rock and roll ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ
hasComposer	James E. Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ Max C. Freedman ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
hasLyricist	James E. Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	music industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
notableFor	co-writing the rock and roll hit "Rock Around the Clock" ⓘ
notableWork	Rock Around the Clock ⓘ
occupation	music publisher ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
workedIn	United States of America ⓘ