Percy Mayfield
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Percy Mayfield was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known for his smooth vocal style and for writing classics like "Please Send Me Someone to Love."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Percy Mayfield canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10579863 — 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.
Target entity: Percy Mayfield Context triple: [Specialty Records, hasArtist, Percy Mayfield]
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Thomas A. Dorsey
Thomas A. Dorsey was an influential American composer and pianist known as the “Father of Gospel Music” for pioneering the fusion of sacred lyrics with blues and jazz styles.
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Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr., better known as Tommy Dorsey, was a prominent American jazz trombonist and big band leader of the swing era.
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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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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan was an influential American saxophonist, bandleader, and singer known as a pioneer of jump blues and a key figure in the development of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll.
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Eddie Bo
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Percy Mayfield Target entity description: Percy Mayfield was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known for his smooth vocal style and for writing classics like "Please Send Me Someone to Love."
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A.
Thomas A. Dorsey
Thomas A. Dorsey was an influential American composer and pianist known as the “Father of Gospel Music” for pioneering the fusion of sacred lyrics with blues and jazz styles.
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B.
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr.
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr., better known as Tommy Dorsey, was a prominent American jazz trombonist and big band leader of the swing era.
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C.
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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D.
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan was an influential American saxophonist, bandleader, and singer known as a pioneer of jump blues and a key figure in the development of rhythm and blues and early rock and roll.
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E.
Eddie Bo
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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rhythm and blues singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1940s ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-08-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-08-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Mayfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| givenName | Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownFor | melancholic, introspective lyrics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| musicBrainzArtistId | b3a4a3a0-4a0b-4a0a-9b0b-4a0a4b0a3a0b ⓘ |
| name | Percy Mayfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname | Poet Laureate of the Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cry Baby
NERFINISHED
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Hit the Road Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ Please Send Me Someone to Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lyricist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Minden, Louisiana, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Chess Records
NERFINISHED
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Imperial Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Specialty Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | smooth vocal style ⓘ |
| wrote |
Cry Baby
NERFINISHED
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Hit the Road Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ Please Send Me Someone to Love 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.
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.
Subject: Percy Mayfield Description of subject: Percy Mayfield was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known for his smooth vocal style and for writing classics like "Please Send Me Someone to Love."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.