Eddie Bo
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Eddie Bo was an American New Orleans R&B singer, pianist, and prolific songwriter known for his influential contributions to the city's funk and soul music scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Eddie Bo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10579825 — 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: Eddie Bo Context triple: [Slippin' and Slidin', originallyWrittenBy, Eddie Bo]
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A.
Luther Henderson
Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, and composer renowned for his influential work on Broadway and in jazz, collaborating with major artists and productions throughout the mid-20th century.
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B.
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas was an American R&B, funk, and soul singer, songwriter, and entertainer known for dance-themed hits like "Walking the Dog" and "Do the Funky Chicken."
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C.
Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson was an early New Orleans jazz trumpeter known for his influential yet under-recorded role in the development of traditional jazz and his later revival-era recordings in the 1940s.
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D.
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis was an influential American bandleader, songwriter, producer, and key figure in the development of rhythm and blues who helped launch the careers of numerous major artists.
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E.
Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons was an influential American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist renowned for his powerful, driving style and key role in popularizing boogie-woogie in the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Eddie Bo Target entity description: Eddie Bo was an American New Orleans R&B singer, pianist, and prolific songwriter known for his influential contributions to the city's funk and soul music scene.
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A.
Luther Henderson
Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, and composer renowned for his influential work on Broadway and in jazz, collaborating with major artists and productions throughout the mid-20th century.
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B.
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas was an American R&B, funk, and soul singer, songwriter, and entertainer known for dance-themed hits like "Walking the Dog" and "Do the Funky Chicken."
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C.
Bunk Johnson
Bunk Johnson was an early New Orleans jazz trumpeter known for his influential yet under-recorded role in the development of traditional jazz and his later revival-era recordings in the 1940s.
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D.
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis was an influential American bandleader, songwriter, producer, and key figure in the development of rhythm and blues who helped launch the careers of numerous major artists.
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E.
Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons was an influential American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist renowned for his powerful, driving style and key role in popularizing boogie-woogie in the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Edwin Bocage
NERFINISHED
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Little Eddie Bo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Orleans music scene
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The Meters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Edwin Joseph Bocage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-09-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-03-18 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Bocage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
New Orleans R&B
NERFINISHED
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funk ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| givenName | Edwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://www.eddiebo.com/ ⓘ |
| influenced | New Orleans funk musicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Huey "Piano" Smith
NERFINISHED
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Professor Longhair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Eddie Bo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to New Orleans funk
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prolific songwriting ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Check Your Bucket
NERFINISHED
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Every Dog Got His Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Hook and Sling NERFINISHED ⓘ Lover and a Friend NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
pianist
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record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Bo-Sound
NERFINISHED
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Nola Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Ric Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Scram Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven B Records 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: Eddie Bo Description of subject: Eddie Bo was an American New Orleans R&B singer, pianist, and prolific songwriter known for his influential contributions to the city's funk and soul music scene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.