Modern Records
E174862
Modern Records was an American independent record label known for its influential rhythm and blues and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modern Records canonical | 17 |
| Modern Music Records | 1 |
| Modern Records catalog of R&B and blues recordings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1533482 — 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: Modern Records Context triple: [RPM Records, parentCompany, Modern Records]
-
A.
London Records
London Records is a historic British-American record label known for releasing and distributing a wide range of popular and classical music, particularly in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
-
C.
Maxwell Records
Maxwell Records is a music record label known for releasing work by American soul and R&B singer Ben E. King.
-
D.
Amy Records
Amy Records was an American record label active in the 1960s, known for releasing pop and rock singles by artists such as Del Shannon.
-
E.
J Records
J Records was an American record label founded by music executive Clive Davis, known for signing major artists such as Alicia Keys and playing a significant role in early 2000s R&B and pop music.
- 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: Modern Records Target entity description: Modern Records was an American independent record label known for its influential rhythm and blues and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
-
A.
London Records
London Records is a historic British-American record label known for releasing and distributing a wide range of popular and classical music, particularly in the mid-20th century.
-
B.
Kent Records
Kent Records is an American record label best known for releasing influential blues and R&B recordings, including early work by legendary guitarist and singer B.B. King.
-
C.
Maxwell Records
Maxwell Records is a music record label known for releasing work by American soul and R&B singer Ben E. King.
-
D.
Amy Records
Amy Records was an American record label active in the 1960s, known for releasing pop and rock singles by artists such as Del Shannon.
-
E.
J Records
J Records was an American record label founded by music executive Clive Davis, known for signing major artists such as Alicia Keys and playing a significant role in early 2000s R&B and pop music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American record label
ⓘ
independent record label ⓘ record label ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1945 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Modern Records
ⓘ
surface form:
Modern Music Records
|
| associatedWith | West Coast blues scene ⓘ |
| businessModel | independent production and leasing of masters ⓘ |
| catalogType | singles-oriented catalog ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distribution | independent distribution ⓘ |
| era | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Joe Bihari
ⓘ
Jules Bihari ⓘ Saul Bihari ⓘ
surface form:
Lester Bihari
Saul Bihari ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
ⓘ
early rock and roll ⓘ gospel ⓘ jazz ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
electric blues
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| locationHeadquarters |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| marketedTo | rhythm and blues audience ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
B. B. King
ⓘ
surface form:
B.B. King
Elmore James ⓘ Etta James ⓘ Hadda Brooks ⓘ Ike Turner ⓘ Jesse Belvin ⓘ John Lee Hooker ⓘ Piano Red ⓘ The Cadets ⓘ The Jacks ⓘ |
| ownedImprint |
Crown Records
ⓘ
Flair Records ⓘ Meteor Records ⓘ RPM Records ⓘ |
| partOf | Bihari brothers labels ⓘ |
| releasedFormat |
45 rpm singles
ⓘ
78 rpm records ⓘ LP records ⓘ |
| specializedIn | African-American music ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
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.
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: Modern Records Description of subject: Modern Records was an American independent record label known for its influential rhythm and blues and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Modern Music Records
this entity surface form:
Modern Records catalog of R&B and blues recordings